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Licenciatura en comunicación clasificada entre las mejores del país

Licenciatura en comunicación clasificada entre las mejores del país

Joshua Kamp January 25, 2021

Traducido por Matias Pedreira La licenciatura en comunicación de la Universidad Weber State ha sido clasificada entre las 30 mejores por College Rank, una organización que proporciona datos educativos...

Finding the right fit in college isnt always easy, but sometimes it is tasty. Photo credit: Shutterstock

Bringing home the bacon

Elora Witherspoon November 30, 2020

College life is a lot like bacon.There are so many different brands of bacon, different kinds, different ways to cook it and different prices.Stores have thick-cut, thin-cut, pre-cooked, maple, brown sugar,...

Beyond your phone: communicating in a screen world

Beyond your phone: communicating in a screen world

Hannah Olsen March 11, 2019

Riaz Patel, the twice-Emmy nominated producer for NBC, Discovery and the Oprah Winfrey Network, has made a life out of communicating in a media-driven world, and he's got a rule for everyone about being...

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Sexual encounters, the shared kind

Deborah Wilber February 23, 2019

It was a playback of the 1985 film “The Breakfast Club.” We weren’t in detention, but we were sharing secrets. A late night in the newsroom had led us to the joint disclosure of sexual...

Elizabeth Hall is Weber State Universitys home to its English and Communication department.

Money talks louder than words

Jennifer Greenlee November 1, 2018

Need money to pay for school? It's out there, especially within the Communication Department. Students just need to get involved. Participating in one of the five co-curriculars within the department can...

Rocking Weber State basketball alumni jerseys at Weber States first home game of the 2017-18 season with Gabriel Cerritos and Harrison Epstein. (Photo Courtesy: Cydnee Green)

College is more than going to class: Get involved, and do it fast

Cydnee Green April 18, 2018

In just a few days, I graduate from Weber State University with a bachelor of science degree in communication, with an emphasis in multimedia journalism and a minor in technical editing.When I first started...

Digital news editor Rachel Piper, left; reporters Jessica Miller, Erin Alberty and Alex Stuckey; along with Managing Editor Sheila McCann celebrate winning the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. (Francisco Kjolseth, The Salt Lake Tribune)

WSU alumna, Salt Lake Tribune win Pulitzer Prize for campus rape coverage

Ezekiel Lee April 11, 2017

Weber State University alumna and former editor-in-chief of The Signpost Jessica Schreifels Miller, along with The Salt Lake Tribune staff, won a Pulitzer Prize on April 10 for Local Reporting in their...

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Emergency drill notifies student in the alps, misses some on campus

Cydnee Green October 30, 2016

  A wave of emergency notifications hit phones all across the Weber State University campus on Oct. 26 at 10:07 a.m. as a Code Purple alert was delivered to the WSU community. The message...

The panelists laugh as they talk about each of their internships, and the difficulties in each. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Career Cafe hosts internship panel

Cydnee Green October 2, 2016

Every week during the fall semester, the Career Services Center on campus hosts a variety of events that can help students prepare for their career paths. On Sept. 28, Career Cafe hosted the Walker Institute...

Caption: New research reveals cells communicate with each other before moving in the body.  (Source: Tribune News Service)

Science Weekly: Neighbor cells get chatty

Kellie Plumhof January 26, 2016

For most people, it's not unheard of to scout out information about a neighborhood before moving there. This can be accomplished in many ways, but perhaps the most effective is just talking to the...

Master of Communication director retires

Pascal Friedmann October 8, 2015

After spending 27 years working at Weber State University, Master of Professional Communication Program Director Kathryn Edwards will retire at the end of December, but for her, retirement does not...

Email etiquette: Aim for formality

April 19, 2015

As the semester comes to a close, emails will be sent about due dates, projects and ominous finals. Students and professors alike may run into problems concerning email etiquette. An email containing...

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