The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication nationally accredits the advertising, electronic media, broadcast journalism, print journalism and public relations emphases. Our student newspaper, The Spectator, has been honored as the best non-daily campus newspaper in the region by the Society of Professional Journalists. Students can join our award-winning Forensics Team, which ranked ninth in the nation during the 2000 National Forensics Association competition and 11th nationally during the 2000 American Forensics Association competition. Through our on-campus International Association of Business Communicators organization, students network with professionals, develop internships and experience shadow days with businesses in and around the upper Midwest. Unlike many other public universities, classes are not taught by teaching assistants.
Students work alongside interesting professors who inspire learning.
Small classes, individual attention. Students are also encouraged to be involved in extracurricular activities such as their high school newspaper, yearbook or forensics. No student may have both a major and a minor from the department of communication and journalism.