Faculty

Andrew E. Rudd, Ph.D.

 
Name: Andrew E. Rudd
Hometown:  Muskegon, Michigan
Department:  Communication Arts
Have questions about Malone? E-mail me at arudd@malone.edu

Personal Education History:

  • B.A., Cedarville College
  • M.A., Andrews University
  • Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Classes Teach/Taught:
  • Persuasion
  • Mass Media & Society
  • Playwriting
  • Communication Classes
Colleges/Universities worked at and role:
  • Andrews University, Communications Instructor
  • Bowling Green University, Teaching Assistant
  • Chair of Communication Department, Malone College
  • Associate Professor of Communication Arts, Malone College (1999- present)
Why I love working at Malone College:
The department I am privileged to work with is amazing, supportive, and talented.  They have helped shape my positive experience here at Malone.  It is awesome to have the same values as your co-workers.  I also appreciate how Malone faculty actively works to integrate learning with life, through activities such as learning clusters or sharing our lives with our co-workers and students.  The professors here are expected and do provide a more seamless education, inviting students to be a part of the lives of the faculty.  Learning is embellished through relationships.  That interaction is what makes Malone a wonderful, unique university at which to be employed.
 
What are the advantages of a Malone education: 
The professors here at Malone are committed to developing the whole person, not just students who know information.  Malone is a smaller college, and one benefit of that are the abundant opportunities to engage different parts of yourself, forming relationships and participating in activities.  A wealth of co-curricular activities are available to Malone students, such as the Adviso (student newspaper), Forensics and Debate teams, Theater productions, Public Relations Club, the Malone Radio Station, Student Government, Course Assistants, and Resident Assistants.  Participation in any of these experiences would allow students to think of classroom information outside of the classroom, as they reflect on who they are and who they are becoming.
 
Advice I would give prospective students:
One of the most important things to do in college is to study things you love.  When we chose to live out of love, the profit reverberates not only to us but to the community around us.  "Your greatest passion meets the world's greatest need" (quote of Fredrick Buechner).
 
Hobbies:
  • Watching and analyzing movies
  • Reading contemporary literature novels
  • Taking walks in new cities (from Salzburg to Chicago)
  • Camping
  • Hiking
  • Water sports (skiing, boating, swimming, fishing, canoeing)
  • Spending time with family
  • Writing Screenplays
 
Church/Community/Social activities: 
  • Participate in a small group of Akron Christian Reform Church
  • Hosting/ Hospitality- inviting family, friends, and students into our home
  • Inner City Art (Downtown arts festivals, etc.)
  • Numerous activities and functions with our children
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