Students in the Fundamentals of Communication classes will compete in this semester's Vicki Stanton Public Speaking Showcase on May 2 at the Plaster Student Union Theater. What is the Public Speaking Showcase? Communication faculty choose about 60 participants each semester to present a persuasive speech in front of a panel of judges in two preliminary rounds, competing … [Read more...]
Missouri State’s Graduate Council has named communication master's student Shaley Moore as the winner of the 2015 Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award. MSU nominates Moore for MAGS award Moore will receive a commemorative plaque from the Graduate Council, and the University will nominate her for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Teaching … [Read more...]
A notable gender scholar and co-author of textbooks used in Missouri State communication classes will be on campus next week to discuss campus sexual assaults and the communication of consent — an issue facing college students across the world. Communication of consent on college campuses Dr. Diana K. Ivy will be featured in an Oct. 5 colloquium. She is a communication … [Read more...]
Communication department instructor Heather Walters was presented two awards at the 2015 National Speech and Debate Association Leadership Awards Banquet in Dallas, Texas, last June, for her coaching efforts with the Greenwood Laboratory School debate team. Awards earned for successful leadership, recruitment efforts Walters, also assistant director of MSU’s debate team, … [Read more...]
Drs Eric Morris and Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk will revive Missouri State's public discourse forum MSUTalks! during this year's Public Affairs Week in September. The communication professors will lead the Sept. 16 discussion on the question, "What defines a healthy community?" It is the first in a series of audience-participation debates slated for campus this year. Debates … [Read more...]