Southern Connecticut State University - Laurel Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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Gra hiczs p CISIOD The use of graphics in such fields as Publishing and Advertising has become increasingly important as an attractive and effective means of communication. Graphic artists are in demand on the career market, and S.C.S.C.'s division of graphics within the art department provides students interested in the field with exposure and experience. Students explore the creative use of typog- raphy, layout design, printing theory and processes and bindery-making through the Graphics department in Engleman Hall, and gain practical experience with professional materi- als and equipment used in offset and screen process printing.

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Journalism ln May of 1978, the B.S. Journal- ism degree was proposed and ac- cepted. The Board of Higher Educa- tion approved of the program after evaluators from three media outlets and one representative from Colum- bia University reviewed the Journal- lsm courses in progress. The pro- gram met with one hundred percent approval from the start. The program is planned to meet the guidelines of the American Council on Education, and although it has not been approved yet by the A.C.E., the degree program has been accredited by the state. Although the program is short- staffed by professors, it maintains a focus in these areas: News-Editorial, Magazine Journalism, Public Rela- tions, and TV-Radio News Writing. As for the grads in this field, the outlook on the job situation is good. On the national scene, there aren't enough graduates to till openings on daily newspapers. Eighty percent of the class of '78 at Southern found jobs in areas related to Journalism within one month after graduation. The demand for people in Journal- ism in business is increasing. And while reports on opportunities for Journalism grads are sometimes misleading, two state surveys report many future openings. Hang in there, writers, we gotta chance!

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Speech Communications The Speech Communications De- partment is known mostly for the versatality in programs and the tightness of the invlolved students. Classes in TV and media, public speaking, and into programs as dis- ciplined as Forensics. The Speech Communications De- partment with all its equipment has been able to send students out to film campus sports and activities. After undergoing a program as di- verse as this one, these graduates will be the next Barbara Walters and Harry Fteasoners. These will be the students prepared to interview and handle the communication aspects of the media world. The department has found one way around bureaucracy through expensive equipment that has been purchased - now the question is, who can teach it to the students, and the answer is in the hands ofthe hungry speech major who takes it upon himself or herself to utilize all that is offered in Davis Hall. I wonder who is going to be the next Mike Bogolowski? Any tak- ers'?'? ff ,ff X A-. J'- , .ff-