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You’ve Got a Terminal Degree of the Cronk

If you’ve got the will, we’ve got a PhD program waiting for you in our networking challenge.

Earn 70,000 credits toward your degree, and you’ll have an incredible choice of prizes:

  • A CronkNews t-shirt
  • A Skyped 1-hour consultation or professional development session with a CronkNews senior writer.
  • Co-host a CronkNews podcast
  • We’ll interview you for a CronkNews spotlight story
  • Have an idea of an appropriate Cronktoral-level prize? Send us a suggestion to consider.

Mission Details

Prerequisites: The Cronktoral level of study requires an earned CronkNews bachelor’s degree.

Mission Proof Credits
Write a review of Required Reading for a professional organization’s newsletter, journal or similar publication Link or scanned copy 30,000
Email the president your undergraduate institution and tell her/him about CronkNews.com c.c. CronkNews@gmail.com on your email 10,000
Email a vice president from your undergraduate institution and tell him/her about CronkNews.com c.c. CronkNews@gmail.com 10,000
Email the president of your grad school institution and tell him/her about CronkNews.com. c.c. CronkNews@gmail.com 10,000
Email a vice president at your grad school institution and tell her/him about CronkNews.com c.c. CronkNews@gmail.com 10,000
Wear a CronkNews shirt to a higher ed event Picture proof 10,000
Film a Required Reading commercial and post to YouTube Link 10,000 + 5,000 bonus credits if video includes at least one faculty member, administrator and student.
Paint the traditional wall/rock/whatever on your campus to promote Required Reading 

 

 Post picture to Twitter or Facebook and send a screen shot. 10,000
Create a video news story using xtranormal or similar site of your favorite article from year one of CronkNews.com (June 2009 to June 2010) Link 10,000
Suggest your own independent study idea appropriate at the Cronktoral level. TBD
At 75,000 credits, send a summary of your success to CronkNews@gmail.com. If the registrar approves, you’ll be cleared you to walk the commencement stage in a cute puffy hat (cap and gown not included).

All done? Impressive performance! You may advance to Level 6 – Tenure Track.

Rulesy Stuff

This game is offered for fun. We rely on faithful readers and want to reward them their networking assistance. We’ll rely on participants to follow the rules and to use their conscience, common sense and the honor system to guide their practice. Please play in good faith so we can keep the game open as long as possible. We reserve the right to end the game at any time if we have evidence of funny business that is not funny ha ha.We are open to additional prize ideas or creative mission suggestions, so you may see the game descriptions grow and improve as the game progresses. We may also add rule clarifications or other details – in order to clarify, not to penalize players or prevent their success. Prizes are open to all participants unless budget horrors or exceptional circumstances prevent the administrators from fulfilling their good-faith offers.