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The Emerson College/Bird Street Civic Engagement Project: An American Dream – Resolving conflict through communication

May 15, 2013
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With the end of the Spring semester and Commencement over, it is easy to think that things get very quiet here in the department over the summer. But that’s not the case at all. Dr. Greg Payne and Prof. Spencer Kimball are directing an exciting collaboration/civic engagement project with the Bird Street Community Center in…

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Spotlight on Dr. Angela Hosek

April 23, 2013
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CC100: Fundamentals of Speech Communication—a course each student here at Emerson College is familiar with.  We all know it—the grab-bag speech, the persuasive speech, the group speech.  We’ve all taken it.  But why? Why is it important?  Well for the answer, we go to our…

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Globetrekking with an Alum…

March 6, 2013
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Globetrekking with an Alum…

Chance Dorland (undergrad class of 09), who had an IDIP major in Talk Radio that included Communication Studies courses, updated us on what he’s been up to: “I finish my Peace Corps service in Colombia this year. After graduating in 2009, when I lived in NYC…

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Emerson TALKS Co-facilitators Launch Blog

February 19, 2013
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Emerson TALKS Co-facilitators Launch Blog

This week Emerson TALKS launches its blog- created by the program’s recently trained student co-facilitators.  The blog will provide readers with articles written by the facilitators around issues of diversity and…

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How Great Leaders (Emersonians) Communicate

February 4, 2013
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  “You’ve just been promoted into one of your organization’s Big Jobs.  Can you stick with the leadership style that brought you this far? Or do you need to recalibrate…

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Spotlight on Professor Ted Hollingworth

December 6, 2012
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Spotlight on Professor Ted Hollingworth

I walked into the office of Professor Ted Hollingworth not knowing what to expect, but within moments I knew that I was in for a treat.  “I’m not the greatest…

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