Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute

Baruch College

New York City

In 1997, Bernard Schwartz founded the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College in New York City.
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The idea for the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute came from Mr. Schwartz’s firm belief in communications as an important part of business and to set communications curriculum into a wide range of academic programs, from business to science to the arts.

The Institute employs a coordinated effort to encourage students to see themselves as communicators, to value the importance of communicating their ideas well and to gain a respect for the differences among the various modes of expression at play in academic and professional environments.

The Institute helps students become lifelong practitioners of good communications through a curriculum of specially designed, communications-intensive courses that emphasize at least two of three modes of communication: writing, speaking and computer-mediated communication. Communications fellows, academic professionals skilled in developing communication intensive activities, assist faculty members and students across various academic disciplines. In addition, the Business Advisory Council (BAC), a panel of leading executives and professionals in a variety of fields, provide valuable support through classroom observations and presentations on the importance of effective communication to success in business.

The Institute won the 2008 TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award

CAC.OPHONY is a weblog on communication-intensive instruction at the college level and its implications for students about to face the challenges of writing and speaking publicly in professional settings. CAC.OPHONY is written and edited by the Fellows of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College, CUNY

Bernard Schwartz also is a Trustee of the Baruch College Fund.

April 30, 2010

The 10th Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication-Intensive Instruction
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November/December 2008

Change - The Magazine of Higher Learning: Improving Communication is Everyone's Responsibility
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CAC. OPHONY

CAC.OPHONY is a weblog on communication-intensive instruction at the college level and its implications for students about to face the challenges of writing and speaking publicly in professional settings. CAC.OPHONY is written and edited by the Fellows of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College, CUNY