The CLA has published its most recent alumni magazine. Carol published a lovely article on our M.A. alumnus Christopher Connor and his amazing work with Denver’s Road Home, a City of Denver program addressing issues of homelessness. Read the article here. Eric is also featured in that essay and the next bit of news is […]
So. Welcome to the last day of November, the end of the penultimate week of classes, nearly the end of 2018. I hope all of you had the Thanksgiving holidays you needed to have. For lots of us some work, some play, some rest. That was true to me. A nearly ideal Thanksgiving day. I […]
Friday email on Monday
Dear Folks: Here, friends, is the email I was going to send on Friday. And then Friday at NCA happened. Hooftah! What a whirlwind of good stuff. Anyway, this is sort of out of date, but here is the letter anyway. Happy Friday! I am sending this to you from Salt Lake City where lots […]
First week of November
Happy Friday! I sure hope you have had a good week. Hey, I have almost nothing to report this week. A reminder that we have faculty meeting on the 14th just after many of us return from NCA. I will get the agenda and materials out to you next Friday. Speaking of NCA, I am […]
Last week in October
Happy Friday. We are flying right through October, aren’t we? Last full week of the month as we hurtle toward the end of the school year. What? I want to start today with an introduction. Beth Seymour is joining the department as the ACT Film Festival Managing Director. A Colorado native, Beth brings a love […]
Friday Letter, September 28
Happy Friday. I hope all of you are having a wonderful end of week! We are fully into fall now, aren’t we? The shadows are longer, the nights are colder, my garden plants are slowing down. A short letter today. First, some cool news regarding scholarships. With a couple of very generous gifts from departmental […]
Happy Friday from Estes
I am here (as is Martín and Emily) for the Fall Leadership Forum. Over the last few years, the CPD—in particular Kalie, Emily, and Martín—has been working with Rick Miranda and Cara Neth to create more productive conversations. We have talked about things like salaries, first amendment in the classroom, diversity in the classroom with […]
Hope everyone had a wonderful 2nd week
First, published scholarship from Kit: Eric Hoyt, Anthony Tran, Derek Long, Kit Hughes, and Kevin Ponto, “Searching, Mining, and Interpreting Media History’s Big Data” in The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities ed. Jentry Sayers. A reminder to all of the faculty. Please follow the link Elizabeth W sent you regarding your teaching preferences for next […]
How Satisfied Are You with Your Degree?
This fall the Department of Communication Studies faculty and staff assess the status of both our undergraduate and graduate programs, and our research and engagement activities. This self-study occurs every six years and is required by the university (which goes through a rigorous accreditation process every decade). Over the next few months we’ll be identifying accomplishments and missed opportunities from the past six years and […]
Wanted: Alumni Panelists
No matter your academic or career story, and whether you’re recently graduated or have been working longer than you care to say – your life experiences matter, especially to our undergraduate students. Each semester we host two alumni career panels attended by students registered in one of our three capstone courses. That means each semester […]