Letter from Our Chair
Greetings and Welcome!
We live in a world that has undergone changes of such magnitude in the
past few decades that only an outsider would be able to fathom the nature
of those changes. While human
beings are agile, nimble and adaptable we also do not know how the changes
we have wrought are going to affect us down the road.
One of the areas of study that may help us look back and look
forward with clarity and foresight is Communication Studies. |
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Human beings are communicative beings, essentially.
We thrive when we communicate well, and we starve ourselves of
companionship, camaraderie and community when we fail to communicate
effectively. We take
communication for granted but we do know that most of the world’s ills
are because we have not really paid attention to communicating well.
And as employers at all levels tell us, from CEOs of multinational
corporations to the manager of the local McDonalds, a good employee is one
who communicates well.
Communication Studies is an inter-disciplinary field that draws from the
humanities, the social sciences, and science and technology.
Think of your use of cell phones and text-messaging.
What are the unique features of that communication context that
demand some combined knowledge of sociology, social psychology,
telecommunication, and linguistics? Come
join us, and we will talk about it!
At Longwood University we are embarked on a mission of adoption and
adaptation as our students from the “millennium generation” enter our
campus, interact with us, and demand from us training in knowledge areas
and skills that will enable them to encounter their new world with ease.
In Communication Studies we are on the cutting edge of that
drive to adapt, and we have therefore introduced this year two
concentrations in the major: Mass Media Concentration, and Organizational
and Strategic Communication Concentration.
These two areas of concentration will provide students a sharper
focus of the field of communication studies, and prepare them for a clear
set of career options.
In Spring 2008, Communication Studies is going to move into
a spanking new building on our beautiful campus. My colleagues, our 130 plus majors, and the Longwood
University and Farmville community therefore warmly welcome you to first
visit us, and then join us on this journey of better communication for a
better world.
Ramesh N. Rao, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication Studies
Chair, Communication Studies and Theatre Department
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