In This Issue
Adjuncts
Participate In Commencement
Webster Surpasses Missouri J-School
Adjuncts Will Help Write Outcomes
Three Adjuncts Nominated For Kemper Awards
Humor In Advertising Sells The Message
Adjunct
Newsletter
Fall 2003 Edition
Webster
News Links
Commencement
Web Page
Commencement
Map
Commencement
Warm Up Party Info
Note
From The Dean
Dear Colleagues:
As I read this newsletter summarizing SOC activities this spring, I am
overwhelmed with one emotion – gratitude. Thank you each and every
adjunct instructor for the professionalism, compassion and energy you
give to our students. Daily you make a difference in the lives of our
1,000 SOC students worldwide. What you teach today and what the students
gain in learning outcomes will affect the entire future of mass communications
in the world.
Again, thank you.
Debra Carpenter, Dean
School of Communications
Adjunct
Faculty Invited To Participate
In Webster University Commencement May 8
The
school year isn’t complete without commencement, and a Webster University
commencement isn’t complete without all of the faculty participating
– that means adjuncts, too. If your cap, gown and hood are lost
or buried in the bottom of a box of old books, we’ll purchase a
new one for you. Basically, we’re saying you're welcome to join
us at the Edward Jones Dome on the morning of May 8. If you wish
to participate, contact your department associate as soon as possible.
FULL STORY
Webster University
School of Communications
Edges Out Mizzou J-School in Undergraduates
Move
over Mizzou; you aren’t the biggest mass communications school in
Missouri anymore. In a recent report published by Journalism &
Mass Communication Educator, the Webster University School of Communications
edged out the University of Missouri School of Journalism in undergraduate
student enrollment during 2002.
FULL STORY
Kirk
House Demolition Put On Hold While
Residence Hall Project Is Debated By City
Debate
before the Webster Groves Planning and Zoning Commission about construction
of Webster University’s proposed new residence halls has resulted
in an indefinite stay of execution for the Kirk House. Location of the
new residence is proposed for the present site of the Kirk House, as well
as Parking Lot H, two other nearby houses occupied by University offices,
and eventually the Visual Art Studio building.
FULL STORY
Adjuncts Will
Help Determine Learning Outcomes
Work
is underway to establish an assessment program to measure the learning
outcomes of our school, its various majors, and its classes. Later this
year, adjuncts will be asked to help determine student outcomes for the
classes they teach.
FULL
STORY
Three
Adjuncts, Two-Full Time Faculty Nominated
For Kemper Outstanding Teacher Award
Five School of Communications faculty members have been nominated by students
or colleagues for the prestigious 2004 Kemper Outstanding Teacher Award.
Receiving nominations were adjuncts Michael Long, Tom Barkman and Ed Bishop,
and full-time faculty members Kathy Corley and Joe Schuster.
FULL STORY
"Humor
In Advertising Sells The Message"
Is Topic For Second Beyond Borders Lecture
More than 200 students, advertising professionals and School of Communications
alumni attended the second lecture in a Dean’s Luncheon series on
Advertising/Marketing communications on Jan. 23. Advertising agency creative
directors Scott McCormick from VML in Kansas City, Mo., and Tom Monroe
with FKM in Houston discussed the use of humor in advertising.
FULL STORY
Extended Media
Center Hours Have Begun
The
Media Center in Sverdrup Building began operating with an extended schedule
March 15. Closing time will now be 5 a.m. instead of midnight as in the
past.
FULL
STORY
SOC School
News
Spring
has been busy for the School of Communications. Film students went to
Nashville, the Forensics and Debate Team hosted the sixth Gorlock Gala
Forensic Tournament, 800 high school journalists met on campus, and a
group of broadcast journalists form Belarus visited. Find out more by
clicking below.
FULL STORY
SOC Student
and Alumni News
A finalist
in the U.S. Best of College Photography Annual, mixing a track on musician
Will Soll's debut album, working in the studio control room at MTV, hob
knobbing with the fancy people at the Sundance Film Festival -- School
of Communications students and alumni are in the right places this spring.
Find out more by clicking below.
FULL STORY
Spring
Faculty Luncheon Photos and Notes
Did
you miss the spring faculty luncheon for adjuncts and full-time faculty?
Wonder what a faculty meeting looks like or what important things were
discussed? A short album of photos taken at the luncheon and an account
of the meeting are available for your examination at the links below.
Faculty Meeting Photos
Faculty Meeting Topics