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The Comm Dept continues to be a leader in offering Distance Education courses at U of L. This venue of learning offers great convenience and a wide variety of courses. In fact, a student can earn an entire Comm degree online. Consider the Distance Ed courses if your day to day schedule makes it difficult for you to take traditional courses. Be sure to contact Professor Walker or Professor Ashlock for help in choose the right courses to take.
The Service Learning program offerings are expanding! Professor Joy Hart and Professor Kandi Walker are taking students all over the globe. Students now can go to Africa, Central America, Asia, and soon we will have a trip to Europe! Get in touch with one of them to find out more about these exciting opportunities.
In case you have not heard, Professor Kandi Walker was awarded the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in December 2011. Anyone who has ever taken a class from her will not be surprised that she won this award.
A new face on campus. The Department of Communication grew by one member this summer. Karen Freberg has joined us, coming from the University of Tennessee. Professor Freberg is a specialist in public relations and strategic communication. Come by and see her when you get a chance.
One advantage of going to U of L is being in Louisville. The city provides a huge selection of internships, so check out the internship page to see the wide variety of opportunities available locally.
Consider participating in UofL's 10th Annual Study Abroad Program in Panama in May 2012. Classes are offered in both English and Spanish (so no need to speak Spanish to participate). Applications are due by January 2012; however, apply early for scholarships. The cost is around $3,500, which covers 6 hours of tuition, airfare, hotel, ground transportation to and from the airport in Panama, and field trips. For more information or an application, contact Professor Al Futrell (al@louisville.edu)
Or if you would prefer to go Ireland, contact Professor John Ferre because he is putting together our first study abroad program in the emerald isle. Details.
Continue your Communication studies by pursuing a Masters Degree. Apply now or contact Professor Jennifer Gregg for details on the the program.
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Posted January 23, 2012 - Next New Posting on January 30, 2012
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A few news notes for you this week from the Department of Communication and Comm-Announce including recognition for our master's program.
COMMUNICATION MASTERS PROGRAM NATIONALLY RANKED
The University of Louisville's Master of Arts in Communication is among the best in North America, according to an international higher education rating agency. Eduniversal, a rating agency based in France, ranked UofL's program 38th overall, just ahead of similar programs at the universities of Maine and Tennessee and at Clemson. Special thanks to our master's students for helping us to crack the national rankings! Undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies should contact our graduate director Professor Jennifer Gregg (jennifer.gregg@louisville.edu).
LAST CHANCE FOR PANAMA
There are only four spaces left for our study abroad program to Panama! The application deadline is coming next week but if you are planning on going you need to act fast before that date. The Panama Program begins with classes on Belknap campus on May 1. We travel to Panama and then return to conclude the program on May 29.
Application deadline is next Wednesday, February 1. For applications and more information about scholarship opportunities, please check out the brochures in the Department offices (310 Strickler) or contact Department Chair Al Futrell (al@louisville.edu).
LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR TO SPEAK
John Boel, new anchor for the WAVE-3 Sunrise show, is a longtime Louisville TV journalist. In 2010, Boel fell from grace after being arrested for his second DUI - fired from his job at WLKY. Boel found himself on the other side of the anchor desk - in the news. After 30 days in a rehab center near his hometown in Minnesota, Boel decided to chronicle his career and path to recovery in a new book "On the News...In the News."
Boel will share that journey with the Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in a free talk at 7 p.m. this Thursday in the second-floor Education Center at Baptist Hospital East. Students are invited to attend.
Those who attend should park on the second floor of the hospital's parking garage, and take the pedway to the Education Center. Follow the signs to Room 2G.
ARTS AND CULTURE INTERNSHIPS
The UofL Center for Arts and Culture Partnership Initiative is an effort to develop relationships between the University and local cultural institutions. The Initiative includes internships for 3 free credit hours of academic credit for any undergraduate and graduate students at the University for the Spring 2012 semester.
These internships are highly competitive, with a selection process, with the internships beginning after February 1st 2012. The 2012 Spring semester internships available with Center for Arts & Culture partners are:
* Crane House, the Asian Institute: promotes cultural understanding among the peoples of the United States and Asia education.
* The Jewish Community of Louisville: an opportunity to work with a not-for-profit in development, programming and fundraising.
* Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft: experience in a not-for-profit museum including presenting a teaching tool to JCPS students.
* Louisville Visual Art Association: nurtures artistic expression stimulate, engage artists & audience through education.
To apply, submit a resume by January 30 to Linda Wilson in the A&S Dean's Office. Include earned credit hours and GPA, with related/appropriate work experience with historic homes, cultural institutions and /or museums or academic interest/preparation.
MINORITY STUDENT DIGITAL MEDIA FELLOWSHIP
The Village Voice and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University are offering an 8-week paid summer fellowship program for minority students interested in web and digital media. Digital fellows will be blogging, working in social media, and more. Fellows are paid $500 per week and housing is provided for the program that runs from June 18 to August 10. Application deadline is February 24. For more information go to http://cronkite.asu.edu/villagevoice
That is all for now. For more news from the Department, check out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtVBhyUEx2U
Have a good week.