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May 12, 2011
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Drury Social Media Certificate faculty members keep in regular contact with past program participants via LinkedIn, Facebook, blogs, etc. and enjoy learning of how they are applying skills gained from the course. Michael Throop, a four decade Mass Communication veteran, was a member of Drury’s inaugural seated SMC and has been very busy over the past year creating college level socia…
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March 28, 2011
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As a marketing educator it is important for me to keep abreast of the use of social media to keep our curriculum current. The problem is trying to find the time to develop a good skill set amidst all of the other demands of the job. That is why I turned to Drury’s Online Social Media Certificate program. It gave me the jumpstart I needed and took me well beyond what I would have done on my…
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February 10, 2011
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Congratulations to recent Social Media Certificate graduate Lindsey Castrodale.
I enjoyed the program and gained some great new, marketable skills. I just found out that I landed an internship doing Communications & New Media for a professional tennis tournament. I told them in the interview that I was enrolled in the Drury Social Media Certificate course and I really think it is what gav…
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January 31, 2011
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We are very pleased to have attracted dynamic professionals, such as Cara Jones, to our program. Cara explains how the Social Media Certificate she earned at Drury has helped improve her digital skills and given her career confidence.
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I have been a small business owner for over 9 years, fresh out of graduating from Boston University in 2001. I hit the ground running and quickly…
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January 19, 2011
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We asked our past participants to contribute posts sharing their personal experiences to be featured on the Drury SMC blog as part of an ongoing series. Sherman Rockwell explains how the social media program at Drury helped him with a strategic career transition.
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The majority of my career has been involved in all aspects of the food industry: restaurant worker, restaurant manager,…
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