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IN THIS ISSUE:

COMM 4440: summer course! COMM 3460: summer course! COMM 4701: online summer course! COMM 4705: online summer course! Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunity! Writing Contest - $$$ Scholarship Opportunity - $$$ Internships/Jobs Did you know you can...? Important dates

COMM 4440

Email Joel Reed for more information.

COMM 3460

Email Anna Valiavska for more information.

COMM 4701

Email Dr. Goldstein Hode for more information.

COMM 4705

Email Dr. Klien for more information.

Research Assistants

Needed!

For more information, email Dr. Jean Ispa.

Writing Contest

Have you recently taken or are currently taking a Writing

Intensive course? Or Do you simply enjoy writing?

Why not submit a paper or project to one of the writing awards

coordinated by the Campus Writing Program?

Prizes range from $100—$1000 for contest winners, depending on the

award.

Contests include:

Ekphrastic writing, from the Greek ekphrasis, meaning “to speak

out”, typically denotes poetry or creative writing concerning

itself with the visual arts, artistic objects, and/or highly visual

scenes.

Campus speech, protest and/or conflict resolution, essays

entered for this contest should look at the implications of the

First Amendment in these issues

Mizzou Advantage - Essays about one or more of the following

categories

Food for the Future: the culture, economics and production of

healthy, affordable food

Media of the Future: new ways to communicate, educate and

market

One Health/One Medicine: health solutions and the convergence

of human/animal medicine

Sustainable Energy: sustainable energy development,

distribution and education

If your writing doesn’t fit into any of the above award

categories, you can still be published in Artifacts: A Journal

of Undergraduate Writing.

This is a peer reviewed journal and would be an excellent item to add

to any resume! All submissions are due on April 6, 2018, so click

HERE to find out more!

$1000 Undergrad

Scholarship

We are pleased to invite applications and nominations for the 2018

General Education Program/Hesburgh Awards for Student Academic

Achievement.

The TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Endowment Fund enables MU’s General

Education Program to award four $1,000 academic achievement

scholarships to one student from each of the four undergraduate

classes each spring. Students may apply for these awards or be

nominated by a faculty member.

Eligibility guidelines and application/nomination requirements.

Applications must be submitted no later than March 23 at 5 p.m

Senator McCaskill's

Office Internship

Newsy Internship

Mizzou Financial Aid

Office

If interested, send resume HERE.

Advancement

Internship

Apply on Handshake, or by emailing your cover letter + resume

to Erin Teeple.

Need An On Campus

Job?

Get Paid to Promote Involvement!

The Involvement Ambassadors are seeking new student team

members to promote involvement opportunities on campus. This

program is responsible for promoting the benefits of getting involved

in student organizations, on-campus employment, and other campus

programs and activities. Positions are paid hourly and serve students

by advising appointments and group presentations. These positions

will also assist with various events and programs within the Office of

Student Engagement. Anyone is welcome to apply! For more

information please click here.

GET PAID TO WORK WITH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS!

The Organization Resource Group (ORG), part of the Office of Student

Engagement, is seeking new student team members to help

Recognized Student Organizations succeed. All positions are paid

hourly, and ORG is seeking students with all levels of

experience. Positions focus on tasks such as communications,

finance and some event planning. The ideal candidate for this on-

campus job enjoys working with a wide variety of people. Hours vary

from 10 to 20 hours per week depending on the position. For more

information or to apply, please click here.

Student Applications Now Being Accepted in the Missouri

Student Unions for Event Management Ambassadors and

Event Techs.

The Missouri Student Unions is hiring part-time student Event

Management Ambassadors and Event Technicians. Our students

average 12 hours a week and benefits include: flexible schedules;

textbook scholarships; and free cap and gown upon graduation. Event

Ambassadors handle day-to-day operations of the event management

office, providing exceptional customer service and assisting with

conference and special event coordination. Event Technicians handle

day, evening, and/or weekend preparation of meeting rooms and event

spaces within the Unions. Join our team and develop and enhance

communication, leadership and time management skills for your

resume. Apply at: https://sas.missouri.edu/hr/listings

Career Planning

Workshops

Did you know you

can...?

Career: Communications Director

Median Salary: $66,212 (Payscale, March 2018)

Communications directors work in a variety of fields, including private

corporations, government agencies, non-profit organizations and

more. They oversee the information and communication that comes

from their companies and how the companies' messages are delivered

to the public. Communications directors are also responsible for

managing their companies' media and public relations. They are their

companies' spokespeople and work to develop and implement plans

for communicating their companies' main goals. They may hold press

conferences, write up press releases, respond to journalists and

reporters from TV and print media, and more.

Act as primary spokesperson and liaison for the company with

media in all markets.

Supervise news releases and the implementation of public

relations programs.

Manage press conferences and press coverage at all company

events.

Devise and implement the strategy, messaging and tools needed

to build the image of the company.

Important Dates

MARCH 24th - APRIL 1st: Spring Break (we're almost there!)

MAY 4th: Reading Day

MAY 7th - MAY 11th: Finals Week

MAY 11th, 12th, & 13th: Commencement

Do you have COMM-related announcements, news, or pics to

share? Send them to Christine Luckasen

(christineluckasen@mail.missouri.edu).

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