In This Issue
New
Adjunct Office
Kirk House
Move Complete
Class
Assessment
Feedback Sought
Teaching
in Thailand
An Adjunct's Notes
Dean
Calls On
New York Networks
Adjunct
Faculty
Accomplishments
Student Organization News and Events
Two Staff Receive University Honors
Webster
News Links
Note
From The Dean
Dear Colleagues:
What you see
on your computer screen is a dream come true for me. Ever since I was
an adjunct faculty member for Media Communications 19 years ago, I've
wanted to see a lively format for sharing School news with ALL our faculty.
I commend Gary Ford, visiting assistant professor in Public Relations,
for making my dream a reality. Gary organized, designed, and wrote this
first edition of an electronic newsletter for the adjunct faculty of the
School of Communications. And who better to do this than a person who
has taught as an adjunct for us for many years. Over the years he and
I have often talked about how the adjuncts don't have first hand information
about what's going on in our energetic school. Thank you Gary for not
only highlighting the problem, but also for solving it!
As Fall '03 nears completion, let me extend my thanks to all of you as well for your contributions to the educational experiences of our School of Communications students. Thank you and enjoy a safe and joyous holiday break.
Debra Carpenter, Dean
School of Communications
New
Adjunct Office and Mailboxes
Now Located in the Kirk House
School
of Communications adjunct faculty now have office space available in the
Kirk House. The adjunct office is located in Room 104 in the newly remodeled
building which also houses full-time faculty of the Department of Electronic
and Photographic Media and one faculty member teaching public relations.
Kirk House is located west of the Sverdrup Building, adjacent to University
Parking Lot “H”.
FULL STORY
Kirk House
Adds Faculty Office Space
To Crowded School of Communications
Growth
is a very good thing. The kind of growth the School of Communications
has seen in the past five years would be the envy of any business or institution.
But it comes with a price. Space shortages have caused growing pains.
Some welcome relief for those growing pains came at the beginning of the
fall semester as 11 full-time faculty and staff moved into a newly remodeled
Kirk House.
FULL STORY
Adjuncts Are
Asked To Provide Feedback
On Learning Outcomes For Classes
Back
in 1997 during the successful North Central Association review of the
School of Communications, we promised that sometime before the next review
in 2007, we would establish an assessment program to measure the learning
outcomes of our school, its various majors, and its classes. Work to establish
an assessment program is underway and we need input from adjunct faculty.
FULL STORY
Media
Center Will Expand Hours;
Center Will Eventually Run 22 Hours
A student initiative presented during a Media Advisory
Council (MAC) meeting is resulting in an expanded schedule for the Media
Center this fall with a goal of eventually running the center nearly round
the clock.
FULL STORY
Teaching
in Thailand: One Adjunct’s Adventure
By Sally Howald, assistant professor, advertising
In the
spring of 2002, I disappeared from this side of the planet. I left a full
time job, son in college, house in Kirkwood and two cats. After more than
20 hours on an airplane, I arrived 10,000 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand.
The purpose of my great escape was to teach four classes in advertising
and marketing at Webster University in Thailand.
FULL STORY
First
School of Communications Open House
Allows Prospective Students To Take a Look
More than 50 prospective students – most high school seniors –
along with 120 friends and parents spent a bright October Friday learning
about the Webster University School of Communications, touring the media
center, asking questions and meeting faculty.
FULL STORY
Dean, Students
Make New York Connection
With National Television Networks
A trip
to the Big Apple for the dean and fall internships in New York for three
students have put Webster University’s School of Communications
on the national media radar screen. School of Communications Dean Debby
Carpenter called on representatives of the three major television networks
in November to acquaint them with the school’s programs and lobby
for internship opportunities for students.
FULL STORY
Lecture Series
Provides Insight
Into Global Marketing Communications
Perspectives
in international marketing communications was the topic of the School
of Communications’ first Beyond Borders lecture held Oct. 3 at the
Emerson Library. The program featured Bruce Adaire, marketing consultant
for Anheuser-Busch International, Inc.; Jamie Collins, manager of European
communications for Enterprise Rent-A-Car; and Ann Cook, worldwide marketing
director for Solutia.
FULL STORY
Emerson
Library Electronic Reserves
Discussed at Fall Faculty Luncheon
Are you tired of photocopying all of those favorite chapters from out-of-print
textbooks for your classes? Has your car begun to look like a storeroom
at Kinkos? Then the new Electronic Reserves service from the Emerson Library
is just the thing to make your teaching life easier.
FULL STORY
Two School
of Communications Staff
Receive University-Wide Employee Honors
Mindy
Berkowitz, internship coordinator and Elizabeth “Liz”
Jokerst, department associate, Communications and Journalism,
received the University’s Employee Spotlight Award honors for October
and March, respectively.
FULL STORY
Adjunct
Faculty Accomplishments
Your colleagues have
been busy. Wonder what they've been up to? Check
it out.
Student Organization
News
Organizations for students
in audio production, marketing/advertising, public relations and journalism
have been busy this fall with activities, travel and receiving awards.
FULL STORY
Free Computer
Training For Adjuncts
Need some help getting the most out of your computer? Just installed some
new software and can't figure out how to use it? The university's Academic
Computing Services conducts workshops in most of the popular software
programs such as Word, Excel, Photoshop, etc. They are excellent classes
and the School of Communications will pay your enrollment fees. Go to
this Web site for a schedule of classes and contact your department chair
to enroll. www.webster.edu/depts/acs/workshops.html