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Valparaiso University
Founded in 1859, Valparaiso University has been known for its outstanding liberal arts education and professional programs. Its location in northwest Indiana gives students the benefits of the premier city of Chicago, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan and the friendliness of the residential community of Valparaiso.
Valparaiso belongs to a small and distinctive group of institutions of higher education that consistently receives national recognition for the quality of their educational programs. U.S. News & World Report regularly names Valparaiso as one of the best comprehensive universities in the midwest in its annual rankings of "America's Best Colleges." In addition, U.S. News ranked Valparaiso among the "best college values" based on a ratio of price to quality, and declared Valpo's College of Engineering as one of the nation's top 20 undergraduate-only engineering schools.
Department of Communication
Valpo’s Department of Communication is home to one of the most versatile majors imaginable. As a Communication major, you study a full range of media in both public and more specialized realms. You learn first-hand how to think critically about interaction and how to reach people effectively. The department focuses on teaching the process of communication as it applies to the areas of study it represents: communication law, new media-journalism, public and corporate communication, public relations, television-radio and speech/debate. In all of these fields the department encourages students to become ethical, critical, and effective sources and receivers of communication; it endeavors to motivate them to serve their community. The department stresses solid preparation in the liberal arts. It seeks a balance between liberal arts and skills courses within the department, believing that this balance is essential to developing good communicators, not just technicians trained for particular jobs. The department's programs also strive to demonstrate the linkages between communication studies and the larger issues of the global community.
National Communication Association
Founded in 1914, NCA is a non-profit organization of researchers, educators, students, and practitioners, whose academic interests span all forms of human communication. NCA is the oldest and largest national organization serving the academic discipline of Communication. Through its services, scholarly publications, resources, conferences and conventions, NCA works with its members to strengthen the profession and contribute to the greater good of the educational enterprise and society. Research and instruction in the discipline focus on the study of how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures.
National Lambda Pi Eta Site
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