Spring 2004        Department of Communication        Purdue University
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Communicator Staff
Lindsey Vacek
Emilie Bauer

Adviser:
Jane Gibson Natt

 
Mass Communication

From virtual worlds to marketing, greeting cards to television, magazines to research, department faculty and alumni are finding creative ways to communicate with the masses.

Research

Brad Dancer admits he's young to be running a research department for a national television channel

Virtual audience

Virtual Worlds

Professor hopes virtual audiences will help speakers overcome communication apprehension

 

Greeting Cards

Paul Hawkins targets a younger crowd with his unique line of greeting cards he designs and illustrates

 

News Magazines

Paula Dwyer is the senior writer in the Washington, D.C., bureau of BusinessWeek and a top selling author

Marketing

Angela Rickard doesn't just answer to any boss; hers is perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time: Michael Jordan
The Communicator is the official alumni publication of the Department of Communication at Purdue University. It is published twice yearly by students in COM252 under the supervision of adviser Jane Gibson Natt.