On April 18, the Department of Communication hosted about 25 energetic middle-school children on an outing to learn about the social sciences. The school children are part of a group of non-traditional schools emphasizing real-world connections and they were here to see Communication studies at work. They visited The Daily and saw advertising and journalism in action courtesy of Advertising Director Michael Richard and then spent about 30 minutes talking to professor Matt McGarrity about what you can do with a degree in Communication.  The visit was short, lively and the students had great questions. They were especially impressed with the size if the Communications building and the campus. We hope to see them here in about 5-6 years!

Our visitors came from middle school at Highline Big Picture High School and they were accompanied by UW alumni Katharine Chen (2011, English), working with the school as part of Americorp VISTA, and Emily Bylin (2012, Communication), also a mentor to the students.