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	Phil's Blogservations Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Posted by philgomes 9:50 PM Undergrad Comms Programs Catching Up — More Hope For The New Breed I'm not complaining — I was a guest lecturer at a couple of universities, after all — but I've gotten three requests for student interviews in five days. Different school for each. I'm happy to make time for this. I think it's a good thing — clearly undergrad instructors are pushing students to explore online communities and blogs. Here's one example from Northeastern and, of course, we have Robert French and his students at Auburn. To these instructors and others like you: You're doing the Lord's work, as far as I'm concerned. To their students and others like them: You're learning far more than simple point-and-click, pushbutton publishing. I hope 1) that you realize how fortunate you are to have these instructors, and 2) that you're not in these classes just to get a box checked off at the registrar's office. Make no mistake: Pros like myself are taking notice. Some classes promise "real-world experience," such as that is. Your ears may not yet be firmly planted to the third rail, but you'll be miles ahead of most of your peers when you graduate. Technorati Tags: Public Relations, PR, education, undergraduate | HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil's demented imagination. Hell, to be perfectly honest, even Phil disagrees with what he thinks sometimes. This site has virtually no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Clicking on a link doesn't automatically send a 1/2-cent donation to UNICEF. You can't buy, sell, auction, swap, find a date, win friends, influence people, cross the chasm, or decode the human genome using this site. You won't get free email. You won't win a free video game console. This site will not end world hunger, foster peace in the Middle East, help you smell better, teach you how to swing dance, or move the global economy from petroleum to hydrogen fuels. You'll learn a lot about this site's master, though, which amounts to a haphazard collection of strange and useless facts that pretty much won't help you at all.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This is the blog of Phil Gomes, SVP with Edelman Digital and senior advisor to the Society for New Communications Research. This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. Phil currently resides in Chicago, IL. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes.com View my page on PROpenMic SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.