Communication is a career field that requires hands-on exposure and preparation early on from people with real-world experience, while organizations are an inescapable part of social life, so an understanding of how human relationships work in organizations is an essential element of career success. The faculty in the Department of Communication and Organizational Leadership are practitioners and academics who subscribe to the teacher-scholar model as they guide the professional development of students’ leadership and career exploration through extracurricular clubs and national conference experiences. 

The department guides students in how to 有效沟通 and ethically across a variety of media channels. 学生 get hands-on experience through our award-winning student converged media news website, 哨兵媒体, as well as through 十大靠谱网投手机网址 Radio and 十大靠谱网投手机网址-TV. They also intern locally and nationally which positions them to launch careers in the professional market or for continuation in graduate studies. 

As an interdisciplinary field of study, organizational leadership complements other professional skills. Across private and public sectors, employers require people to lead skillfully, 有效沟通, manage interpersonal conflicts, 解决组织问题, 团队合作, 做出道德决定.

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