Departmental News
2008 Graduate Student Awards Presented
Awards for overall excellence, teaching, and research were presented to six Department of Communication graduate students at the annual awards picnic on May 9, 2008. In addition, the recipients of the department's two undergraduate scholarships were also recognized. Awards were presented by department chair Elizabeth Toth.
The recipient of the Charles Richardson Award, given to the most outstanding Ph.D. student, was Bjørn Stillion Southard. Stillion Southard was recognized for his consistent and exemplary scholarship that includes four publications, three more in development, and seventeen conference presentations.
The recipient of the Raymond Ehrensberger Award, present to the department's most outstanding M.A. student, was Terri Donofrio. Along with providing exemplary service to the department, Donofrio also was the recipient of the 2007 James L. Golden Prize in Rhetoric, given by the National Communication Association.
The department awards up to five Outstanding Teaching Awards for excellence in the undergraduate classroom. This year, three graduate students received outstanding teaching awards. Each instructor promoted excellence in the classroom, demanding quality from their students while maintaining a high level of commitment and enthusiasm for student learning. The recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Awards were Heather Adams, Ioana Cionea, and Sejal Patel.
The Outstanding Research Paper Award is presented to the best submitted student authored research paper. In addition to the certificate, the recipient also receives the department's annual student membership in the National Communication Association. The winning paper was entitled "Iron Albatross: Air-Age Globalism, the Maps of Richard Edes Harrison, and the Geographical Imagination of the Early Cold War." It's author is Tim Barney.
