March 2020 College News

FACULTY ACCOLADES Ann Burnette delivered a talk on the arguments used by woman sufrage leaders at the program “Selling Sufrage: Words and Symbols to Win the Vote and the ERA.” Te occasion was a fundraising event for the Turning Point Sufrage Memorial Association, which is raising money for a national memorial to commemorate the movement that secured women’s right to vote. She was also interviewed as an expert on presidential communication by the Washington Post for a piece entitled, “From ‘my generals’ to ‘my Kevin,’ Trump's preferred possessive can be a sign of afection or control.” Michael Burns was the keynote speaker at Te Ohio State University's Academic Leadership Forum. [ 1 ] He guided the provost and every vice president, dean, and chair/director at Ohio State through a workshop focused on best practices for conducting interdisciplinary research. Tis workshop was based of of the CoSearch program he developed with Marian Houser. Manusheela Pokharel [ 2 ] published “Cancer information overload: Discriminant validity and relationship to sun safe behaviors,” in Patient Education and Counseling . Her article, “Health communication roles in Latino, Pacifc Islander, and Caucasian Families: A qualitative investigation” was recently published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling . STUDENT ACCOLADES M.A. students Sean Dyhre , Jorlanditha Austin , and Noah Dawson travelled with Dr. Stephanie Dailey to the Organizational Communication Mini Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [ 3] 1 Jameson Dunn and Hector Montemayor Perez, creators of the documentary, Coahuiltecans 2 Haley Peters and Gretchen Lemmond, winners of a Silver Addy at the 2020 San Antonio Ad Fed Addy Awards 3 Alumnus, Andrew Waldrup visiting Cindy Royal's Digital Media Innovation Capstone class 10 | March | College News JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION Advertising, Digital Media Innovation, Electronic Media , Mass Communication, Journalism, & Public Relations FACULTY ACCOLADES Kym Fox has taken over as co-chair of the Society of Professional Journalists’ national #Press4Education initiative, which connects high school teachers with professional journalists. Tis is the third year for the program and the frst year Fox will co-chair the efort. Cindy Royal had the article "Redefning Doctoral Education: Preparing Future Faculty to Lead Emerging Media Curriculum" published in the Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication journal. Tis article highlights research that supported Knight foundation's grant of $225,000 that Royal received to host the PhDigital Bootcamp. Royal's co-author was former graduate student Sean Smith , who is now working for Gannett as a front- end developer in Austin. STUDENT ACCOLADES Jameson Dunn and Hector Montemayor Perez earned an Award of Excellence from the Broadcast Educators Association for their documentary, Coahuiltecans . Te documentary focuses on the Miakan/Garza band of the Coahuiltecan people as they seek to keep their culture alive in the modern world. [ 1 ] Haley Peters and Gretchen Lemmond , won a Silver Addy in the 2020 San Antonio Ad Fed Addy Awards. [ 2 ] ALUMNI ACCOLADES Andrew Waldrup visited with Cindy Royal's Digital Media Innovation Capstone class on February 19. [ 3] Waldrup, works for H-E-B as a Senior Product Manager developing their mobile application. Waldrup discussed his career path and the emerging role of digital product management as it relates to all industries, particularly how H-E-B continues to manage the digital transition. HAVE AN IDEA ?! CONTACT MatthewWinn, M.A. Proposal Development 512.245.0040 mwinn@txstate.edu RESOURCE GUIDE: Lisa Westerbeck, M.P.A. Award Management 512.245.6719 lisa@txstate.edu 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) THE C3 TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH YOUR GRANT NEEDS Even though you are working remotely for the rest of the semester, C3 wants you to know that we are still available to help you with all of your pre-award and post-award needs. For example, if you were planning on applying for a specifc funding opportunity, Matthew Winn , Pre-Award Research Coordinator, is still happy to help you craft a great narrative and budget. Or, if you have a question about a payment for an ongoing grant funded project or REP, Lisa Westerbeck , Post-Award Research Coordinator, can help you fnd answers and ensure you are on the right track. Additionally, the team is also happy to talk with you about your long-term project and funding goals via phone, email, or even zoom. If you have any questions or if you would like the assistance of the C3 Team, please contact: • Matthew Winn at mwinn@txstate.edu • Lisa Westerbeck at lisa@txstate.edu GET AN EARLY START ON YOUR REP PROPOSAL Now that classes have moved online for the rest of the semester and all university events are cancelled, some (but certainly not all) faculty may fnd themselves with more downtime than they would normally have during the spring semester. If this is the case for you, consider dusting of an old REP proposal or possibly starting a brand new one to apply for in mid-October. If you have some time and would like to begin working on a REP proposal, reach out to Matthew Winn to get your questions answered and receive high quality feedback on your narrative. Tere is no better time than the present to begin working toward the future! To visit the C3 website, click here . College of Fine Arts and Communication | 11