Category Archives: Graduate Communication

Your Career and You: “To Be…or Not To Be…MBA?”

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

Conversations with my undergrad COM/PR students at Curry College cover the waterfront…from “what kind of paper should I print my resume on?” to “how do I start my job search?” and beyond. One that bubbles up more and more often, … Continue reading →

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Your Career and You: “Tomorrow…It Begins…Again”

Posted on December 23, 2014 by

I’m sitting here looking out at a magnificently miserable day and thinking back on the year that is in its final days. For the most part, good memories, with a few “challenges” thrown in just to keep things interesting. The … Continue reading →

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Your Career and You: “Graduation…An Ending and a Beginning”

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

The countdown has begun to “commencement day” both at Curry College, where I teach full-time in the undergraduate Communication Department and oversee the Public Relations Concentration, and at Regis College, where I teach part-time in the graduate Organizational and Professional … Continue reading →

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Your Career and You: “Connections…They Bring Us Together”

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

A series of events this past weekend really brought home the meaning for me of “connections.” The first was…thanks to a blundering electrician from our town’s utilities department…a total loss of telephone and internet service for five l-o-o-n-n-n-g-g-g-g days. Thankfully, … Continue reading →

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Your Career and You: “The Road to Success…It’s an Uphill Climb”

Posted on January 22, 2014 by

I always find it interesting to talk with my former-student friends from Curry College, where I teach most of the undergrad public relations courses in our Communication Department, and Regis College, where I teach grad courses in the Organizational and … Continue reading →

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Your Career and You: “Looking Back…Moving Forward”

Posted on December 23, 2013 by

Yep. It’s that time of the year again when we…okay, “I”…settle back and “grade” the past 12 months. (I’m a teacher, remember?? I can do this!) All in all, it has been a pretty good year… Accomplished more than originally … Continue reading →

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Your Career and You: “Know Where To Look”

Posted on September 29, 2013 by

I had a somewhat frustrating experience recently trying to help a group of would-be public relations practitioners understand the basic rules of grammar and punctuation. These are reasonably bright young men and women…juniors and seniors…all of whom should know how … Continue reading →

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