Lambda Pi Eta up-coming events!

Hi everyone,

There are a few upcoming events that Lambda Pi Eta (Communication National Honor Society) is sponsoring this month that I thought you might all be interested in. I hope this finds you in time to attend the lecture today!

October 28th, 2009 - Dr. Larry Frey will visit the College as a guest lecturer from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Dr. Frey's interests include group interaction, communication activism, communication and social justice. He will be doing "Soup for Substance" at 12:30 in the AMU room 157. He also will be giving a lecture, "Weaving Social Justice Teaching into the Disciplines," at 3 p.m. in the 707 building, room 303A. To reserve a seat please RSVP by email.

October 29th, 2009 - Lambda Pi Eta will be holding a Halloween Bake Sale to raise money for the Giving Tree from 9am-3pm in the lobby of Straz. There will be lots of goodies to grab for a small donation. This is a great cause, so please come support LPH. For more information please visit the LPH website!

November 5th, 2009 - LPH will be holding the annual Internship Seminar from 6-7:30 p.m. in JH 303. There will be speakers from several different businesses, covering all of the majors in the college as well as corporate, small business, and non-profit. This is open to the whole college and I encourage you all to attend and possibly get an internship out of it!

Again, I encourage you each to attend some or all of these events! Hope you all have a great Wednesday...it's almost HALLOWEEN!! :)

-Robin Hanke

Matching Social Media with Real Life

I was reading this blog by Chris Brogan that I found while on alltop.com looking up PR news. I think he makes a good point when he asks, "Does your social media experience extend to your other points of human contact?"

I'll get back to that point in a second, but first: I was giving a tour for Marquette's Office of Undergraduate Admissions today to a guy from the northern suburbs of Chicago (go figure). He said that one of the reasons that he wanted to check out Marquette University and why he's never even thought to go visit Loyola Chicago is because "Marquette is everywhere. I mean, you guys advertise on Facebook and you're on Twitter and stuff."

The Chris Brogan blog really reminds me about this. Why does Marquette use social media? My answer- because Marquette knows how to use social media and their message on social media matches their in person message. MU's social media is very mission driven and provides news and advertising that relates well to what is happening on campus, as well as advertising to students who very much appreciate hearing about the school through these non-traditional routes.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions prides itself on personal tours and great service. One of the things that we have been doing for three years now is creating Facebook groups for prospective MU students where tour guides answer their questions. I think this is a great way to connect what the office does in real life to what they do on social media.