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The Art of Untangling a Crisis

I was late to the party that is Scandal. Over the summer, I watched five episodes of Olivia Pope expertly turn crisis situations around before I gave up. All said and done, it pepped me up to learn about the world of crisis communication in my elective, Foundations of Strategic Communication Management. There is a

MSC Elective: Foundations of Strategic Communication Management

“Strategic communication.” Eight weeks ago, my mental picture of this concept was some amusing hybrid of Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush impersonation (“strate…gery”) and that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza is forced by his boss to back up his mastery of “risk management” (and so turns to a book on tape for help). I’ve learned

Northwestern MSC Spotlight: A Conversation with Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is the Associate Director of External Programs, Internships and Career Services (EPICS) for the MSC program.  In this role Michael provides career coaching for students and alumni of the MSC program.  He also provides specific programming for students throughout the year including webinars and lunch presentations on a number of different career related

Practicum Week

Practicum week. When you hear this you think about 5 long days filled with PowerPoint slides and lectures. While this is true, it is way more than that. We are required to attend four of five practicum sessions, which originally seemed like a lot but in reality, it was worth the trip. I started on

Using lessons learned in Marketing to be more effective

As we begin the holiday season, I’ve been thinking a lot about thanking. Not just thankfulness – I am thankful that I’m in this program, that I have a job, and that my family is in good health. I have spent lots of time the past two months thinking about how I can more effectively

The first eight weeks

I started writing this post eight weeks ago, during the first week of school. It’s hard for me to believe that was eight weeks ago. EIGHT whole weeks – a lifetime when you are on the quarter schedule. If you’ve never been on quarters, they hit you hard and fast and before you know it

Picking an Elective

Six weeks completed, three weeks to go. We had no idea what to expect, but for me, it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Starting my Master’s program, I did not know what was all entailed but after the first six weeks of class; it is totally manageable. I

Interim Director of Master of Science in Communication program

On behalf of Ellen Wartella: Dear MSC Community, The Department of Communication Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy J. Hauenstein, MA, as the Interim Director of the Master of Science in Communication program. Hauenstein will assume this position effective immediately. Hauenstein earned a MA in Education from Ursuline College and will complete

Alumni News: Craig Pugh, MSC ’90, named Agency President of Public Communications Inc.

Public Communications Inc. Names Craig Pugh Agency President Appointment adds marketing, management capacity to support agency’s continued growth nationally CHICAGO – April 22, 2015 – Public Communications Inc. (PCI) www.pcipr.com announced today that Craig Pugh of Tampa, Fla., will join the national integrated communications firm on June 1 as president. He also joins the ownership team