Mississippi Valley State University

December 5, 2008

Services

Special services provided to communication students by the Department are:

1.  Internship placement:  external industrial experience that may lead to a permanent job upon graduation;

2.  strategic academic advisement:  more frequent and compulsory student-advisor conferences scheduled at strategic periods in the semester for higher retention and graduation rates;

3.  rigorous practical training (in student's area of concentration):  newspaper design and publishing, live theatrics/drama, forensic tournaments, and live broadcasting on the campus radio station, all by communication students;

4.  computer literacy training:  students receive a compulsory hands-on training on the use computers by trained lab assistants;

5.  professional portfolio preparation: each student is guided in the preparation of a professional kit- a collection of the students professional achievements/outputs (publications, presentations, photojournalistics, video resumes, etc.) cataloged for job interviews.