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2008 Fall Commencement

Along with two master's graduates, about 75 undergraduate communication majors celebrated their graduation on Saturday morning, December 20, 2008. 

Communication majors made up about 40 percent of the College of Charleston undergraduates completing their degrees for Summer and Fall 2008 in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.   For all programs at the College of Charleston, only the business administration major had more graduates than did communication. 

Seven students receiving the Bachelor of Arts in Communication were honored at the December graduation by the Department of Communication.  Deborah Geilfuss was named the Outstanding Senior in Corporate and Organizational Communication.  Kristen Cutsail, Angela Holford, and Courtney McCaffrey were the Outstanding Seniors in Media Studies.  Karen Abernathy, Alyson Feinberg, and Christin Occhipinti received the Shirley Moore Award in Communication Studies as the outstanding seniors in their concentration.

One of the graduate students receiving the Master of Arts in Communication, Bryn Burkard, recently was named volunteer of the year by Charleston's Center for Women, where Burkard completed a graduate internship.  

"We congratulate the graduates on this wonderful conclusion to their college careers," said Brian McGee, chair of the Department.  "Even in difficult economic times, we are confident that our graduates are very prepared for whatever their futures might hold."
 
For the first time, the December commencement ceremony took place in the new Carolina First Arena on Meeting Street.  In recent years the December commencement has been held at the North Charleston Coliseum.   

An emphasis on oral communication is nearly as old as the College of Charleston itself.  At the College's first formal commencement ceremony in the 1790s, every graduating student was required to deliver a speech.  Today, communication is one of the largest undergraduate majors at the College of Charleston.  
 
Communication majors study interpersonal communication, organizational communication, public and political communication, mass communication, and other communication contexts.  They pursue a wide range of careers in which highly effective writing and speaking skills are essential, along with critical thinking, research, and problem-solving abilities.

 

 

 

 

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