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Your Career and You: “MBA? Do Your Homework First!”
As a public relations professional now teaching the next generation(s) of PR pros at Curry College, I am often asked by students whether or not they should pursue a graduate degree. My answer is invariably “yes, but don’t rush into … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Curry College, Education, feedback, internships, job hunting, job search, liberal arts education, Planning, PR, PR students, public relations, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Attitude, business management, Decisions, Education, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, teaching
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Your Career and You: “Watching Flowers Grow”
One of the truly rewarding things about my current life as a PR professor has been introducing young men and women to the profession that has been mine for more than a quarter-century and seeing that mental “light” go on … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Critical Thinking, Curry College, Education, internships, job search, liberal arts education, Planning, PR students, public relations
Tagged art, Attitude, business management, Careers, communication, Communication Department, Creativity, Curry College, Management, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, science
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Your Career and You: “It All Starts Somewhere”
It seems like a lot of my conversations with students at Curry College, where I teach most of the Public Relations courses in our undergraduate Communication major, lead off with the question “Where do I start?” Most of the time … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, internships, job hunting, job search, liberal arts education, mentoring, PRSA, PRSA Boston, public affairs, public relations, Public Relations Society of America, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Communication Department, Curry College, Education, intern, internship, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, Undergraduate Communication
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PR Education: Ivied Walls Meet Asphalt Reality
I’ve been doing some reflecting recently. No, not out by the swimming pool, although that does sound tempting! Inside my own dusty little head. Several meetings with several former students from both Curry College and Regis College got me thinking…seriously…about … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, Graduate Communication, internships, liberal arts education, public relations, Regis College, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Communication Department, Curry College, Education, Graduate Communication, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, Regis College, teaching, Undergraduate Communication
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Your Career and You: "PR ‘Foreign Policy’"
I had a cup of coffee with a new friend the other day who wanted to try out some ideas on how, after completing her Master’s degree, she might further that education with “real-life” experience in the U.S. before returning … Continue reading
Your Career and You: "Optimism Rocks!"
We had our 2012 Commencement Ceremony at Curry College this past weekend, and, as usual, I came away exhausted but filled with optimism. What a day! Some statistics: Ø 850 undergraduate and graduate degrees conferred Ø International representation: seven countries … Continue reading
Your Career and You: "Learning to Learn"
I never fail to be amazed at the varying levels of interest some of my students show when it comes to actually learning what they’re studying. The two concepts shouldn’t be mutually exclusive…but they sometimes, to me at least, from … Continue reading
