Tag: "Speech communication"

International PR course to take students to Romania

International PR course to take students to Romania

A faculty-led study abroad program to Romania will give students the opportunity to experience public relations and communication management firsthand. The program will allow students to be immersed in the culture of this Eastern European nation, according to Sorin Nastasia, a professor of applied communication studies.
Dr. Department of Applied Communication Studies professor Sorin Nastasia and […]

Alexander’s textbook brings a fresh perspective on teaching interpersonal communication

Alexander’s textbook brings a fresh perspective on teaching interpersonal communication

The second edition of “Teaching Interpersonal Communication: A Guidebook” serves as a guide and reference book for new instructors, teaching assistants,  and any instructors looking for fresh ways to design effective courses in the field of interpersonal communication, whether their courses are for undergraduate or graduate students, according to Alicia Alexander, professor and Chair of […]

Department of Applied Communication Studies becomes new denomination for Speech Communication

Department of Applied Communication Studies becomes new denomination for Speech Communication

To keep consistent and better reflect the diversity of the discipline, the Department of Speech Communication has changed its name to Department of Applied Communication Studies, according to faculty.
Applied Communicaton Studies faculty and staff below the sign with the new denomination for the department
The name change successfully underwent university wide and Illinois Board of Higher […]

Applied Communication Studies professor contributes to field of Health Communication

Applied Communication Studies professor contributes to field of Health Communication

Health communication skills cannot be learned by reading books only, but, rather, by a combination of theory, principles and real case scenarios, according to Applied Communication Studies professor Min Liu.
Applied Communication Studies professor Min Liu.
Along with clinical professor at the School of Pharmacy Lakesha Butler, Liu wrote a textbook called “Pharmacy Patient Communication” that will […]

Students study PR, communication strategies during abroad program in Europe

Students study PR, communication strategies during abroad program in Europe

Nine students from the Applied Communications Studies, Mass Communications, and Public Administration & Policy Analysis Departments traveled to Western Europe in the summer.
Nine students traveled to Western and Eastern Europe this past summer with applied communication professor Sorin Nastasia
The study abroad program to Munich, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary, allowed students to appreciate the peculiarities of the […]

STELLAR Student profile: Dawn Embry

STELLAR Student profile: Dawn Embry

Senior speech communication major Dawn Embry always wanted to enlist in the U.S. Air Force and hopes to work with congressional members after graduation, but she never imagined receiving SIUE’s STELLAR Student Award.
Photo courtesy of Dawn Embry
Embry said she was shocked to find out she was offered the award, which honors and develops “some of […]

Speech communication major wins Miss Amazing Pageant's 'miss division'

Speech communication major wins Miss Amazing Pageant’s ‘miss division’

Senior speech communication major Tiffany Eickhoff is amazing – Miss Amazing, to be exact.
Senior speech communication major Tiffany Eickhoff recently won the 'miss division' of the first national Miss Amazing Pageant. Photo courtesy of Tiffany Eickhoff
Eickhoff, who has cerebral palsy, recently won the “miss division” of the first national Miss Amazing Beauty Pageant – a […]

Speech communication professor researches homosexuality in Chinese society

Speech communication professor researches homosexuality in Chinese society

Speech communication professor Min Liu recently published an article focusing on formality marriage, or Xing Hun, between a gay man and a lesbian woman in China — – a subject very few, if any, have taken on.

Liu’s research, published in the quarterly journal Sexuality and Culture, argues while people in almost every heteronormative society face pressure to […]

SIUE PRSSA chapter named Star Chapter at national conference

SIUE PRSSA chapter named Star Chapter at national conference

SIUE PRSSA students from left: Heidi Wickenhauser, Natalie Pitzer, Sarah Rohner, Laynie Richardson, and Jeni Ross
From Oct. 12 to Oct. 16, five SIUE students from the University’s chapter of the Public Relations Students Society of America (PRSSA) attended the organization’s national conference in San Francisco. The students brought home the coveted Star Chapter Award, which […]

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