Financial management for graduating seniors

BFF Robert J. Holland visited Towson last week. He sat in my two PR Writing classes, offering insight and wisdom from his years of experience. He also spoke to our Student PR Group on what students need to know to be successful in their careers. Robert’s involvement with my students constituted a wonderful professional development opportunity.
But there was [...]

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Facebook online study group leads to cheating charge

A Toronto university student was accused of cheating after he created an online study group on Facebook.
The first-year engineering student at Ryerson University escaped being expelled but received a zero on the assignments that he discussed on Facebook, or 10 percent of his final grade in the chemistry course. He was charged with 146 counts [...]

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Job prospects for 2008 graduates

Towson is off for spring break next week. When we return, reality will begin to set in for May graduates. College days are over; it’s time to get a job.
So what’s the job market like? Great, according to Jobweb, which offers career development and job-search advice for new college graduates. Jobweb says this is the [...]

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X is the new Y…enough already!

I just learned that women are the new men. Since the professions of PR, advertising, and marketing are dominated by women, I guess this puts women back into minority status. And after they had come so far…
Here is some more of this silliness:
Pink is the new red.
Quiet is the new loud.
Tequila is the new wine.
Geek [...]

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Speaking of graduate programs….

Does anyone know of a graduate program in which a person can obtain a Master’s related to the music business or an entertainment business program? 

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