Student Accomplishments-Student Input
Hey everyone,
Do you feel like this semester has been scattered with snow days, vacation days, ice days? Hopefully the next couple of weeks will bring us some consistency in our schedules. This post is to highlight some of our students accomplishments as well as to request that you provide input on a couple of items.
STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In March each year, the University of Oklahoma, Department of Communication hosts a scholars conference. Students can submit papers to be reviewed and competitively selected for presentation at the university. We've had a banner year at Sooners 2008 with nine papers accepted (of which 8 will be presented).
Undergraduate Students
Jennifer Mohling - A Focus on Symbolic Interactionism in Everyday Lives
Mallory Nolan – Adaptive Structuration Theory in Conjunction with Advanced Information Technology: A Mixed Conception
Meaghan Haggenhorst – Social Penetration among Race/ Ethnicity and Gender
Natalie Pennington –( Paper #1) Will You Be My Friend: Facebook as a Model for the Evolution of the Social Penetration Theory
(Paper #2) Creating Reality: An Analysis of the HIV/AIDS Rhetoric Employed by Bill Clinton
Graduate Students
Lindsey Harness – An Analysis of Non-Homeless Individuals’ Perceptions of Homeless Youth
Shawn King – Self-verification and loneliness: Development of a global self-verification measure
Jordan Compton – When the Macaca Hits the Fan: An Image Restoration Analysis in the 2006 Virginia Senatorial Campaign
Erich Hayes – (Paper #1) The Fox effect (Paper #2) Perceptions of Missouri State’s Office of Disability Services and its Disability Student Community
This group will be traveling to Normal Oklahoma to present their papers March 7-8. We are proud of their accomplishments and know they will represent Missouri State very well.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION ON SURVEY REQUESTED
Missouri State is currently participating in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) initiative to assess level of student engagement on campus and with faculty, among other issues. This year a sample of both first year students and senior level students is being invited to participate in the survey. If you fall into one of those two categories, YOU could be invited among 2500 to participate in this important survey. One way that universities seek to improve the education they deliver is by surveying students for their perceptions on how learning and engagement occur for them currently. The results should tell us what we are doing that is impacting on your learning positively, as well, it should tells us what we are not doing in terms of engaging you in the learning process.
Students who are chosen to participate should have received an email from MSU on Feb 6. A follow up email should have come to you on Feb 22. If this is you, PLEASE complete the survey. The more students, especially in COM, who respond, the more information we have to respond to with improvements.
REMINDER: COM SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 15
The COM department office has graduate and undergraduate scholarship criteria and applications in Craig 375. They should also be found on the departmental webpage. Check in the office first. These are great opportunities to be rewarded for your excellence in the classroom as well as excellence in community engagement. APPLY NOW!
That's all for now. If you have any questions for me about your major, scheduling or other opportunities, please don't hesitate to contact me directly!