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StOC’s Pompper to address diversity at two U.K. conferences

StOC Associate Professor Donnalyn Pompper will present "Sending the Elevator Back Down:  Women vs. Women En Route to Organizations' Glass Ceiling" at the seventh annual conference of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment, University of Glamorgan Business School, Cardiff, Wales, on June 2 to 4, 2010. Pompper also will be a keynote speaker at the Leeds Metropolitan ... Read more »
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In Pictures: Global SCT session

<b>In Pictures:</b> Global SCT session Representatives from every department in the School of Communications and Theater participated in the Global SCT session as part of the 2009 Global Temple event Nov. 17. It featured a survey of international research and creative work being done in the school.
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Gratson to head national committee for online GLBT course

Scott Gratson will be heading up a national committee to create the first high school online GLBT Studies course. Based in Minnesota, this course will supplement the curriculum of the inaugural GLBT online high school and may be published for use by other high schools across the nation.
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StOC’s Gratson to mentor in University Internship Program

Scott Gratson was selected as a mentor for Temple's inaugural University Internship Program. He will be working with Ezra Hatch, an English major who will be working with the University Honors Program on aspects of communication and media.
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Point Foundation names StOC’s Gratson as mentor

The Point Foundation, an organization that focuses on meeting the educational needs of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) communities approved Scott Gratson as a mentor for a Point scholar this year. The scholarship recipient pool is is highly competitive, with less than 2 percent of the applicants from last year being accepted. Each scholar is ... Read more »
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Donald Heller joins SCT administrative team

Donald Heller joins SCT administrative team Temple University’s School of Communications and Theater welcomes Donald Heller as its assistant dean of administration. Heller comes to SCT from Temple’s College of Engineering, where he was assistant dean of finance and operations, but he is a familiar face in Annenberg Hall. Heller ... Read more »
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StOC chair publishes multivolume set on intercultural communication

Deborah A. Cai, professor and chair of the Department of Strategic and Organizational Communication, has edited a four-volume set entitled Intercultural Communication (Sage Publications). These volumes are a collection of previously published research articles that are important to the study of culture's influence on communication processes. The principal market for these volumes are libraries that are unable to house collections ... Read more »
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NYC becomes classroom for StOC student

Dan Suraci, StOC, poses with his bike on the Brooklyn Bridge. Dan Suraci’s research has taken him down some interesting paths – about 600 miles worth. Suraci, a junior honors student with a double-major in StOC and geography and urban studies at Temple University, is examining the bicycle culture of New York City with the assistance of a Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Scholarship and the Undergraduate Research Incentive Fund. His ... Read more »
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Gratson takes public communication course to NY

Starting in fall 2009, Professor Scott Gratson began offering a StOC class focusing on the role of public communication within New York City. Nearly 30 students study aspects of New York, and also visit StOC, SCT and Temple alumni as well as city leaders in Manhattan. Students are investigating communicative and civic organizations within the city's various neighborhoods and organizations. Speakers include a United Nations ... Read more »
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StOC professor releases novel

Feistman, Gregg- The War Merchants- PR Final.pdf Gregg Feistman, assistant professor of public relations in the Department of Strategic and Organizational Communications, has released his first novel, The War Merchants. It follows a public relations executive and a business reporter as they attempt to expose a plot ... Read more »
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