March 2024 College News

FACULTY ACCOLADES Ann Burnette delivered a talk on the arguments used by woman suffrage leaders at the program “Selling Suffrage: Words and Symbols to Win the Vote and the ERA.” The occasion was a fundraising event for the Turning Point Suffrage 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 affection or control.” Michael Burns was the keynote speaker at The 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. This workshop was based off 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, Pacific 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] C3 The Center for Communication, Collaboration & Creativit y (C3) HAVE AN IDEA ?! CONTACT MatthewWinn C3 Team 512.245.0040 mwinn@txstate.edu RESOURCE GUIDE: The Resource Guide was created to help faculty find and obtain funding and provide support in managing awards for research and creative projects. Meredith Williams C3 Team 512.245.6719 mc65@txstate.edu C3 IS HOLDING SPRING SEMESTER OFF ICE HOURS All CoFAC faculty are invited to drop by C3’s Spring Semester Office Hours held on Zoom from 1 pm to 2 pm every Tuesday and Friday. Pre-Award Research Coordinator Matthew Winn will be available to discuss a wide range of topics with you. Curious about how the grant process works at Texas State but don’t know where to find more information? Considering applying for the internal Research Enhancement Program (REP) in the fall, but you are not sure if your research or creative project idea is a fit? C3 can offer advice and review your REP narrative and budget drafts! If you are interested in attending these office hours, be on the lookout for an email from C3, or feel free to reach out to Matthew (mwinn@outlook.com) so he can send you the Zoom link directly! C3 looks forward to seeing you soon! F IND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO YOUR UNIT ON C3’S EXTERNAL FUNDING PAGE Looking for funding opportunities can be tedious and time-consuming work. Fortunately, the C3 Team’s External Funding page gives you the tools you need, such as a list of funding opportunities organized by academic unit, as well as search tools such as PIVOT (see recorded PIVOT Workshop ) and Foundation Directory Online. If you do find a funding opportunity that you think might be a good fit for your project, please reach out to your Pre- Award Research Coordinator, Matthew Winn (mwinn@ txstate.edu ), to discuss how to proceed. UPCOMING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES • T exas Commission of the Arts: Arts Respond Performance Support – May 1 • NEH: Digital Projects for the Public – June 12 • Humanities Texas: Major Grants – August 15 • Fulbright: U.S. Scholar Program – September 15 • NEH: Summer Stipends – September 18 • TXST: Research Enhancement Program – Mid October College of Fine Arts and Communication | 11 DANCE Dance Studies, Per formance & Choreography, Single Teaching Certif ication, & Dual Teaching Certif ications FACULTY ACCOLADES Ana Baer co-produced the dance concert Timeless at the Harrison Theatre with Torens Johnson . She also produced Creating Community through Screendance , a monthly Sans Souci Fest at the San Marcos Public Library. Her piece "UrbáTerra Bartzelona" premiered during The Merge Dance Concert Timeless . This screendance is a collaborative project by Ana Baer , Amanda McCorkle , Michelle Nance and Heike Salzer with original music from Richard D. Hall . [1] Additionally, she premiered her multimedia piece "Angeles de Tierra" and her choreography "Amitié" during the same concert. The screendance "Sympoiesis" was selected by FECIMU Festival Internacional de Cine y Multimedia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [2] "La Sabina", "IXCHEL" and "Sympoiesis" were selected by Texan Association of Chicanos in Higher Education Conference, San Antonio and was awarded best photography by Make Art Not Fear, Porto, Portugal. The screendance "La Habana en Movimiento" was selected by İFSAK Short Film Festival, İstiklal, Istanbul, Latino & Native American Film Festival, New Haven CT, and DVDanza Festival Internacional de Videodanza, La Habana, Cuba The screendance "Olho Nú" was selected by Life in Motion Festival, Denver. Kaysie Seitz Brown and Torens Johnson , presented Stream in Motion 9.0 for the community on February 25 and for about 300 San Marcos CISD second graders on February 26 and 27 at the Patti Strickle Harrison Performing Arts Center. They began their tour at Fuentes Elementary Fine Arts Focus Campus in Kyle on March 1. New works included "Ellington Suite," choreographed by Torens Johnson , and "Don’t Dys Me," choreographed by Michelle Nance , in collaboration with the dancers. CIM TEYA was also invited to perform at the TedX. [3] UrbáTerra Bartzelona premiered during The Merge Dance Concert Timeless Ana Baer premiered her choreography "Amitite" during the Merge Dance Concert Kaysie Seitz Brown and Torens Johnson presented STREAM in Motion 9.0 1 2 3 10 | March 2024 | College News