General Resources for Students

Student Wellness

  • The wellness hub is a great place for students and faculty because it has a ton of information as well as direct links to resources such as the 24/7 mental health line. It also has resources such as the "academics" tab that has helpful information about things like studying, test taking, and time management. 

  • Students Affairs Wellness Coaching

    For students who might need some help with things like goal setting and learning to manage their emotional wellbeing while in college, there is a peer-to-peer wellness coaching program that can be a great resource. 

  • KSU routinely offers virtual workshops through the Start SMART. Stay SMART series on topics such as test anxiety, time management, and study skills. 

  • Student Affairs - Mental Health Training

    KSU has invested in online interactive tutorials for mental health and wellbeing. The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) tutorial helps everyone identify signs of distress, communicate openly about those concerns, and make appropriate referrals. The training takes approximately 50 minutes to complete and can be spaced out over time as your schedule permits (the program saves your responses as you progress through each scenario). Other trainings include suicide prevention, recovery ally, and Naloxone training. 

Communication Resource Links

This section lists some important academic and professional organizations, many of which conduct regular conferences where participants present research and network among one another. Connection with these organizations is an efficient way to stay current with the advances and people in the field.

  • Association for Educational Communications and Technology

    • AECT, established in 1923, helps networking among professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process.

    Alpha Lambda Delta

    • Alpha Lambda Delta, founded in 1924, is "a large national society that honors academic excellence during a student's first year at college."

  • Atlanta Press Club

    • APC is a regional hub of journalists that seeks to "serve the professional and social needs of our journalism community and foster journalistic excellence," and to "advance the public's interest in and understanding of a free press."

    First Amendment Center

    • FAC is "a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, the right to assemble and petition the government." It is affiliated with Vanderbilt University and the Freedom Forum.

    Freedom Forum

    • FF is a "nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people." Its agenda covers a "Newseum," and First Amendment freedoms.

    Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.

    • IRE provides educational services to reporters and editors interested in proactive journalism. Its resource center contains abstracts of over 12,000 investigative reporting stories.

    National Association of Black Journalists

    • The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides innovative, quality programs and services to its members. The organization advocates on behalf of Black journalists and media professionals  in the U.S. and worldwide. NABJ’s membership is more than 4,300 strong and includes emerging journalists, professional journalists, student journalists, journalism educators and media professionals of all kinds.

    Reporters Without Borders

    • RWB's trilingual (French, English and Spanish) site keeps a daily tally of attacks on press freedom as they occur throughout the world.

    Society of Professional Journalists

    • Founded in 1909 as the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity, SPJ today is a broad-based organization that works to improve and protect the free press tradition in America.

    The Journalist's Toolbox

    • This online forum for reporters and editors features "more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research."

    The Pew Center for Civic Journalism

    • Pew describes itself as "an incubator for civic journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create and refine better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life."

  • Broadcast Educators Association

    • Founded in 1955, BEA is the professional association for scholars, industry professionals and students who are interested in electronic media and multimedia enterprises.

    Federal Communications Commission

    • FCC, established in 1934 as an autonomous U.S. government agency reporting to Congress, regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

    Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office

    • GAFMDE is a state agency that offers information resources and film office services free of charge to individuals or companies interested in relocating or shooting in Georgia.

    IndieWire

    • indieWIRE is an online community of independent filmmakers and aficionados that specializes in reporting film festivals.

    National Association of Broadcasters

    • NAB describes itself as "a full-service trade association which represents the interests of free, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters."

    News Media Alliance

    • NMA describes itself as "a full-service trade association which represents the interests of free, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters."

  • American Marketing Association

    • AMA is a large membership-based organization of professional marketers that supports the practice, study and teaching of marketing.

    International Association of Business Communicators

    • IABC is an "international network of professionals committed to improving the effectiveness of organizations through strategic interactive and integrated business communication management."

    Public Relations Society of America

    • Chartered in 1947, PRSA seeks to "unify, strengthen and advance the profession of public relations."

    Public Relations Student Society of America

    • This organization was founded by the PRSA in 1968, and its purpose is to "cultivate a favorable and mutually advantageous relationship between students and professional public relations practitioners."

  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

    • AEJMC, founded in 1912, is a non-profit organization whose members comprise professors of journalism and mass communication, administrators, students and media professionals.

    International Communication Association

    • ICA was formed in 1950, and its president describes it as "an international association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication."

    International Telecommunication Union

    • Headquarted in Geneva, Switzerland, this organization, part of the United Nations, helps "governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and policies."

    National Communication Association

    • Started in 1914, this association of scholars, educators and students supports research, teaching and service in communication fields.

    Southern States Communication Association

    • SSCA is a regional organization that declares its purpose as being "to promote the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication."

    The Poynter Institute

    • This is a comprehensive resource to magazine publishing resources available on the Web. In-depth categories focus on general publishing, design and layout, editorial/journalism, circulation/promotion, production and web publishing and research tools.