Communication Studies

Samantha Roddy – B.A. 1991

The wonderful thing about being a Communications Professional is that you learn to communicate and you learn to communicate well. Once that skill is mastered, you are a member of a small margin of people and the possilbities for crafting your own, individual life are expanded. Communicating well means you have the ability to effect people, to change their lives. You can be a marketing or public relations manager and introduce products to the world. You can develop messaging for political campaigns and inspire people to participate in their communities. You can entertain people, through fact or fiction, and make them laugh and cry. You can use your skills to do whatever you want to do, but the fact that you can communicate clearly means you will understand and be understood. This is a great thing.

I received my BA in Communication Studies in 1991. I spent eight years traveling the world as a Marketing Manager for several high tech companies. I have written for numerous national publications. I run www.heardaily.com . My first book of fiction will be out on Kindle in mid-2009.