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4 Competitors Abby Robertson (Left) and Johnny Vasallo (Right) 5 Communication Studies student, Haley Bass 6 M.A. alumna Ali Cross 10 | April & May | College News two faculty from the Department of Communication Studies: Mr. Wayne Kraemer , Director of Forensics and Mr. Jeremy Hutchins , Associate Director. More than 70 schools participated in the International Forensics Association tournament. Texas State fnished second in the nation for the overall sweepstakes award. Abby Robertson was the 3rd place overall student in the competition. She took 2nd place in Communication Analysis and 2nd place in Program Oral Interpretation. Johnny Vasallo and Abby Robertson took 3rd place in Duo Interpretation, and Johnny Vasallo fnished in 3rd place for Dramatic Interpretation. Haley Bass took 3rd place for Informative Speaking. Teo Januski fnished in 7th place for Dramatic Interpretation. Hector Manriquez took 6th place in Dramatic Interpretation. Ashton Rios fnished in 5th place for Poetry Interpretation. Christian Cisneros was a Semi- fnalist in IPDA Debate. Jake Graybill was an Octa-fnalist for IPDA Debate. [4] Te National Online Forensics Championship saw thirty- seven schools from ffteen states compete. Texas State fnished second in the nation at the NOC. Johnny Vasallo was the second place overall speaker and Abby Robertson was the 5th overall speaker in the tournament. Johnny Vasallo took a gold medal in Dramatic Interpretation and a gold medal in Prose Interpretation. Silver medalists included Abby Robertson for Communication Analysis and Poetry Interpretation, Hector Manriquez for After Dinner Speaking, and Haley Bass [5] for Informative Speaking. Bronze medalists were Abby Robertson for Program Oral Interpretation and Johnny Vasallo for Poetry Interpretation. Te Career Readiness Program, led by Dr. Michael Burns , hosted two events this semester featuring Texas State Alumni. For additional information, please visit the website for the Career Readiness Program. Te frst workshop featured M.A. alumna Ali Cross , [6] presenting “Human Resources 101: COMM Jobs in HR.” Ali is currently the Executive Assistant for the People Operations (HR) Director at Samsung Austin Semiconductor. Te second workshop featured M.A. alumna Shanna Schultz . She presented, “Rhetoric is Not Dead: How I Use Rhetorical Methods in Corporate Communications.” Shanna is a marketing and communication professional with expertise in social media execution, content marketing, and B2B marketing strategy. She currently works for Genuent, an IT stafng company, as a writer and marketing partner. She is also an adjunct professor of speech and communication at San Jacinto College. HAVE AN IDEA ?! CONTACT Meredith Williams C3 Team 512.245.6719 mc65@txstate.edu MatthewWinn C3 Team 512.245.0040 mwinn@txstate.edu RESOURCE GUIDE: Te Resource Guide was created to help faculty fnd and obtain funding and provide support in managing awards for research and creative projects. C3 The Center for Communication, Collaboration & Creativit y (C3) REP FUNDING Do not forget that the C3 Team will be available throughout the summer months to help you with all of your Pre-Award and Post-Award needs. If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss possible funding opportunities with the C3 Team, please contact (Pre-Award RC) Matthew Winn at mwinn@txstate. edu or (Post-Award RC) Meredith Williams at mc65@ txstate.edu. NEH SUMMER STIPEND WEBINAR Te National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends Program seeks to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. Te program works to accomplish this goal by 1) Providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both; 2) Supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most efective. Summer stipends provide $6,000 for two consecutive months of research and writing. Any interested faculty can attend the virtual NEH led Summer Stipends webinar on Wednesday, May 18, at 2:00pm by clicking on this link. If unable to attend at that time, a recording will be available in the days after on the NEH: Summer Stipends webpage. If you have any questions about NEH Summer Stipends, please contact Matthew Winn at mwinn@txstate.edu. RECORDED C3 WORKSHOPS If you were unable to attend the Fulbright: U.S. Scholars Program or Finding External Funding through PIVOT workshops over the past several weeks, both of these C3 workshops are now available for viewing on C3’s new Recorded Workshop webpage. Going forward, all C3 afliated workshops will become available on this webpage in the days following the conclusion of the workshops. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 11