Student Notes: Emily Blackshear has been selected as the editor of Pawprint for the 2013-2014 academic year. Lauralee Gilkey has been selected as the intern for the Children Services Coalition. Mindi Haas has been selected as a Social Media Intern for purePR. Congratulations, Emily, Lauralee, and Mindi! Mindi Haas also presented her research from Oxford on Queen Elizabeth I at the recent Undergraduate Student Research Symposium on campus!

Faculty Notes: Dr. Carver has been selected to present at the CSPRC Spectrum Conference this May! Congratulations! If you are interested in attending this wonderful networking event, go to their website and plan to attend. Dr. Dohrman presented on a panel about social media on April 6th at the Central States Communication Association Conference in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Dohrman was the faculty spotlight in the current issue of the Maryville Magazine. Check out the story on pgs. 10-11.

Research Symposium Schedule and Networking Hour: Plan to join us next Friday, April 26th from 2:30-5 for the research symposium. From 2:30-3:30pm, several graduating undergraduate communication students will be displaying their portfolios and they would love to get a large audience to give them feedback. We will meet in ABAC 3245. From 3:30-4:45pm, we will have graduate students presenting their research. Following that, we will all go to Lesters at the intersection of Clayton Road and Baxter Road for a networking hour with alumni from 5-7pm (note time change for this event). We look forward to seeing you for any or all parts of this event!

Resource Guide for Job Hunting: Check out this guide we put together for Maryville communication students seeking jobs and internships. It’s a great place to start your job search! We are also putting jobs out on our Twitter page throughout the week @MaryvilleComm, so be sure to follow us for the latest job postings between newsletters.

Internships: Students interested in doing an internship should review the attached COMM 499 syllabus for more details about our internship for credit experience and requirements. Contact Dr. Dohrman, our internship coordinator, for more information.

St. Louis Press Club Scholarship: Did you know the St. Louis Press Club offers $1,000 undergraduate scholarships to St. Louis communication students? The deadline is May 3. More information available on their website. I’d love to see some of our students applying for these great awards!

Pawprint Update: Pawprint, Maryville’s student newspaper, has a great new issue out this week! Check it out. They recently hit 2,700 hits in a week!

Add a Minor!: Have you ever thought about adding a minor to your communication program? If so, check outthe Catalog to see all of the different options and what they require!

Society for Professional Strategic Communication (Student Group) Update: Our new student group is planning a campus event for April 23rd from 6-7:30pm in the DUC Atrium. This is a fundraiser for St. Louis City Children’s Library. The entrance fee is $2 and includes pizza. We would love to get a good group of our communication students to support our student organization! Contact Emily Blackshear for more information or to join in on this group’s events!

(Virtually) Free Maryville Business Cards!: Don’t forget that you can get very cheap Maryville Universitybusiness cards through Career Education. These will come in handy when you are networking or job searching.

Sports and PhotojournalismClass! Need an Elective for Fall?: Professor Scott Angus is offering a sports and photojournalism class this Fall on Tues/Thurs evenings. Look for ADSA 416-01 under Studio Art in the portal/AccessMaryville to sign up. 

Upcoming Local Networking Events: 

• YNPN Networking Event (FREE!): YNPN is hosting “Coffee with 8 Strangers” at several area coffeeshops this Thursday morning. RSVP today.
• Pew State of the Media PRSA Event: April 18th from 4:30-6:30pm at the UMSL at Grand Center building. $30 for students RSVP.
• “The Financial Future of Health and Health Care in America” is the title of a lecture and networking breakfast being hosted by Grace Hill on Tuesday, April 30th from 7:30-9am. The speaker is Dr. William A. Peck from Washington University and the event will be held at the Forest Park Visitor Center. Call 314-584-6905 to RSVP. (hat tip Ann Duffy!)

