Joel Bauer

Staying Christian in College: An Appeal for Mentors

I am addressing the need for mentors to establish relationships with late adolescents. Christians are going to college and losing their faith. Looking at mentoring through rhetoric, nonverbal, and family communication aspects.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203B

8:30 – 9 AM

Tessa Greatwood

How Technological Advances have Changed Athletic Recruiting for Coaches and Athletes

My presentation will be an in-depth look at how the advances in technology have changed the recruiting process for college bound athletes and coaches. I will be looking at socialization among other things to really see the changes and how it has affected recruiting.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203B

10 – 10:30 AM

Ambria Mitchell

Communication Styles and Cultural Identities in Seattle and Nashville

By examining the three communication areas of interpersonal, intercultural, and nonverbal communication, I will analyze and talk about problems that can occur in cross-cultural interactions. I will also draw upon the factors that make up each city’s identity.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203B

9:30 – 10 AM

Jordan Whittenburg

They Just Did It: How Nike used Michael Jordan, Masterful Communication Strategies, and an Understanding of the American Consumer to Build the Most successful Athletic Brand in the World

This presentation examines the relationship between Michael Jordan and Nike. The company’s understanding of the social yearnings of the American consumer and how the world used the United States as a model to follow were keys to Nike’s exponential growth through the 1980s and 90s.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203B

8:30 – 9 AM

Stefani Woosley

Growing Where You’re Planted: How to Embrace a New Community

When a tree is ripped up from the soil it must be quickly transplanted into new soil to keep from going into shock and dying; how much more do people who are relocating need to preserve their life by laying roots in a new community. Making friends and getting connected in a new place is essential to becoming an established part of civic engagement. Those two elements of establishment are easy to write but require intentional effort to be actualized. By looking at how the use of interpersonal, organizational, and technological communication expedites a newcomer’s integration, readers will be better informed of how to make a smooth transition if they ever have to embrace a new community.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203B

9 – 9:30 AM

Jeramy Anderson

The Core Components of Effective Networking in Mass Media, as Analyzed Through Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication Scholarship

Mass media outlets employ professionals with unique vocabulary, shared experience, and even nonverbals.  Networking in these organizations has its own challenges, many of which can be linked to the impressions management functions of nonverbal messages.  I survey interpersonal and nonverbal scholarship to synthesize this development.

COMM 499, Senior Capstone

Doyle Srader

L203A

1 – 1:30 PM