Balancing a career while also completing a graduate degree can be difficult. The College of Communications and Information has recently introduced an online master’s degree program which allows students to receive their graduate degree on their own schedule. The program consists of asynchronous courses which incorporate all four of the college’s concentrations into one program. Students complete courses in public relations, advertising, journalism and electronic media, communications studies, as well as information sciences.

As Veterans Day approaches, a College of Communication and Information staff member who has spent 16 years in the military is headed overseas to active duty.

Jesse Cragwall, a major in the US Army Reserves, will take a leave from his job as assistant director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies, the research arm of the college. He’ll deploy for nine months and be stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany.

“I will be supporting a NATO mission, strengthening NATO allies against Russian aggression,” he said.