Internship Opportunities:

Job Opportunities:

Registration: Registration opens on Monday at 7am for seniors and continues throughout the week for all other classes! If you have any problems registering, the quickest way to get an issue solved is to call the Student Service Center at 314-529-9360 or e-mail them at ssc@maryville.edu. They have more ability to solve technical issues, such as overriding pre-requisites, than your adviser. Feel free to contact your adviser if the Student Service Center is unable to help or if you need adviser approval for anything.

Alumni News: Congratulations to Jennifer (Ream) Waggoner for being hired this week as the new Marketing Coordinator for Neighbors Credit Union! We are very proud of you!

Registration Note: If you are interested in video and audio editing or you are an Applied Media concentration, consider enrolling in Professor Fahnestock’s Digital Audio and Video I class (ADIN 360 – Look under “Interactive Design” for the subject to find it). This would be a great class for all of our communication students to take!

Withdrawal Deadline: Remember that March 28th is the deadline for withdrawing from any class or for changing a class to Pass/Fail. If you want to make this change, go to the Student Service Center in Gander Hall to begin the paperwork.

Pawprint Update: Pawprint, Maryville’s student newspaper, has a great new issue out this week with articles about next year’s Speaker Series, brunch, and some interesting electives being offered by Maryville this summer.

Society for Professional Strategic Communication (Student Group) Update: Our new student group is planning a campus event for April 25th and a tour of a local communication firm on April 27th. Contact Emily Blackshear for more information or to join in on this great group’s events!

Upcoming Professional Association Conferences:

• The deadline for submitting a paper to the National Communication Association conference, which will be held this November in Washington DC, is coming up on March 27th.
• The 28th Annual Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology conference will be held on April 11th – 13th this year in Houston, Texas. SIOP applies the methods of psychology to organizations to improve organization effectiveness and employee well-being.  A number of excellent conference sessions are being offered on topics including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, organization development, teams. conflict, motivation, performance management, stress and worklife balance. Information is available at http://www.siop.org.
• The 73d Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management conference will be held August 9th – 13th this year in Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida. The conference offers sessions for both academics and practitioners with interests in organizational psychology and behavior. The vision of AOM is “to inspire and enable a better world thorough our scholarship and teaching about management and organizations.”
• The 58th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management conference will be held in October this year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference theme this year is “Innovating, Navigating and Sustaining in a Transdisciplinary World.” More information will be coming shortly!

Upcoming Local Networking Events: 

• Maryville Talks Women and Leadership: On Wednesday, April 3, Maryville University and Edward Jones are kicking off a Maryville Talks Women and Leadership series which will include several speakers talking about issues facing women in leadership positions today. Registration is free and includes a continental breakfast. The event is from 7:30-9am at Edward Jones campus near Manchester Rd/Hwy 270. Registration is open now!
• UMSL State of Digital Media Marketing Conference: On Tuesday, April 2, UMSL is hosting a free event from 1-5pm on digital media marketing. They have speakers from Google, Yahoo, and professionals from many local PR firms planning to attend. Register today!
• Organization Development Network: The next STL-ODN meeting will be on Thursday, April 11 from 7:30-9:30am at the Heights. The focus of the meeting will be on assessing organizational health.
• The St. Louis ASTD will be hosting a meeting on “Creating a change-capable workforce” featuring Jeannie Frazier at 11am on March 28th at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel. If you are interested in learning and development, the ASTD meetings are an excellent opportunity to learn more about the field. If you are interested in the event, please visit the St. Louis ASTD website at htttp://www.astdstl.org.
• The St. Louis chapter of the SHRM will be hosting a breakfast meeting from 7:30 -9:15am on April 17th at the Heights of Richmond Heights titled “Shooters in the workplace.” The presentation will include training which will explain waht you and your employees should do in the event of workplace violence. To register, please visit www.event.com/d/4cqfhm.
• The Community Service Public Relations Council is hosting a monthly luncheon on Tuesday, April 9 from 11:30-1:15 at the Clayton Sheraton titled “Thinking Regionally” The cost for students is $25 and includes a nice lunch. Register today!

