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Faculty News Dr. Cheri Niedzwiecki, Communication and Gender Studies, recently attended the first statewide training for the American Cancer Society Wisconsin Speakers Bureau in the WI Dells October 5. Cheri was asked by the American Cancer Society to serve as a resource for staff and other volunteers when looking for a volunteer speaker in a specific area of the state and concerning a specific topic because of her leadership and commitment to the American Cancer Society mission. Dr. Satoshi Toyosaki’s article, Politics of Social Agency in Racialized Educational Discourse, has been “conditionally accepted” for publication in International and Intercultural Communication Annual with two minor revisions. He revised and resubmitted this manuscript. The editor notes that this essay “makes important contributions.” Dr. Satoshi Toyosaki obtained UW-L graduate faculty associate membership on November 21, 2007. Ms. Heike Flood and Mr. Terry Smith are completing their first semester at UW-L teaching CST 110 in Communication Studies. Both report that it has been a successful transition and they enjoy their experience. NCA Scholarship and Service Dr. Linda Dickmeyer presented her paper, Reflection Writing in Advanced Service-Learning Courses: Growing Pains and Transformations, in a session, Listening to Student Perceptions of and Resistance to Learning Experiences. Dr. Margarita Olivas presented her paper, Living Chicana Theory: Negotiating a Borderland Identity. This paper received a Top Paper award in La Raza Caucus. She presented this paper in a session, Identities, Empowerment, and Community: Qualitative and Rhetorical Approaches to Latina/o Communication Studies. Dr. Michael Tollefson and Dr. Ronda Knox presented their co-authored paper, Communication Apprehension in a Second Language: A Study of Japanese High School Students, in a session, Current Topics in Communication Apprehension Research. Dr. Satoshi Toyosaki presented his paper, Learning and Teaching Foreign Languages with Whiteness, in a session entitled Rippling Whiteness: The Emergence of New Whiteness Facilitators. Student News Curriculum News Our 2008 Spring semester will also be filled with newly designed, newly titled, newly numbered, and/or brand new courses: CST 334 (Gender Communication), CST 412 (Advocacy & Persuasion), CST 417 (Communication & Race), CST 419 (Media, Identity, & Communication), and CST 419 (Performing Advocacy). Mr. Walter E. Elder, MFA, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, will co-teach CST 491 (Performing Advocacy: Self, Cultural Criticism, and Embodiment) with Satoshi. You will often see him roaming on the CFA third floor. Please welcome him. Service and Community Outreach CST students involved in this effort included: Angela Allen, Amanda Elder, Abu Eman, Melissa Fitzenberger, Jeremy Fritsch, Tiffany Hock, Emily Jackson, Katie Kaltenbach, Brenna LeClaire, Jeremy Lewandowski, Martie Mangerson, Erik Martin, Brock Ryan, Sherry Steinhauer, Adam Strand, Jesse Tucker, Mike Williams, Chris Chard, Samantha Golesh, Sally Mroczkowski, Daisy Ratzlaff, Ashley Smeltzer, Cody Wenzel, and Ashley Smeltzer)
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