Alumni Success

Internships

Recent internships include:

  • Buckhannon Fitness Center
  • The Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce
  • The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  • Record Delta Newspaper, Buckhannon, WV
  • Robert C. Byrd Senate Offices, Washington, D.C.
  • St. Joseph 's Hospital, Buckhannon, WV
  • Stockert Youth Center , Buckhannon, WV
  • Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, Weston, WV
  • Tricom , Washington, D.C.
  • USA Today, Washington, D.C.
  • WBNS-10 TV, Inc., Columbus, OH
  • WBOY-12 TV, Clarksburg, WV
  • WBUC-TV & AJG Broadcasting, Buckhannon, WV
  • WDTV Channel 5, Bridgeport, WV
  • West Virginia Choral Arts Foundation, Clarksburg, WV
  • West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Charleston, WV
  • West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Elkins, WV
  • Women's Aid in Crisis, Buckhannon, WV
  • West Virginia Wesleyan College : Alumni Relations Office, Bonner Scholars Office, Campus Activities Office, Office of Admission, Office of External Relations, and Office of Marketing and Communication

Graduate Schools

Communication department graduates are very successful in gaining admission to communication discipline graduate schools, as well as professional schools. In the past ten years, 94% of graduates seeking admission were admitted to a graduate or professional school of their choice. Recent choices include:

  • American University
  • Ball State University
  • Duquesne University
  • Emerson College
  • Georgetown University
  • Howard University
  • Kent State University
  • Marshall University
  • Miami University, OH
  • Northwestern University
  • Purdue University
  • Towson State University
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Delaware
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of South Carolina ( Law School )
  • West Virginia University
  • West Virginia University ( Law School )
  • West Virginia Wesleyan College (MBA)

Employment

Career choices within the communication discipline range from news anchor to politician, campaign director to lobbyist, market researcher to speech writer, radio talk-show host to sports publicist, museum director to training specialist, public opinion researcher to human resource manager, and advertising executive to college professor. Recent employment placements include:

  • Accenture, Chicago
  • Accenture, Washington , D.C.
  • Allegheny College
  • Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce
  • Charles Ryan Associates
  • Edelman Public Relations
  • Emmanual Kern Kilsy, Inc., CT
  • Fox Family Channel, NY
  • FBI
  • Georgia Electric
  • Hartford Stage, CT
  • The Invention Companies
  • Ithaca College
  • James Madison University
  • Junior Achievements of Colorado
  • Life Promotions, WI
  • MSNBC, New York
  • Miami University, OH
  • North Carolina Center for Nursing
  • MAX Internet Communications
  • Susan Davis International
  • America 's Most Wanted
  • One Valley Bank
  • U.S. Women's Polo Federation
  • Signal Design, Inc., NC
  • Snowshoe Ski Resort, WV
  • WBOY-TV, Clarksburg, WV
  • WDTV, Bridgeport, WV
  • West Virginia Council for Independent Colleges and Universities
  • West Virginia Wesleyan Office of Admission
  • West Virginia Wesleyan Office of Institutional Advancment
  • West Virginia Wesleyan Outdoor Recreation Department

National Recognition

The National Communication Association (NCA) awarded West Virginia Wesleyan College's Communication Department the 2003 Rex Mix Program of Excellence Award. The “Rex Mix” recognizes communication departments with a strong curriculum and a broad student engagement and enrichment opportunities such as internships, service learning experiences, and student/faculty research.

For more information: contact Kay Long, professor of communication,
at long@wvwc.edu or at (304) 473-8234.