My senior seminar project created with classmates in order to guide the up and coming students within the School of Communication. As a team, we had an event that included courses, advisors, study abroad information, and Lambda Pi Eta while incorporating a carnival theme.
Spring gala 2024 photo slideshow - Celebrating School-Community Partnerships
Senior Seminar Impact Project
1. The School of
Communication Experience
By: Kylie Benjamin, Melanie D’Andrea, Nick Henkel, Ema Kulenovic, Jenni Lusk, Madison Sharkey,
Ashton Smith, and Shoshone Truro-Allee
2. ● Original Vision
● Marketing
● Our Roles
● What worked- Student’s Perspective
● What worked- Our Perspective
● Improvements
● Survey Analysis
● Goals/Wrap Up
Overview
3. Original Vision
● Carnival theme!
● 10 tables of classes
○ ea. table will be focused on one class
○ ea. table will have a tri-fold board with basic information
○ ea. table will have a carnival game → to ask question
● Will have food and games
● Involvement booths:
○ Study Abroad
○ Lambda Pi Eta
○ Advising
4. Marketing the Event
● Flyers posted around campus
● Class facebook pages
● School of Communication social
media pages
● Professors
7. What Worked: Students Perspective
● Advice from students/Seniors
● Combination of electives & required
classes
● Poster boards
● Study abroad table
● Prizes & food
● Passport/ stamps
8. What Worked: Our Perspective
● Flow
● Helpful to have classmates there
● Required or credit
○ Brought classes
● Ideal combination of classes
● Adding variation
● Theme added element of fun
● Busiest from 1:30-2:15 pm
9. Improvements For Next Year
● Before registration
● Larger space - Memorial Lawn
● More tables
● Diverse selection of electives
● Required Com classes and required SCC classes
● Incorporate other section of senior sem class
● Rethink & Chapman Radio
● School of Communication Alumni
10. Survey Analysis
● 33 responses out of 102
participants
● Sent out the night of the event
● Some students didn’t write
down their email
● Mostly talked to Com Majors
11. Survey Analysis (cont.)
● 60.6% “Strongly Agree” that the information at the event was
useful
○ 0% “Strongly Disagree” or “Disagree”
● Favorite part of the event?
○ Getting advice from Senior SoC students
○ Learning about electives and various courses
○ Food/prizes
○ Study abroad information
12. Survey Analysis (cont.)
● Tables students would have liked to see that were not
included
○ Conflict, Negotiation, and Power
○ Entertainment Communication
○ More electives overall
○ Internship table
13. Goals/Wrap Up
● Educate students on what to expect in their classes
● Increase excitement of majors
● Show them how to get involved on campus with their major
● Show what types of career paths COM/SCC majors can take
● Establish as a annual SOC event
Mel
-Explain what our original idea was for this event
-Why we chose this as our Impact Project
-What we actually did
Nick
Ema
-Thank everyone for helping us out (wouldn’t have been possible w/o the class’s help)
-This event was team effort blah blah (make up some nice thing haha)
-Then, each person will say what the did the the day of the event
Ema
Shosh
Madison
Kylie
To make it less crowded
Jenni
Say that an improvement for the survey could be having students sign in on ipads so they have to put their email in and do it correctly (About 10 emails were invalid)
Jenni
Say that an improvement for the survey could be having students sign in on ipads so they have to put their email in and do it correctly (About 10 emails were invalid)
Jenni
Say that an improvement for the survey could be having students sign in on ipads so they have to put their email in and do it correctly (About 10 emails were invalid)
Ashton
-Wrap up slide basically saying these were our original goals and we feel through this event we achieved these goals
-Based on the feedback we got we believe this event was beneficial
-We hope to keep this event as an annual SoC Event!