Internship Opportunities:

New Major: Welcome to new majors Briana Adam and Brady Hempen! We are thrilled to welcome you as a communication major!

PRSA Event On-Campus! We are hosting the St. Louis chapter of PRSA next Friday, March 15th from 10am-2pm in Buder Commons for Pro-Am Day, which is a chance for professionals to meet students and network and share ideas. This is an incredible opportunity to meet other communication students in the area and many great professionals. Plan to attend! The cost is $25 for students. We are looking for a few student volunteers to help with registration and greeting guests. Please let me know if you can help with this. RSVP Today! Since we are hosting the event, I hope to see many of our students there!

Social Media Connections: We have added many BA/MA communication students and alumni to a Twitter list to make it easy for you to find one another and to help encourage organizations to look at our students as potential job prospects! You can follow this list on Twitter here (Click “subscribe). If you haven’t yet been included in the list, send me a note and I’ll add you. If you prefer not to be included, just leave the list or let me know and I will take you off, but this is a fun way to stay connected with other Maryville Communication students and alumni. You are your own networking community! Be sure to Like us on Facebook, join our LinkedIn Group for students/alumni, and follow us on Twitter @MaryvilleComm. 

Student News: Congratulations to Nicole Naeger (MA Student) for being hired as a Senior Proposal Writer for Express Scripts. Nicole has also started her own company - Naeger Innovative Consulting! Wow! Congrats are also in order to Nick Oar for being promoted to Internal Auditor at Vantage Credit Union. We share your joy! Congratulations also to Nawal Abuhamdeh (’12 BA alumna) who recently had a beautiful daughter named Mariyah! Congratulations!

Faculty Notes: I (Professor Dohrman) was on a segment on KSDK First@4 local news on February 19th discussing the use of social media in the hiring process. Check it out! 

Registration: Registration opens on March 25th! The Fall schedule will be available on the portal soon, so start thinking about what classes you will take this Summer/Fall!

Get Published: Maryville’s own literary and art magazine, Magnolia, is accepting submissions through March 12th for their publication. Check out their Facebook page for more information.

Internships: Several students are doing internships for credit this semester, including Brittney Curtis (MO Foundation for Health), Nicole Burkemper (St. Joseph Institute of the Deaf), Whitney Dutton (Magnolia/Maryville U), Silla Murabito (Melting Pot), Krysta Struthers (Mardi Gras Inc), Lindsey Conboy (Missouri Ballet Theatre), and Colleen Mann (Northwestern Mutual). Many of our other students are also doing internships and work not for credit, but for experience. We know it is difficult managing internships with your courses and you should be proud of your hard work! Remember, we hope most of our graduates will have 2-3 internships by the time they leave our program. Every student must complete one internships for credit (more details), but you can do up to 6 hours of credit towards your academic program. Contact me (Professor Dohrman) for more information.

Pawprint Update: Pawprint, Maryville’s student newspaper, has had a busy and productive month with their Harlem Shake video a couple of weeks ago and a great new issue out this week! You can also sign up on the website for an e-mail subscription. This is a new feature that allows you to receive the paper via e-mail. I just signed up and I can’t wait to receive my first e-mail!

The NEW Society for Professional Strategic Communication continues to grow and meet! Contact Professor York if you are interested in joining Maryville’s newest student group focused on communication!

Campus Resume Workshop: Maryville’s Career Education Office is offering a “no-appointment needed” Resume Cafe in Gander Dining Hall from 11:30am-1pm on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, April 19. Stop by with a copy of your resume to get some great feedback.

Etiquette Dinner: Maryville’s Career Education Office is offering an etiquette Dinner on April 9 where you can brush up on proper dinner manners for free! This event is rumored to be a lot of fun. Contact the Career Education Office at 314-529-9375 for more information.

