Life in Academe
Events and experiences that remind me that I’m a professor and I love working in higher education.
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Top 10 Tips for Success in #COMM306
Integrated Strategic Communication, COMM 306, moves quickly. To compile the breadth of information, learn the art of writing for the web, and chronicle their experience, Knight School of Communication students maintain blogs throughout the semester. Here is their top ten list of tips for success in the course: 1. This course isn’t about the grade,…
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Citing Sources Online
When we write papers or speak publicly, we usually understand how to give credit to others. However, sensibilities about plagiarism and intellectual property often disappear when writing online. But, citing sources can be easier and more productive in online media than it would be in any other form. Here are five strategies for citing sources…
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“Put your money where your mouth is”
Sonja Stetzler, an adjunct professor in the Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, has always wanted to connect her classroom assignments to the service of others. This spring, she challenged each student in her public speaking class to persuade the class to give to a good cause – and then to raise…
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Developing a mindset of innovation
Breakfast was good at this morning’s meeting of Social Media Charlotte, but the real star was SapientNitro’s Joey Wilson. “A company’s mindset is more important than it’s organization,” says Wilson. Change in a mindset leads to a changes in the way a company might operate. Here are some current mindset changes that could lead to corporate…
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Honored by Lambda Pi Eta
Thank you to the members of the Lambda Pi Eta Chapter at Queens University of Charlotte for honoring me with the Lambda Pi Eta Award for service to the Knight School’s undergraduate programs. I feel humbled that the students in our school chose me for this award from among a very talented and caring faculty…
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Academically Adrift (Arum & Roksa, 2011)
Academically Adrift: Limited learning on college campuses (by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, 2011) Almost half of students in college may not learn anything in their first two years, say authors Arum and Roksa. In a discussion at Queens University of Charlotte’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), faculty members from around the…
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What’s Mine is Yours (Botsman & Rogers, 2010)
What’s Mine is Yours: The rise of collaborative consumption by Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers (2010) “I knew I would love the book when I read the first paragraph,” says Catherine Whittaker. “After I read it, I was glad I borrowed it from the library.” The embedded lesson in the book is the gross consumption…
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Switch (Heath & Heath, 2010)
Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard by Chip & Dan Heath (2010) Change is often hard in any circumstance. The Heath brothers take on this issue by breaking change down into three specific areas that could each serve as catalyst for change. According to Laura Tillistrand, Leasa Tvedt, Leah Beth Parsons, and Jakita Jones,…
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Wikileaks: Secrecy, Technology and the Right to Know
“It’s always a daunting time at a newspaper when you decide to publish something the government says you shouldn’t publish,” says Scott Shane, lead national security reporter for the New York Times. “One of the really interesting, unknown facts is that all of the fallout about WikiLeaks was from about 2% of the documents in…
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Taming the Social Media Beast
“Can the benefits of social media outweigh the risks involved in its use?” Thus began the conversation about social media at Center Stage in Charlotte’s NoDa District on Tuesday night. The National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate, WFAE 90.7, hosts a Public Conversations Series in Charlotte to encourage community dialogue on current events. On Tuesday, February 15,…
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