A Senior at Ithaca College, Megan Bauer is originally from a suburb of Rochester, NY. Over the past three years, Megan has been working on her Bachelor's of Science in Communication Management and Design. She is also finishing two minors: Recreation and Health Communication. On this webpage, you will find information about her career goals, links to her resume, and a portfolio of her work.
Megan is currently finishing her degree in Communication Management and Design in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. This program focuses on aquiring three main skills: problem solving and critical thinking; project management and teamwork; and written and oral presentation. Within the major, students learn to master the tools of media and design. They also study the underlying theories in leadership and management, visual and media literacy, and motivation and exploring. As defined in the Ithaca College Course Catalog, Communication Management and Design is a unique interdisciplinary program providing a comprehensive education in the theory and practice of both human and media-based communication within organizations. The curriculum focuses on how people in organizations work together and share information and how organizational leaders design strategies, systems, and tools to accomplish goals. Students prepare to assume a wide range of professional roles in such areas as employee communication, public information, education and training, meeting and special events planning, interactive media and design, and promotional communication.
With a minor in both Recreation and Health Communication, Megan is focusing her studies on learning about communicating health and social care and planning recreation programs. The academic minor in recreation is designed to increase the student's awareness of the importance and extent of leisure and recreation in modern society and to prepare the student to plan, organize, and lead a recreation program of limited scope in a variety of settings. Health communication focuses on communication processes and behaviors as they occur within the contexts of health promotion and health care. The minor is administered by the Department of Speech Communication and the Health Communication Steering Committee. For additional information, contact the coordinator, Professor Bruce Henderson.
Upon her graduation in May 2007, Megan will be applying for the Teach for America program. This program places recent college graduates in schools either in rural or urban towns or cities around the country. The schools are generally underprivledged or lack necessary funding. If she is accepted to the program, Megan will work for two years teaching in one of these schools. Eventually, Megan would like to receive her Masters in either Non-profit Administration or Student Affairs in Higher Education.
At Ithaca College, Megan is a Student Leadership Consultant in the Center for Student Leadership and Involvement. In this position, she assists full time staff in planning community service, leadership, multicultural, and new student programs for the student body. As a Student Leadership Consultant, Megan is able to use and apply the event planning, marketing, group communication, public relations, and leadership skills she has learned in the classroom. On campus, she is also a member of two student-run dance organizations - IC Tap Club and IC Unbound Dance Company. Her favorite activities, however, have been participating in various community service programs through the Peer Volunteer Corps, a student run service organization. Through this organization she has volunteered at various agencies and organizations in the Ithaca community and has participated in the Alternative Spring Break program. This program sends students to different cities around the country for a week-long service project.