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Another Successful Year for the USRC!
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 […]
Calling all Current/Prospective Graduate Students and Graduate Directors!
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 […]
Be a Part of the Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference
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 […]
Time to Renew Your Membership
Submitted by Ann Darling, 2nd Vice President
Classes have begun, leaves are starting to turn, and it’s time to renew your Western States Communication Association membership. It must be fall. All this academic activity causes me to reflect on how I got into this work and why I’ve stayed. read more
Reflections and Highlights from the 8th Annual Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference
By Michelle A. Holling --
This year’s Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference was successful, stimulating and satisfying to organize and host. The success of the conference is due in part to the many strong submissions received, which made for a highly competitive year, the willingness of scores of faculty to review papers, and the family, friends and WSCA members who attended in support of student presenters. Student presenters offered rich empirical data that enabled them to offer interesting conclusions.
Never Too Early to Begin Thinking about Research
by Michelle A. Holling, Second Vice President – I look forward to planning the 8th Annual Undergraduate Student Research Competition (USRC). However, I need everyone’s help to spread the word. As your semester winds down, I ask you to encourage your students to save their final papers and consider revising them over the summer for […]
Membership, Convention Registration Site Now Open
By Cindy Griffin, WSCA Second Vice President– Even during these troubling economic times, one thing remains constant, WSCA is committed to our “work hard-play hard” motto. Western States Communication Association appreciates your on-going support, conference attendance and membership. As WSCA’s Second Vice President, one of my responsibilities is to coordinate the membership drive. You should […]
Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference Deadline Nearing
By Cindy Griffin, WSCA Second Vice President– The Undergraduate Scholars Research conference is an extraordinary opportunity for undergraduate scholars and researchers. Students share original research in the form of critical investigation, experimentation, or analysis at our annual Western States Communication Association convention. We welcome papers from a diverse range of philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches […]
Graduate Student Workshop and Graduate Programs Open House in Anchorage
By Cindy Griffin, WSCA Second Vice President– In conjunction with the 7th annual Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference (USRC), WSCA will host the 2010 Graduate Student Workshop and Graduate Programs Open House. Our goals at the USRC are to expose undergraduate scholars to the best of WSCA, and to give them, and other students, exposure to […]
Plan your Fall Syllabus with the USRC in Mind
By Cindy Griffin, Colorado State University– The Undergraduate Scholars Research conference is an extraordinary opportunity for undergraduate scholars and researchers. Students share original research in the form of critical investigation, experimentation, or analysis at our annual Western States Communication Association convention. We welcome papers from a diverse range of philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to […]
April 10, 2013 by MJ
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