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Meet Steffie Halverson

Meet Steffie Halverson, the new undergraduate advisor in Communication Arts. She joins Mary Rossa in advising hundreds of Communication Arts students who travel the halls of Vilas each semester. Halverson became interested in education after graduating from college. First working in public libraries, she later earned her Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership and …

Welcome, Students!

Welcome, students! And for many of you, welcome back! The fall semester is underway and it’s bound to be a great one. We look forward to seeing you in Communication Arts courses and around campus, and wish you the best of luck with your coursework. Our site has a lot of resources for undergraduates. Look …

PodcastRE Project Receives NEH Grant

It was announced today that the PodcastRE project will receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Specifically, PodcastRE Analytics: Investigating the Golden Age of Podcasting through Metadata and Sound will receive a $74,972 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant. Combined with the UW2020 grant awarded earlier this year, principal investigators Jeremy Morris and Eric Hoyt now have a …

Professor Vance Kepley Retires

One can accomplish a lot in thirty-six years. In thirty-six years, Professor Vance Kepley wrote two books and about two dozen articles, all the while becoming a leading scholar on Russian and Soviet cinema. In that same timespan, he was chair of the Department of Communication Arts for several years, as well as director of …

Congratulations Communication Arts Graduates!

You’ve worked hard, played hard, and studied harder. You’ve completed a degree designed to give you critical thinking skills, as well as an understanding and appreciation of many different forms of human communication. It’s time to say goodbye to friends, faculty, and beautiful Vilas Hall, and go out into the world and make a difference. Your …

Study Shows the Positive Sides of Pokémon Go

It was July 2016. The days were sunny and warm, and some people were out and about playing Pokémon Go. A lot of them, in fact. For graduate students James Alex Bonus, Alanna Peebles, and Irene Sarmiento, this provided a perfect research opportunity. Pokémon Go, the mobile game in which players traverse their real-world surroundings …

Michele Hilmes Receives Distinguished Career Achievement Award

Communication Arts Professor Emerita Michele Hilmes has received the Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society For Cinema and Media Studies! The Society For Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) is a prominent scholarly organization with nearly three thousand members from thirty-eight countries. The organization holds a conference each year for scholars to share their work, …

Summer Term 2017 – Register Now!

Registration is officially open for Summer Term 2017 courses!  Taking summer courses is a great way to: lighten your credit load graduate faster  get a particular class out of the way fulfill requirements like Comm A or Comm B learn a particular skill or skill set enjoy beautiful summer Madison while receiving top-notch instruction Communication …

Crowdfunding Student Films

It’s the year 2017 and crowdfunding films has become commonplace. Making a good film almost always requires at least a small financial investment, and sites like Kickstarter.com and Indiegogo.com make it easy for both filmmakers and donors to fund projects. Given the utility and real-world application of crowdfunding, the capstone film production course at UW-Madison, …