For several years the Colorado State University Alumni Association (CSUAA) has hosted regional, in-person Alumni Night Out learning events that feature intriguing topics and places. In 2020, ACT Human Rights Film Festival and CSUAA planned a film-focused Alumni Night Out event during the fifth edition of ACT in the Lory Student Center Theater. The event […]
The inaugural edition of CSU’s Through the Student Lens Film Festival premiered online May 3 through May 17. With a total runtime of just 57 minutes, the festival featured 23 short films made by students and recent alumni, including seven filmmakers from the Department of Communication Studies. The films ran two to four minutes in length and […]
In March 2020, the ACT Human Rights Film Festival became one of the first festivals in the nation to announce that its annual festival – set to open April 3 – was postponed until further notice. The postponement was announced after ACT had released the film program and sold tickets and passes. ACT’s festival programmers and staff determined that cancelling the 2020 festival seemed ill-advised and unnecessary. Instead, ACT Managing Director Beth Seymour got busy re-imagining how to honor filmmakers and continue […]
Every year in late April, the Department of Communication Studies, with support from the College of Liberal Arts, has hosted a first-generation celebration for communication studies majors. Whether graduating in a few short weeks, or several years from earning a degree, all first-generation majors are invited. The event aims to help students build connections with their peers, department faculty, especially those who also identify as first generation, and first-generation alumni. Prior to the […]
Congratulations to the Department of Communication Studies first Ph.D. cohort. Emily Amedée, Jordin Clark, Andy Gilmore, Hailey Otis, and Kristin Slattery began their journey through the communication doctoral program fall semester 2017. The cohort has published their research in highly regarded scholarly journals, won prestigious awards, and developed robust teaching portfolios. All are on track to complete their degrees in 2021, which puts them under the 5-year national […]
This content originally appeared online in Celebrate CLA! on CLA Source. Each spring the College of Liberal Arts recognizes faculty and staff for their contributions to their units, the college, the university, their colleagues, and to their profession or discipline. This year four members of the Department of Communication Studies were honored with the following awards. Distinction in Curricular Innovation Award – Karrin Vasby Anderson This award is […]
Each semester the Department of Communication Studies organizes a series of alumni panels for all Senior Capstone sections. Prior to the pandemic, panels occurred in-person at the Lory Student Center and featured alumni living in the Northern Colorado area. The opportunity to bring alumni back to campus to share stories and meet our soon-to-be-graduated-seniors has always been a highlight of the semester. Once […]
When work went fully remote in 2020 and office life in the Department of Communication Studies ground to a halt, one of the things we missed most were chance meetings with colleagues and students. Gone were those unexpected, in-person conversations that often sprout new ideas. Professor Greg Dickinson missed the spontaneity of department interactions (and we missed his regular visits to our offices […]
Greetings, We are so excited that you are joining us for our first annual Act Human Rights Film Festival. We believe that the festival will create moments of communication, community, and engagement. ACT weaves a passion for the arts and humanities with these disciplines’ commitments to explore what it means to be human and the […]
Greetings, We are thrilled to have you join us for our second annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival. We know it will create moments of communication, community, and engagement. ACT encapsulates liberal arts education in its oldest and most important meanings. Liberal comes from the Latin root liberales meaning to be free and not constrained, […]