Upcoming Local Networking Events: 

• TONIGHT the Business Marketing Association is hosting a happy hour with ignite networking at 5pm-7:30pm at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza. RSVP here. Cost is $15 at the door.
• The St. Louis Young Nonprofit Professionals Network is hosting their March Brown Bag Lunch Box Talk Series on March 20th from 11:30-1pm at the Richmond Heights Community Center. The topic is “I Have a Network, Now What Do I Do With It?” RSVP today! Student Cost: $10 for non-members, free for members.
• South by Southwest (SXSW) Tweetup with Fleishman and the St. Louis Social Media Club: On March 20th, these groups will be hosting a tweetup of St. Louis folks who will be following along with the SWSX events in Austin, Texas. SWSX is a blended festival for local musicians and many social media sites launch at this event, so social media professionals will be attuned to what happens during the SSXSW week!
• The St. Louis OD Network will be hosting a meeting on March 14th from 7:30 to 9:30am at the Heights of Richmond Heights on “Accelerating Executive and Organizational Effectiveness.”  Alen Karlin, Ph.D. and Leadership Development Manager at BJC Healthcare will be presenting on an executive assimilation process to shorten the learning curve for both executives and the organization.   ODN meetings are an excellent way to learn more about the profession of Organization Development and to meet practitioners in the field!  To register for the event, please visithttp://www.stlodn.org.
• The St. Louis ASTD will be hosting a meeting on “Creating a change-capable workforce” featuring Jeannie Frazier at 11am on March 28th at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel.  If you are interested in learning and development, the ASTD meetings are an excellent opportunity to learn more about the field.  Please visit the St. Louis ASTD website if you are interested in the event at http://www.astdstl.org.
• The St. Louis chapter of the SHRM will be hosting an event from 7:30 -11am on March 20th at the Heights of Richmond Heights titled “The Law and practice of workplace investigations:  How to avoid the pitfalls.”  If you are interested in HR, this annual meeting is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the field and meet HR professionals.  To register, please visitwww.event.com/d/4cqfhm.
• CSPRC - “Progressive or Prudent? Personal Use of Social Media to Promote Organizational Goals” Luncheon on Tuesday, March 12 – 11:30-1:15 at the Clayton Sheraton. RSVP here. Cost: $20 for students
• St. Louis Transplants - Social Networking on Wednesday, March 13 – 5:30-10 at Gerard’s in Des Peres. RSVP here for complimentary appetizers.
• American Marketing Association Monthly Luncheon – Thursday, March 21st from 11:30-1pm at Maggiano’s in Richmond Heights. Description: “Elizabeth Frantz, Social Media Editor at Better Homes and Gardens will be our speaker. More 7.5 million people read Better Homes and Gardens, the magazine. Our March speaker will share with us how a brand that began in 1922 is responding to the digital age in a big way. If you are interested in cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, entertaining or just want to hear about a remarkable brand and where it is headed, don’t miss this special event.” RSVP here. Cost: $20 for students

Internship/Job Opportunities:

PRSA Pro-Am Day to be Held On-Campus – March 15th: Each year, the St. Louis chapter of PRSA (public relations practitioners) holds a Pro-Am day to bring together professionals (PRO-) and (AM) amateurs (students!) for a day of networking and education. We are thrilled to be hosting the event right here on campus on Friday, March 15th from 10am-2pm. Please save the date and plan to attend! This is an incredible opportunity close to home! More details will follow about registration.

Strategic Communication Student Organization: Professor York is developing a strategic communication student group with several of our current students and they will be working this semester to select a nonprofit organization and run an event for them, among other things. If you are interested in participating in this exciting group, plan to attend their meeting this Wednesday at 3:45pm-4:45pm at Kaldi’s. We would love to get as many of our students as possible involved in this, so plan to attend!

Maryville University’s Inaugural Undergraduate Research Conference: In addition to our department’s research symposium, which features only communication and organizational leadership students, Maryville is starting a new tradition with a undergraduate research conference this year on April 5th. Please see the attached document for more information and you can submit your work for this conference online. I hope many of our communication students submit their work to both our program’s conference AND Maryville’s overall conference! Let me know if you have questions. The deadline to submit is March 1st! More information is attached.

