Most college classes seem boring and irrelevant, but in Michael Caudill’s crisis communication course anxiety will kick in. Caudill challenges students in a sink or swim attitude to learn how to be a public figure during a crisis. Students participate in mock public hearings, interviews and television briefing where they receive hands on experience that […]
Taking on crisis
December 13, 2011 by Samantha Stedem
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Catamounts making an impact
December 5, 2011 by Jean-Marie Jonell
Students at Western Carolina are making an impact on each other, sharing their love of knowledge along the way. Junior Sofia Lilly is a Chemistry tutor, part of a special task force on campus reviewing the liberal studies, and a Biology and English double major. Along the way, Lilly hopes to change a few lives […]
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Waiting for a dream
November 16, 2011 by Jean-Marie Jonell
Catamount Roger Cote is waiting for a phone call that should have come in July, but as each day passes and November is nearly halfway through, the phone call still hasn’t come. Cote is waiting for a call from NBC to determine whether or not he will be interning with NBC at the 2012 Summer […]
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Real Dreams, Real Success: Gabe Nucci
March 16, 2011 by Lauren Johnson
Professor of Communication and Emmy award winner Gabe Nucci is more than meets the eye. In fact, he even has a little advice.
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