Media Placement

Here are some outlets where clients of Dick Jones Communications have appeared recently:

“Each graduating class at York College in York, PA paints ‘Old Spart’ green. The students’ signatures remain till the next class’s turn. At Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., a boulder announces campus events or congratulates on birthdays and graduations. Sometimes it’s painted more than once a day.” -- THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 2010. (Photos).”

“As soon as you get a research paper assignment, stop by your library's reference desk and ask for help, says Barbara Fister, academic librarian at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn. "The reference desk is an underutilized site for one-on-one individualized help," she said. "And if you're not on campus, chances are there's a chat reference." -- WASHINGTON POST ,“Campus Overload” blog, April 9, 2010.

“’The act of taking a side in a basketball game, especially a meaningful one like an NCAA tournament game, is associative psychological needs being met. It is an act of self-definition that helps individuals feel like they know where they are and who they are in the world.’” -- Packy Moran, visiting professor of sports management at York College of Pennsylvania in NEWSWEEK, March 23, 2010 in an article titled “Why March Madness Winners Get Treated Like Losers.”

“Other colleges let students blow off steam in unconventional ways. At Roanoke College in Salem, VA campus lore says that students will get good luck by ‘kicking the post’ which is a three-foot cement marker…that many students kick before exams in hopes that they will graduate on time. A similar custom takes place at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth where students rub the nose of the statue of the horned frog—TCU’s mascot—prior to taking midterms and finals.” -- US NEWS & WORLD REPORT, March 1, 2010 in a story titled “How to Relax and Ace Your College Midterms.”

“In January, another women’s college, Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, earned AACSB accreditation.” -- BUSINESS WEEK, Feb. 24, 2010, in a story titled “Taking on the B-School Boy’s Club.”

“’There is a misperception that ‘national’ universities are drawing most of their students from the far reaches of the nation.’ Tom Willoughby, vice chancellor for enrollment at the University of Denver, said recently in presenting these figures and others to the university’s board of trustees. ‘In fact, many of them find most of their students in-state or pretty close to home.’” – THE NEW YORK TIMES, “The Choice” blog, Jan. 25, 2010 in an article titled “Some National Universities Look Locally for Students.”

“…a Susquehanna University survey had discovered 64 percent of students saying Facebook had influenced them in forming an opinion about the university. That was the same portion influenced by Susquehanna’s own website.” -- WASHINGTON POST, “Admission 101 Blog,” Nov. 10, 2009.

“Today’s college graduates do not exhibit as much professionalism as their employers expect of them, according to a new study from York College of Pennsylvania.” – INSIDEHIGHERED.COM, Oct. 23, 2009, “Are Today’s Grads Unprofessional?”