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Submitted by Lisa Flores, Chair, Search Committee Western States Communication Association (WSCA) invites applications for the position of Executive Director (ED), the chief operating officer of the Association. The term is for three years, 1 July, 2014 to 30 June, 2017, with the ED-select shadowing the current ED, Dr. John Reinard during 2013-2014. The term […]
Submitted by Patricia O’Keefe, WSCA President-Elect/Program Planner TRANSFER For the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, I am asking us to explore the concept of “Transfer.” Our literature continues to use the concept of transfer in a multitude of ways and we have concluded that communication is more than mere transfer. The […]
Submitted by Christina Yoshimura, immediate past Second Vice President The 10th annual Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference was held in Reno, NV as part of the WSCA annual convention. Thirty-five undergraduate students presented their work on competitively-selected panels, with topics ranging from the spiritual rhetoric of Mitt Romney, to communicative pathways to rehabilitation, to an analysis […]
Submitted by Bob Becker, Speech Activities Coordinator 20 schools attended the WFA-WSCA forensics tournament, hosted by the University of Nevada-Reno. Phil Sharp and the Department of Communication provided great hospitality and we appreciate their generosity in opening up their campus to us to host the tournament. The tab room staff of Jeannie Hunt (Northwest College) […]
Submitted by Greg Dickinson, Publications Committee Chair The Western States Communication Association is currently searching for a new editor of the association’s newsletter, WSCA News. The editor’s term runs three years, beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2016. The position is accompanied by financial support in the amount of $1,000 per year. WSCA […]
submitted by John Reinard, Executive Director The results of WSCA’s annual elections are complete and the new slate of leaders will guide WSCA. Dr. Paul Mongeau of Arizona State University was elected First Vice President. Mongeau will take his office at the close of the WSCA convention in Reno. He will succeed to the position […]
Candidates for WSCA offices have reported their position statements for organization-wide elections for key leadership positions. In the upcoming elections, the candidate’s views will be combined with electronic balloting to select the new slate of officers. First Vice President The First Vice President is a voting member of the WSCA Executive Council. After election to […]
Submitted by Brian L. Ott, WSCA President-Elect With 3 workshops, 144 panels, and nearly 650 scheduled participants, the WSCA Convention in Reno, Nevada is shaping up to be one of the Association’s largest in the past decade. The convention also features a pre-conference on US-China Communication that—building upon the conference theme of “Going Global: Communication […]
Submitted by Christina Yoshimura, Second Vice President We will hold our annual Graduate Student Workshop and Graduate Programs Open House at the convention in Reno on February 16, 2013. Please plan to join us! The workshop will be held from 2:00-3:30 p.m., and will consist of a panel of faculty members ready to share their […]
Fall is here, and with it the many competing areas for our attention. Between teaching, conference travel, and managing one’s own research it can be difficult to think about helping to guide someone else’s research as well. Yet one of the rewarding intersections of research and teaching can be fostering undergraduate engagement with research, and […]
May 14, 2013 by MJ
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