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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Syracuse University to Offer Dual Master’s Degree in Public Diplomacy

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Maxwell and Newhouse schools to train professionals in communicating organizations’ messages to the public.

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University is pleased to announce that it will offer a new dual-degree master's program in public diplomacy in conjunction with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. SU is one of only two universities in the nation to offer a graduate program in public diplomacy.

This brand-new program will allow students to earn an M.A. in international relations from Maxwell along with an M.S. in public relations from Newhouse in only two years. As part of their academic and professional preparation, students complete challenging internships and policy-oriented seminars in Washington, D.C. The first class will enter the program in July 2007.

Increasingly, employers in all sectors -- private, government, and nonprofit -- are looking for people who understand diverse audiences at home and abroad and are skillful at crafting messages that describe an organization, convey its vision, and help the organization to communicate its message in times of change or crisis. Every organization, regardless of its size or mission, needs people who have the training and skills to create and sustain an effective dialogue with external audiences. The new two-degree program in Public Diplomacy/Communication provides students with these skills and the academic credentials from two highly visible and top-ranked schools at Syracuse University.

For more information, please visit http://publicdiplomacy.syr.edu.

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The Maxwell School of Syracuse University is the premier academic institution in the United States committed to scholarship, civic leadership, and education in public and international affairs. Maxwell is home to Syracuse University’s social science departments and to numerous nationally recognized multidisciplinary graduate programs in public policy, international studies, social policy, and conflict resolution. Maxwell's graduate program in public administration -- the first of its kind in the nation -- is ranked consistently the leading graduate public affairs program in the country.

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is one of the nation's premiere schools of mass communication. Newhouse embraces virtually every known form of information dissemination from print journalism to broadcast journalism to online communication and from advertising and public relations to photography and film. Among the 60+ faculty members are international experts in such fields as First Amendment law, the effects of television on children, the impact of television on popular culture, and the effectiveness of advertising. Newhouse students are among the best in the nation, having secured a place in the class through a highly competitive admissions process..

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