Are you listening? Contribute to research on listening across difference.

Have you ever been accused of “not listening”? Did you feel misunderstood? Have you ever accused someone of poor listening skills because they didn’t engage the way you wanted? Now is your chance to put that misunderstanding to good use by participating in a survey about listening across difference. Data from the 10-minute survey will inform […]

Chance Encounter with Academic Inspiration Thrills Doctoral Student

It’s not every day you unexpectedly see one of your favorite musicians casually walk past you on campus. Especially when the musician is from your home state. And, especially, when the musician is a reason you pursued graduate studies. In fact, it was the first day of the 2019-20 academic year – Monday, August 26, […]

Start the School Year with ACT Year-Round and We Are the Radical Monarchs

On August 22, ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicks off the school year by screening an inspiring film about a group of tween girls who have learned that bystanders don’t catalyze change.   Meet the “Radical Monarchs,” a group of 8 to 13-year-old girls of color from Oakland, CA, who are at the front lines of social justice. The film, We Are the […]

Speech Arts Alumna Finds Calling in Northern Malawi

This story originally appeared in the July 2019 edition of the CSU Alumni Association’s Alumline For more than 20 years Carol (B.A. Speech Arts, ’67) and Jim Nussbaumer (B.S. Electrical Engineering, ’67; M.S. Electrical Engineering, ’78; M.S. Computer Science, ’92) have traveled from their Estes Park, Colo., home to Embangweni, Malawi, for weeks at a […]

Communication Studies’ Henschel receives Outstanding Junior Award

Mahalia Henschel, communication studies major and leadership minor, received the Outstanding Junior in the College of Liberal Arts award from Phi Kappa Phi on April 3, 2019. Phi Kappa Phi is an all-discipline National Honor Society promoting academic excellence and service to others. In order to be eligible for the award, students must be in […]

First Friday in May

Happy Friday. Happy first Friday of May and a gorgeous morning it is. A wonderful way to begin to wind down our semester. I am seeing emails announcing that MA students are defending their theses. That is great news and another sure sign that spring is here. Hey lots of different bits of news this […]

Last Friday of April

Happy Friday. The last Friday of April and it has dawned a beautiful morning. I hope all is well for you as you close out this week. I have little to report this week (how often have I started Friday emails that way and they end up several pages long?). Lin Kidder will be in […]