September 2019 College News

1 Kristen Farris and Michael Burns in London with the College of Fine Arts and Communication Study Abroad group 2 Te College of Fine Arts and Communication Study Abroad group at the Louvre Museum in Paris 3 Roseann Mandziuk, Ann Burnette, and Rebekah Fox with their Presidential Awards COMMUNICATION STUDIES Communication Studies, Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership Studies, Organizational Communication, Persuasive Communication, Political Communication, & Teacher Certif ication in Communication Studies FACULTY ACCOLADES Steven Beebe discovered an unpublished, unknown manuscript from C.S. Lewis while conducting research over the summer. What appeared to be two unrelated entries constitute a 14-line poem in classic sonnet form refects Lewis' belief that because of one's faith a person sees the world diferently. A Lewis handwriting expert estimated the poem was written between 1934–1939. Steven recently signed a contract for his book, C.S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication , scheduled for publication in 2020. Ann Burnette was selected as a recipient of the 2019 Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Excellence in Teaching Award. Tis award is given annually by the faculty senate in honor of former senator and longtime senate chair Dr. Everette Swinney. She and Wayne Kraemer presented the paper “Representing or Hispandering?: Beto O’Rourke, political identity, and identifcation” to the Alta Conference on Argumentation in Alta, Utah. Michael Burns presented two mock-lectures for the Bobcat Preview note taking sessions, speaking to 800 freshmen about technology's impact on relationships and also provided them with advice for a successful freshman year. He was also a keynote speaker at the Ecosystems conference in Fargo, North Dakota. He spoke with faculty and staf running entrepreneur programs and centers from around the country about CoSearch and the value of interdisciplinary research in community development. Michael Burns and Kristen Farris accompanied 40 undergraduate students, 4 graduate students, and 8 | September | College News