For Veteran’s Day Nov. 11, 2015
10. Sleep?! You don’t need sleep! You can sleep when you’re dead! You’ve got a research paper due!
9. Just like the
military, the professors arm you…but with research studies, texts, and their
years of knowledge!
8. It’s not just a
job…it’s an adventure! (You get to eat, breath, and live Communication Studies
24/7!)
7. Drill sergeants don’t yell, they simply talk loud enough
so that everyone can hear them! (I never knew this whole time they were
teaching me about Berger and diBattista’s (1993) study, Communication failure and plan adaptation: If at first you don’t
succeed, say it louder and slower!)
6. On those super
long class days when you don’t have time to stop for lunch, you realize that
the vending machines in Oldfather Hall serve gourmet meals comparable to an MRE
packet (meals-ready-to-eat)!
5. The army exercises
your body – the Comm Studies’ profs exercise your mind!
4. Forget the
camouflage. It won’t help you hide if
you’re not prepared for class!
3. The Comm Studies' professors are like drill sergeants –
they constantly push you to a higher level
of achievement you never knew you
could reach!
2. The road march is
long and hard and all uphill! But the
view from the mountaintop on graduation day will be well worth the journey!
1. Now you’re ready
to: “Be! All that you can be…in
Communication Studies!” HOOAH! J
by Carol Tschampl-Diesing, a first year PhD student and US Army veteran
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