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Allie Kaiser, student at Bismarck State College, sits behind a microphone at the school s Mystic Media studio. Colleges and universities in the upper Midwest say businesses want their new hires to be effective communicators.
Image: Courtesy of Bismarck State College
When karen Bauer – who spells her first name with a lowercase “k” – started at Bismarck State College, the school’s communication department had only a newspaper and literary magazine. Now it has a digital studio and a larger focus on the many tools that make up today’s world of mass communication.
Bauer, the school’s assistant professor of journalism and the executive director of the North Dakota Student Media Association, said communication has not only affected her life and career but is a skill from which people in all professions may benefit.