The 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

*Opening Minds to the World®***

The 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program core competition is now open.

   The Fulbright Scholar Program offers teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2014-2015 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others.
  The application deadline for most awards is August 1, 2013.  U.S.
citizenship is required.

This year, there are over 100 awards available to those studying the fields of Communications and/or Journalism.  Moreover, All Discipline awards offered in all regions of the world welcome teaching and/or research proposals in any area of study, including interdisciplinary projects.

In order to meet the changing needs of academia and develop new options to better accommodate the interests and commitments of today’s scholars, the program has introduced several innovations to the 2014-2015 program, including:

• Fulbright Flex Awards
• Fulbright Postdoctoral/Early Career Awards
• Salary Stipend Supplements
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language Awards.

Interested faculty and professionals are encouraged to learn more about these opportunities, and hundreds of others, by visiting the Catalog of Awards

For other eligibility requirements and detailed award descriptions visit our website at
http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/ or contact us at scholars@iie.org.

Social Media Internship – Whiskey Bacon

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2013 Tom Bigler Journalism Conference – April 12, 2013

When: April 12
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Henry Student Center, Wilkes University

Wilkes University’s 13th annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 12.

Much has made of Second Amendment rights during the past year, but for those of us involved with student journalism, the First Amendment is still No. 1. And so, the theme for the 2013 Bigler Journalism Conference will be “The First Amendment: Student Rights and Responsibilities.” Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, in Arlington, Va., will address the conference on the state of student media.

Immediately after the keynote address, LoMonte will talk with advisers about their roles and responsibilities as well as answer questions about situations specific to their school.

In addition to our keynote speaker, we are planning workshops on InDesign (open to faculty and students), social media, photography, TV production, public relations and speech & debate.

We will continue to have speakers from local media talk to students about issues and problems in print, broadcast and online.

Conference Schedule:

• Registration: 7:30 to 8:50 a.m. Henry Student Center Ballroom; 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
• Welcome & Keynote Address: 9 to 9:45 a.m. (Ballroom)
• Session A: 10 to 10:45 a.m. (varied rooms)
• Session B: 11 to 11:45 a.m. (varied rooms)
• Session C: noon to 12:45 p.m. (varied rooms)
• Lunch & Awards Ceremony: 1:00-1:45 p.m. Henry Student Center Grand Ballroom 2nd floor

ON FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/BiglerConf – ON TWITTER at @Biglerconf

For more information and registration documents, please visit http://wilkes.edu/Bigler.

PPRS 2013 Scholarship – $1000!

From http://pprs-hbg.org/news/pprs-2013-scholarship

The Pennsylvania Public Relations Society (PPRS) Student Development Committee encourages full-time Pennsylvania college/university students majoring in a communications-related field of study, i.e. public relations, journalism or mass communications, to apply for the PPRS $1,000 Communications Scholarship.

Download the application here.

Download printable flyer here.

Selection Criteria
One $1,000 scholarship recipient will be selected based on the following criteria:

1. A legal Pennsylvania resident
2. A full-time student who will begin his or her junior or senior year in the fall of 2013 while majoring in a communications-related discipline at an accredited Pennsylvania college or university
3. Academic achievement requiring a current college grade point average of 2.75 or higher, based on a 4.0 scale
4. Extracurricular activities and campus/community involvement
5. Strong writing skills

The deadline to submit your application is May 17, 2013.

National Security Analyst Peter Bergen to Speak at the University of Scranton

Click Here for Mr. Bergen’s Bio:  Bio: Peter Bergen