After the class ends....

Smart communication majors participate in at least one organization or activity related to their profession. Participation offers a chance to bounce ideas against kindred professional spirits, to gain valuable experience in the field, and to build a network of job-friendly contacts.

Here's what you can do at NDSU:

Lambda Pi Eta
Omicron Beta Chapter
The goals of this national honor society:
To recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies.
To stimulate interest in the field of communication.
To promote and encourage professional development among communication majors.
To provide an opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas in the field of communication.
To establish and maintain closer relationships and mutual understanding between speech communication studies faculty and students.
To explore options for graduate education in communication studies.

Lambda Pi Eta was initially established in 1985 by the students of the department of communication at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, under advisor Stephen A. Smith. It became a national society in 1987, and became the official National Communication Association Honor Society in 1995.
Contact: Paul Nelson, advisor

Forensics
Forensic activities began at North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) in 1896; by 1906, students from NDAC were debating on an intercollegiate level. The Lincoln Debate Club (later the Lincoln Forensic Society and currently Lincoln Speech and Debate Society) was formed on February 12, 1922. Throughout the 20th century, NDAC (later NDSU) has sponsored numerous competitive contests and community events; as well as invitational speech and debate tournaments for the high school community. December 20-21, 2002, marks the 25th Annual NDSU Speech and Debate Invitational initiated by Dr. Robert S. Littlefield. In 1967, the North Dakota Delta Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta National Forensic Fraternity was established.

The NDSU forensics team is an active member of Pi Kappa Delta. The team competes in several tournaments annually. Students may compete in public address events, oral interpretation events, and parliamentary debate. Undergraduate students of all majors are welcome to compete.
Contact: Amorette Hinderaker, director of forensics

The Spectrum
NDSU's twice-weekly student-produced newspaper. It offers communication majors the opportunity to learn all facets of print journalism at a professional level, including reporting, photography, editing, advertising sales, design and management. The office includes advanced computerized pagination equipment, high-resolution laser printer, and scanning capability. Students are paid for their work. The Board of Student Publications, which oversees the newspaper, is also built on student participation.
Contact: Dave Wahlberg, advisor.

ThunderWeb Internet Radio
The is the department's Internet station. Students have the opporunity to speak to the world while honing valuable internet and radio skills, including audio production, remote events hosting, and radio news.
Contact: Jon Pike, advisor.

Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
Students interested in public relations join PRSSA to prepare a yearly Bateman Campaign competition, to participate in local non-profit campaigns, and to schedule speakers, field trips and workshops.
Contact: Taiwoong Yun, advisor.

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