"Students, Scholarship, and Success in the School of Communication."

The UND School of Communication has much to share.  We hope you have the opportunity to attend some of our events that are open to our community and to join in the excitement that is the School of Communication.

The School of Communication provides comprehensive undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs.  Graduates from our undergraduate and graduate programs have jobs here in North Dakota as well as nationally.  We teach students the professional skills to make critically informed professional and life choices, use technology and communicate ethically and effectively with diverse communities.

We are a regional, national, and global leader in communication education, research and outreach.  We host a Native Media Center in our school that provides resources for Native American students interested in pursuing careers in communication.  Each fall and spring semester the Native Media Center sponsors a hands-on communication workshop, the Native Community Studio, for Native American high school and tribal college students.  The Native Media Center is located in the School of Communication in 231 O’Kelly Hall.

We also sponsor the Northern Interscholastic Press Association, a scholastic journalism association for high school students throughout North Dakota.  Each Fall semester we hold a workshops on writing for student newspapers, photography, and creating student yearbooks.  Each Spring semester we hold a conference in which high school journalists compete for prizes in live action journalism events as well as mail in competitions.

Our students are active in Studio One Television.  Students take classes in broadcast communication offered in the university studios and the School of Communication, and they have the opportunity to produce, edit and present their stories on Studio One Television.

Our school offers a full range of Communication classes.  We have over thirty sections of Public Speaking for students interested in perfecting their oral communication skills, we also have classes including but not limited to Interpersonal Communication, Organizational Communication, Visual Communication, Public Relations, Advertising and Media Studies.  Our Communication major is flexible and allows students to develop a plan of study allowing them to focus on many interest areas in Communication.  We have a range of scholarships and internships available to our students, student organizations, and learning opportunities both in and outside the classroom.

The members of our school are actively engaged in teaching and learning about communication and serving our community and state.  Two of our faculty members have won university wide outstanding teaching awards.

Our faculty have also published in the leading journals in our discipline and you will find books authored by our faculty in the UND library.  The faculty and graduate students in the School of Communication are engaged in research projects on the full range of communication behaviors and concepts.  Our school also publishes the scholarly journal, the Journal of Native Aging and Health in cooperation with the UND Medical School, The Center for Rural Health, and the National Resource Center on Native Aging.  This journal features research on health issues related to Native American Aging.

The School of Communication is an exciting environment.  We hope you will take the opportunity to come to our sponsored events or attend one of our classes.

The School of Communication is looking forward to the future.  We hope you will join us.

Dr. Pamela Kalbfleisch
Professor and Director
UND School of Communication