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Awards to Communication Arts Faculty

Congratulations to award-winning Communication Arts colleagues Susan Zaeske and Kelley Conway. Dean Gary Sandefur has announced that Professor Susan Zaeske (pictured at right) was selected to receive a Hamel Family Faculty Fellowship. Ten such awards were made across the College of Letters and Science in a highly competitive review of nominees from all L&S departments. Fellowship winners will receive …

Governor Dreyfus (1926-2008) and Communication Arts

Former Wisconsin governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus passed away on January 2 at age 81. He is well remembered by Wisconsinites as an enlightened political leader (he signed the state’s 1982 gay rights legislation), a successful grassroots campaigner, and a flamboyant public figure sporting a distinctive red vest. Those of us in Communication Arts are proud …

Professor Van Swol Wins Award for Publication

Professor Lyn Van Swol, who joined our faculty this fall, won the National Communication Association Group Communication Division’s 2007 Dennis Gouran Research award for the best published paper in group research. She received her award at the past NCA meeting for her article “Differences between Minority, Majority, and Unanimous Group Members in the Communication of …