Communication Spring Research Symposium Information: The Communication and Organizational Leadership Student Research Symposium will be held this Spring on Friday, April 26th from 2:30-6:30pm. We are very excited to have this third annual event include graduate and undergraduate students presenting research papers and posters. If you have a class paper that you are proud of and you want to present it in the form of a paper or poster, please apply for this symposium today! The deadline for this symposium is April 1st. More information is attached.

Technology Training: Several students have recently asked me about additional technology training beyond what we do in class, so I want to share this resource with you all. Lynda.com has an incredible set of videos designed to help you learn many different technology tools, such as Adobe Captivate, Photoshop, Illustrator, and many social media sites. You can get a Lynda account for free as a Maryville student. Click here for more details.

Alumni News: We were thrilled to hear this week that Melissa Graham (’12 Alum) has been hired as Public Relations Coordinator at Neiman Marcus. Congratulations, Melissa! We are thrilled for you. Alumni, please send news as it happens so we can celebrate your accomplishments with you!

Young Professional Event THIS Thursday: Focus St. Louis is sponsoring a Dialogue and Drafts event this Thursday from 5:30-6:30pm downtown at 815 Olive St #110. The speaker is Aaron Perlut who has a wonderful career and will be discussing his leadership journey. This is a free event, but registration closes soon, so reserve your spot today!

Volunteer Opportunity: Professor Dohrman is leading a small group of Maryville students to volunteer at an organization called Girls on the Run, which teaches young girls self-esteem through an after-school running program. The next two volunteer dates are March 6th from 1-3:30pm and April 18th from 5-8pm at their office in Maplewood. We will be helping them with sorting materials for their girls and coaches. If you are interested in volunteering and learning more about this organization, e-mail me at rldohrman@maryville.edu.

National Communication Association Conference: The NCA Conference, which is the largest communication conference for communication researchers, is accepting submissions for the November 2013 conference which will be held in Washington DC. This is an incredible opportunity to meet other communication students and professors and would be a wonderful opportunity to showcase your research. If you are interested in submitting, check out this site or speak with your adviser. The deadline for submissions is March 27th at midnight.

Summer Registration: Summer Registration opens February 25th. We will be offering a section of COMM 223 (Professional and Organizational Communication) with Professor Carver and an elective, Social Media Campaigns with Professor Dohrman. The information about these classes will be online later this week. If you have questions about these courses, please contact the your adviser. Fall Registration starts on March 25th, FYI. You will be hearing from your adviser in early March to set up an appointment.

Pawprint Update: The Pawprint staff has been working hard by creating their newest issue, marketing their issues through Valentine’s Day hearts, a window in the DUC, and post-it notes spread throughout campus, digital signs in the hallways, and preparations for a new website (coming soon!). They recently hit 1,300 weekly hits! Check it out! Congratulations to Professor York, Editor Michelle Lawrence, and the entire Pawprint crew!

Video Editing Student Examples: Two of our students recently created some great videos for their internships! Katie Burke edited a video for the Missouri Botanical Garden for the Orchid Show and Whitney Dutton edited a video for Maryville’s Magnolia publication (no audio because it was used for digital signs). Great work!

Etiquette Dinner on April 9th: The 2013 Etiquette Dinner for Maryville Students will be held on Tuesday, April 9th this year. Save the Date! It will be held from 5-7:30pm on campus and many students have said how much they enjoyed this event in recent years. Contact the Career Education office or see future UGABs for more information.

UGAB Change: UGAB will be a biweekly newsletter for the remainder of the semester, instead of a weekly newsletter. We look forward to bringing you news of jobs, program information, and student/alumni news as often as possible!

CRTNET: If you are considering graduate school in communication, you may be interested in the CRTNET (pronounced “critnet”) listserve run by the National Communication Association. You can subscribe to this listserve on the NCA website and it will give you access to conference submission calls, journal submission calls, and other interesting information about the communication discipline.

Internship/Job Opportunities: