Communication
Studies

• Students in Media Law and Policy learn online legal research techniques, and take a trip to Washington, D.C., for an exclusive F.C.C. briefing on current communication regulatory issues.
• In Organizational Communication, students learn first-hand about the world of work from women in a variety of professions, while actively planning and coordinating the annual panel presentation, "Women Talking Work." Speakers have included a neurosurgeon, the CEO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, artists, and entrepreneurs.
• Students in International Communication debate global communication issues while researching and producing Web pages for the most exciting new global communication medium, the Internet
• Writing for Print Media I and II, hands-on journalism courses, are team taught by professional journalists, John Muncie and Jodi Jaffe. John was the editor for arts and entertainment at the Baltimore Sun and Jodi was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for their work with The Charlotte Observer. Additionally, Writing for Electronic Media is taught by WSLS broadcaster, Jay Warren.
• In other courses, students have worked on projects ranging from the production of their own 'zines (Alternative Media) to presentations on the role of technology in our culture (Introduction to Communication)

   Finally, the benefits of your liberal arts education will be complemented by the career emphasis of your internship experiences. You will take advantage of internship opportunities during the January Term and throughout the year to explore career paths in communication.

Facilities

The Jane Margaret O'Brien Multimedia Classroom is used for courses such as International Communication, Alternative Media, and Writing for the Print Media. The classroom includes:

• individual PC workstations and an instructor's station
• Internet access
• conferencing techniques
• VCRs, laser disk players, and a high-resolution video screen

The library's TV production studio and control room provide the environment and equipment to instruct students on the theory and techniques of live multicamera television production.

• Mackie soundboard
• MightMix video switcher and digital-effects generator
• three JVC control units for the cameras
• Pinnacle character generator and frame store
• JVC Digital S editing suite

Hollins' editing studio is used to deliver instruction on video editing, video postproduction, and multimedia development. It contains:

• four JVC cuts-only VHS editing stations
• two Avid nonlinear edit stations

During the January Short Term, communication studies students complete internships in a variety of exciting fields. Some recent examples:

• Broadcasting
  CBS News, NYC • CNN, Atlanta • C-SPAN, Washington, D.C. • KXTV, Sacramento • "Larry King Live," Washington, D.C. • "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," NYC • MTV, NYC • WVTF, Blacksburg • WSLS 10, Roanoke • WSET 13, Lynchburg
• Print Media
  Cooking Light magazine • National Geographic • The Roanoke Times • Southern Living • Surfing magazine • Sports Illustrated
• Public Relations and Advertising
  Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency, Chicago • PGA Tour, Ponte Verde Beach, Florida • Porter/Novelli public relations firm, Washington, D.C. • Red Light Management, managers of the Dave Matthews Band • Roanoke Express Hockey Club • Warner Bros. Records • City of Radford, Va.

Hollins Graduates: Where are they now?

A career in public relations, broadcasting, or education or continuing on with graduate school are a few of the possibilities open to communication studies majors. One alumna currently serves as the Public Relations Coordinator for the city of Radford, Va. Another graduate is an on-air reporter for the NPR affiliate, WVTF in Blacksburg, Va. and another is a reporter for The Roanoke Times in Roanoke, Va. In Boston, a former student who doubled majored in communication studies and dance works for the Boston Dance Alliance. One alumna recently graduated from Syracuse University with a master's in public relations and another has just started a graduate program in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.

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