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Congratulations to the 2019 University Teaching Innovation Award Winner, Professor Steve Stifano!

On April 3rd, Professor Steve Stifano won the 2019 University Teaching Innovation Award yesterday, presented by Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

This is a huge honor, Congratulations Steve!

Professors Rory McGloin and Sara Stifano were also there to support Steve!

For more information about the award: https://cetl.uconn.edu/itl-teaching-scholar-awards/

Special Announcement from COMM Multimedia Production

Our Third Annual Screening & Red Carpet Event takes place Thursday, May 9th at 7:00 PM at the Spotlight Theatre. Trailer and details below...

Event Details:

We are happy to once again partner with UCONN Hartford to bring the Third Annual Commotion Pictures Screening downtown this spring! The best works in Multimedia Production will premiere at the Spotlight Theatre on Thursday, May 9th. With a red carpet, multiple dining options, and a state of the art facility screening our students' projects, this promises to be a memorable night in the young history of our Multimedia Production sequence. Both documentary and narrative shorts from our production courses will be screened, with official selections made throughout the month of April. Stay tuned here as we announce our official selections!

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COMMon Knowledge Blog

Student Feature: Ama Appiah

April 10, 2019

Ama Appiah is a senior who is about to complete her double major in Molecular and Cell Biology and Communication. Ama has made sure to get as involved as she could during her time here at UConn, all while maintaining her down-to-earth, personable self. She and I spoke about her involvement, her accomplishments, and her […]

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In The Media

Creating Safe Spaces for Victims of Microaggressions

February 25, 2019

In the current environment, the press provides daily accounts of racial aggression and violence toward minority groups. While some minority groups experience racial discrimination more than others, according to a new article published in the NCA journal, Communication Monographs, it is Black women who are most negatively affected by this type of behavior. University of Connecticut Assistant Professor of Communication Shardé M. Davis, Ph.D., explores supportive communication among Black women and calls on other scholars to “identify strategies that help Black women manage the ubiquity of microaggressions.”

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Upcoming Events

May 4 Communication Commencement Reception4:00pm
May 9 COMMotion Picture Screening6:30pm
May 15 W Teaching Orientation9:00am
Aug 22 W Teaching Orientation9:00am

Communication Commencement Reception

Saturday, May 4th, 2019

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Great Hall, Alumni Center

Join the Faculty, Staff, and Students of the Department of Communication As We Celebrate Undergraduate Achievement and Commencement 2019!

Hot and Cold Hors D'oeuvres, Cash Bar (Beer and Wine)

Event Program:

Multi-media Presentation

Undergraduate Student Awards

Distinguished Alumnus Address - Dr. Dwayne Proctor, Senior
Adviser to the President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Student Farewell Address

RubyFruit - Acapella Performance

Contact Information: Joel Nebres, jose.nebres@uconn.edu

COMMotion Picture Screening

Thursday, May 9th, 2019

06:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Other
the Spotlight Theater in Hartford

Our Third Annual Screening & Red Carpet Event takes place Thursday, May 9th at 7:00 PM at the Spotlight Threatre.

We are happy to once again partner with UCONN Hartford to bring the Third Annual Commotion Pictures Screening downtown this spring! The best works in Multimedia Production will premiere at the Spotlight Theatre on Thursday, May 9th. With a red carpet, multiple dining options, and a state of the art facility screening our students' projects, this promises to be a memorable night in the young history of our Multimedia Production sequence. Both documentary and narrative shorts from our production courses will be screened, with official selections made throughout the month of April. Stay tuned here as we announce our official selections!

The night will begin with guests congregating in the exciting new Front Street district as our student filmmakers and guests walk the red carpet, followed by the screening of our official selections, and ending with the Audience Award where those in attendance vote on their personal favorites for best picture. Afterwards, Front Street will be alive and well with its numerous restaurants and evening venues as we celebrate the best in a very exciting third year for Multimedia Production in the Department of Communication. If you're a fan of movies and enjoy creative, fresh voices in filmmaking - and you like having a good time - you're not going to want to miss this. And oh yeah, did we mention admission is FREE? We'll see you there.

For more information, check out the event page:
http://commproduction.com/2019screening/

Contact Information: Joel Nebres, jose.nebres@uconn.edu

W Teaching Orientation

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

09:00 AM - 02:30 PM

Storrs Campus
tba

This orientation outlines best practices for teaching writing in the disciplines. It features interactive workshops on building robust revision processes into W courses, designing effective assignments, responding to student writing, and handling the paper load. Our aim is not only to enhance the quality of student learning in W courses but also to explore strategies that can make each instructorâs writing-intensive teaching more effective and rewarding. This orientation is required of all graduate assistants assigned to assist in a 2000+level or to instruct a 1000-level W course.
Go to: http://writingcenter.uconn.edu/w-teaching-orientation/
for agenda and registration information

Contact Information: Margie Ouimette