Happy Friday! I hope all of you are well and well prepared for the rain that is in the forecast. I read in the Denver Post that skiing is great right now, maybe some of you will hit the slopes over the weekend! Lots of cool stuff to talk about today. Hye Seung has a new essay out: […]
Happy windy Friday! I hope all of you are well. Hey super short email today. I don’t know if I haven’t been paying attention or if fewer things have come across my desk, but not tons to report this week. Elizabeth S tells me that the Better Together Day was a roaring success. A wonderful […]
Happy Friday! As we charge into April with the snow falling and the last full month of spring semester, I hope all of you are well. Lots to talk about this week. Ellie’s new essay, Aesthetic ruptures: viewing graffiti as the emplaced vernacular, has just been published online atCommunication and Critical/Cultural Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14791420.2018.1454970 Several of you have sent me […]
Happy Friday, happy end of March, happy spring! Most of you know by now that Gloria is retiring effective April 18. She has a new job managing volunteers, and developing and delivering various trainings for University of Arizona Extension. Among other things, this new job gets her in the same town as her grand twins in […]
Andy Gilmore came to Fort Collins by way Manchester, England (his hometown), Hong Kong, Denver, and Washington, D.C. It’s safe to say he is the only Ph.D. student in the inaugural year of the communication studies doctorate program who has returned to academia after single-handedly promoting harp concerts – and in Hong Kong – for […]
Happy Friday. Not that anyone particularly cares, but the last two days I have ridden my bike to school with only my sport coat for warmth. That hasn’t happened since last October. We must be heading fully into spring! A short note with some cool information. Elizabeth has a new essay out regarding her research on […]
Happy Friday! Happy March! How did that happen? I have talked with folks about their feelings about March. Some love that we are another month closer to spring (which, around here, shows up around May 31). Others—like me—know that more arctic blasts are coming and feet of snow are still possible. And so, even on a day that […]
Happy Friday. I’ll tell you what, it was a bit of a shock to return to the cold and snow of Fort Collins after the sun and warmth of California. Nearly all of us at WSCA worked hard giving and listening to presentations, staffing our graduate open house booth, making sure the programs we planned (Andy was program planner for […]
Happy Friday. Pretty cool week, wasn’t it? Chon Noriega’s wonderful lecture on Raphael Ortiz’s deconstructivist art anchored the week. Thanks, Evan, Kit, and Carl for your meticulous planning. Thank you as well to everyone in the community who helped Chon feel welcomed. Not surprisingly, he was deeply impressed by the kindness, generosity, and intellectual vitality […]
