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The First CommTuesday of the Semester

Members of the Student Advisory Board (SAB) for the TCNJ Communication Studies Department conducted a lively, well attended, session on February 25th at the first CommTuesday of the 2020 spring semester. The first CommTuesday of the decade was off to a great start with an informative session where topics ranged from internship opportunities, to interview strategies and experiences uniquely available to Communication Studies majors. A number of SAB members including seniors Kim Tang, Alexis Blacknik, Alana Adams, and Caroline Muccifori, each shared their varied and interesting internship experiences and answered some great questions from their peers in attendance. The goal of all who attended was to better communicate within the department the best practices that have been utilized to successfully obtain valuable internship opportunities on and off campus, during the school year and for summer internships. Each story shared provided strategies students could utilize to help land their dream communication job after graduation. 

Forget Dementia, Remember the Person

Dr. Yifeng Hu’s COM 345 – New Media and Health Communication class hosted Jeff Borghoff and Katrien Goethals as guest speakers on February 11, 2020. Diagnosed with Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease at age 51, Jeff is an alumni member of the National Early-Stage Advisory Group. Borghoff also works closely with the National Alzheimer’s Association and is a staunch advocate for Alzheimer’s research and awareness. Borghoff spoke to the class about life with dementia, policy for both patients and caregivers, research, and destigmitzarion.

Interactive Video Game, Fresh Start presented at The CUNY Games Conference 6.0

Chair of the Department of Communication Studies, Associate Professor Yifeng Hu and Assistant Professor of Interactive Multimedia Josh Fishburn presented Fresh Start: Process and Educational Impact of Creating an Interactive Video Game With Narrative Immersion to Educate First Year College Students about Mindful Drinking with Deanna Amarosa, a junior public health/communication studies double major, at The CUNY Games Conference 6.0 on January 16, 2020.

Dr. Yifeng Hu Researches a New Approach to Alcohol Education

Chair of the Communication Studies department, Dr. Yifeng Hu, has been working closely with Josh Fishburn, an assistant professor for interactive multimedia and several students from different disciplines on an interactive, narrative-based video game that aims to guide students through alcohol-related situations they may face throughout college.

2019 TCNJ Women’s Leadership Summit

TCNJ Empowers Women A student’s take away from the 2019 Women’s Leadership Summit TCNJ held its ninth annual Women’s Leadership Summit on November 6, 2019. This is an event held through the college and spearheaded by the School of Business and the student run club, Women in Business. This year the keynote speaker was Valerie Young, who spoke…

Internship Spotlight – Kim Tang ’20

Kim Tang shared with us her experience interning in Washington D.C. as the Social Media Intern for National Geographic Society this past summer.

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