Center celebrates decade of student-cultivated public dialogue

A program that gives CSU students real-world experience facilitating group discussions on difficult community issues celebrated its 10th anniversary this week. CSU’s Center for Public Deliberation marked its first decade at a Nov. 30 reception in the Lory Student Center attended by prominent guests such as Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxell and state Sen. John […]

Laura Buser Profile

By Lindsay McNeish Senior Laura Buser graduates next spring with a world of experiences under her belt. As a communication studies major and honors program student, Buser has worked for SLiCE as an involvement advisor, been a student associate with the Center for Public Deliberation, participated in marching band, studied abroad in Italy, and gone […]

Quick Thanksgiving Note

I hope all is well on this gorgeous day after Thanksgiving. I was privileged to see so many pictures of you and your families enjoying yesterday’s festivities. For me yesterday included breakfast with Elizabeth and my parents in Walla Walla and then traveling home from Eastern Washington through Salt Lake City to DIA and then […]

Communication Studies Launches Engaged Ph.D. Program

The Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University announces the launch of its new doctoral program in Communication. The Ph.D. degree expands the department’s nationally-recognized graduate program, which has garnered awards based on the stature of its faculty and the quality of its graduate student mentoring. The first-ever cohort of doctoral students will begin […]

Jim Vidakovich ('69) joins ACT

By Carol Busch (’02) Jim Vidakovich (’69, speech arts) has garnered the reputation as one of the top media strategists in Hollywood. For the past 20 years he has worked on everything from THE OFFICE to BRAVO’s Real Housewives franchise, to The Voice and Mr. Robot. “I get to work with executive producers, show runners, writers, and talent […]