The Illinois State Forensics Union is celebrating winning titles from tournaments across the circuit, as they compete this year in their first non-COVID season (i.e., barring any spike in cases and the need for restrictions this fall and winter) since fall 2019. The team has earned 15 individual championships, one team championship, and qualified for 29 events for the national tournaments.
Graduate students in the School of Communication will be presenting their scholarly work at the National Communication Association’s (NCA) 108th Annual Convention. The convention will be held November 17–20, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Dr. Robert and Marilyn Sutherland Endowment for WGLT was established in 2011 to support the public radio station and its participating students.
The School of Communication’s Homecoming tailgate began a little over 20 years ago. Alumni come from across the nation to the tailgate and talk with faculty and current students enrolled in the school.
Three new faculty members are now in the School of Communication to teach students and prepare them for a successful future as well as work on amazing research projects.
When it comes to glorious learning spaces, the School of Communication’s Social Media Analytics Command Center (SMACC) is at the top of the list. Not counting basic software and hardware improvements that made the SMACC lab more powerful, its equipment and furniture have essentially remained the same from the time it first opened in fall 2014 through spring 2022. Welcome to SMACC 2.0!
Dr. Cheri Simonds, professor of communication, has been honored to be named this year’s Distinguished Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The new Foxtail Film Festival, which will debut in April of 2023, is now accepting submissions.
Milner Library has recently expanded The Vidette Digital Archives to include full-text access to the 1980s issues.
Dr. Cheri J. Simonds, professor of communication, will deliver the second College of Arts and Sciences Fall Lecture on Thursday, October 27 with the talk, “Designing General Education Curriculum with Assessment in Mind.”
