Only about one percent of college students from the United States study abroad. With such opportunities to increase cultural competency, gain leadership skills and improve world views, Missouri State University has made efforts to get more students to take these trips and for more international students to study at MSU. … [Read more...] about Colombian trip gives arts faculty opportunities to share expertise, recruit
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Several College of Arts and Letters faculty will be traveling to South America next week in an interdepartmental effort to increase the college’s "global perspectives" and "cultural competency," said communication department head Dr. Shawn Wahl. Five professors representing four departments will depart for Colombia Oct. 25 to visit universities in Bogota and Cartagena, each … [Read more...] about COAL faculty hoping to gain ‘global perspective’ from Colombia trip
Missouri State University professor of communication Dr. Charlene Berquist will be awarded the Association of Missouri Mediators President’s Award. … [Read more...] about University professor awarded national recognition
Come celebrate as COAL’s own Dr. Donal Stanton, professor emeritus of the communication department, is added to the MSU Wall of Fame — located outside the ballroom in the Plaster Student Union (3rd floor)— on Friday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. Other 2014 Wall of Fame inductees include Linda Johnson, Marty Marty, John McAlear and Dr. George Swales. About Donal Stanton Stanton created … [Read more...] about COAL Homecoming: Former communication professor to be inducted into Wall of Fame
Dr. Shawn Wahl, head of the communication department, will be presenting at the National Communication Association's centennial convention, to be held Nov. 20-23 in Chicago. Wahl will join other panelists in the NCA Department Chairs Forum to discuss the first phase in the Learning Outcomes in Communication (LOC) project, a three-year initiative funded by the Lumina … [Read more...] about Communication department head to present collaborative research at NCA conference