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About the Department
- Hands-on experience your first year, with a radio station,
television and/or print media, including a weekly newspaper, an online news
site, a yearbook with DVD supplement and an online magazine
- Award-winning media outlets recognized regionally and
nationally
- Championship-winning Speech and Debate Program, led by a
National Championship caliber coaching staff
- Faculty with real-world experience who get to know you
personally
- Alumni working as television anchors, radio morning hosts,
designers at large metro dailies, prominent advertising and public relations
agencies, and film production studios in Los Angeles
- Cutting-edge technology with digital, high-definition
broadcasting facilities and news websites converging video, audio and print
news stories
- Contacts with media professionals who meet one-on-one with
students to critique portfolios, participate in job shadows or just share their
experiences
- Degrees in advertising, communication (with emphasis in
interpersonal communication, organizational communication, public relations, or
rhetoric), interactive digital media, mass media (with emphasis in multimedia
journalism, sports media, broadcast and production, or applied advertising), and
speech/theatre education
- Scholarships and work opportunities to reward students who
have excelled in their newspaper, public relations, radio, and/or television
work
- Scholarship opportunities to reward students who have
excelled as members of the Speaking Bearcats, the Northwest Missouri State
University Speech and Debate Team
- Smaller class sizes to allow stronger, more personal
instructional styles
- Internships have included: Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Bozell
Advertising, CNN, Des Moines Register, Department of Veterans Affairs, ESPN ,
Family Circle magazine, Field & Stream magazine, The Kansas City Star,
Omaha World Herald, NBC Studios, The Sporting News, St. Joseph Mustangs, Trails
West, Under Armour, and VML Advertising
- BS Ed program prepares competent, qualified, and
enthusiastic secondary speech and theatre teachers, meeting teacher
certification standards in Missouri for grades 9-12 speech and theatre
