Whitney Caldwell graduated in 2014 in Communication Studies. She now lives in Santa Barbara, working for a speakers bureau that manages some of the best-known names in the celebrity, entertainment and business worlds. Whitney facilitates finding, managing and matching good speakers for the right organizations and events. We asked her about her job and how
Please join us on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. to hear Kip Thorne — Communicating Science Through the Arts: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Interstellar in Musco Center for the Arts. This is part of the Bensussen Visting Artist Lecture Series. Kip Thorne will describe his remarkable experiences conveying the essence of
In 7th grade, Dr. Michelle Miller-Day wrote as part of an assignment that she wanted to become a college professor. Her teacher at the time informed her that, “College professors are almost all men, sweetie. Why don’t you think about being a kindergarten teacher?” This comment could have easily deterred Dr. Miller-Day from a career
Growing up, Professor Travis Bartosh was a shy kid. It wasn’t until his first semester in college when his Communication Studies teacher, who eventually became his mentor, told him something transformational: “communication is a skill.” This made Professor Bartosh think of communication in a whole new way. As a child or teenager, striking up
Alexia Lyons graduated in 2015 with a BA in Strategic and Corporate Communications . She now lives in Mar Vista, California, working for advertising agencies, specifically in Internet marketing. We asked her about her job and how her major prepared her. Tell us about your job. As a whole, I am responsible
On Wednesday, March 30th, the Department of Communication Studies brought in Ralph Schroeder to discuss Big Data Communication. Schroeder is the Director of the Master’s degree program in Social Science and the Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute in the United Kingdom. He is also the author and/or co-author behind a long list
What is an elevator pitch? Well, if by happenstance, you find yourself stuck in an elevator with the CEO of your dream company you have between 30 and 60 seconds to win him/her over. This small window of time where you convince the CEO that he needs you in his company is called an elevator
College students have often been warned of the inaccuracies and evils that lie in Wikipedia pages; it is looked upon as sophomoric to use such a website as an academic source. Despite the plea of professors, we (college students or not) still find ourselves typing the website into our URL to find out the name
The Orange County Press Club board has selected journalism professor and English internship manager Dennis Foley to receive its highest honor, the Sky Dunlap Award. The award recognizes significant service to Orange County journalism, the Press Club and the community. Foley worked 26 years for the Orange County Register as an assigning editor, the newspaper’s ombudsman,
This spring, the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing in the Department of Englis h has hosted a collection of truly thought provoking, educational and distinguished creative artists from South America. On Monday, April 4th, Andre Klotzel , Brazilian producer, screenwriter, and film director, spoke about his experience working in cinema in his home country