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Why all of us interested in promoting learning should be honking for Saudi women
The slogan today is “Honk if you support Saudi Women.” As arabnews.com, well put it, the women behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia today “drive home a point” about the need for reform for women’s rights — specifically their legal inability to obtain a driver’s license and drive a car. Women in Saudi Arabia have […]
How to help students practice their job interviewing skills
The semester in Writing for Mass Communication is coming full circle. In the second lab, the students had to create a resume and write a cover letter that would be appropriate for applying for a media-related opportunity — volunteering to help with an event, applying for a summer internship, or asking to job-shadow someone in […]
Starbucks’ trenta provides marketing example of intentional fact error
In Writing for Mass Communication, one of the course goals is to help students eliminate fact errors from their writing. As is true in many communications programs throughout the country, the fact error has a heavy penalty. In Writing for Mass Communication, the dreaded fact error merits a 50-point deduction. I run into students several […]
Service is one of the three components of a college faculty member’s job — and can have some magical results
In Mass Communication Teaching, our on-going theme for the semester is the work of a college faculty member. The primary emphasis has been on the teaching component of the job, but we have discussed the other two dimension of a faculty position — research and service. Certainly research is an important component, and the most […]
Julie Dodd 