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Undergraduate Advising
The Department of Communication has initiated a new Undergraduate Advising Proecess. Your faculty advisor is based on your last name. Please click here for more information and to find your faculty advisor.
Debate is Back!
The Department of Communication is pleased to announce that the Fornensic program is back! Dr. Kevin Kuswa is the new Director of Forensics. He brings outstanding experience as a debater and coach, having himself won 
the National Debate Tournament (NDT) for Georgetown University in 1992, assistant coached Dartmouth to win the NDT in 1993, assistant coached the University of Texas to 3rd place at the NDT in 1995 and 2000, and most recently directed the debate team at the University of Richmond to qualify for the NDT seven times. His debate experience stretches beyond competitive debate, as he founded an urban high school debate league while completing his Ph.D. at the University of Texas, and his debaters at Richmond have a history of success in public debate as well. Prospective students may enroll in debate this fall. See this flyer for more information.
Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS)
The Student Portfolio inside of MyFresnoState allows students to create their own DARS report. Instructions for Viewing a DARS report.
2012 Graduation Exercises
Information about the Department of Communication's will be available during the Spring 2012 semester.
Internship Information
Due to scheduling cuts, Internships (Comm 179) will no longer be offered in Summer or Fall terms. The next term Comm 179 will be offered is in Spring 2012.
May 2011: Come meet Dr. Kevin Kuswa, our new Debate Coach! Sunday May 15th from 2-4pm in Music 160
April 2011: Congratulations to graduate students Clare Anzoleaga, Stacia Swan, Neeley Hatridge, and David Horwitz, who presented their work at the 2011 Graduate Research Symposium! The Symposium was held in the Henry Madden Library on Thursday, May 5, 2011.
April 2011: Revised - The application deadline to the Department of Communication Graduate Program has been moved to May 1, 2011. Admission information
March 2011: Graduate Students are no longer eligible to enroll in 0 units and must maintain continuous enrollment. More information.
March 2011: Congratulations to Dr. Marnel Niles, whose edited volume Still Searching for Our Mothers’ Gardens: Experiences of New, Tenure-Track Women of Color at ‘Majority’ Institutions is to be published by University Press of America in August.
March 2011: It's time for the Peach Blossom Oral Interpretation Festival! Peach Blossom is scheduled for Thursday, March 17th & Friday, March 18th. More information.
February 2011: President Welty and Provost Covino have invited the following students into the University's recognized honor society, Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest and most selective honor society, open to students of all academic disciplines. Membership in Phi Kappa Phi recognizes Junior standing students in the top 7.5% and Senior and Graduate Students in the top 10% of their graduating classes: Juniors: Cecilia Agraz, Rachel Dennler, and Carmen Sanjurjo. Seniors Elizabeth Goddard, Stephanie Hartzell, Chantal Skinner, and Jeannette Vazquez. Graduate Student: Ersilia Lacaze. Also, our student assistant Abigail Paxton (English) was nominated. Congratulations!
February 2011: Congratulations to Julissa González for being recognized as having the Top Debut Student Paper for the Performance Studies Interest Group at WSCA. Her paper is titled: “First Generation Latina identity: Communicative and performative issues of assimilation.”
December 2010: The Department congratulates two of our current graduate students, Jonathan Hernandez and Julissa Gonzalez, who had papers accepted for presentation at the 2011 WSCA Convention in February. In addition, 2010 master's graduate, Hagar Attia, will be presenting.
December 2010: The Department extends its heartfelt congratulations to Professor Emeritus John Cagle who has retired from California State University, Fresno.
October 2010: Pictures from the Department Centennial Celebration are available on our Galleries Page.
October 2010: The Department of Communication was privledged to enjoy a visit from Dr. John Hammerback who opened the Cesar Chavez exhibit in the Henry Madden Library.
September 2010: A new Internship Package (MS Word File), including editable forms is available. More information.
September 2010:The Division of Graduate Studies has reinstated September 30th application deadline for Spring 2011 admissions. Note, this deadline is independent of the Department of Communication Program application. Please contact Dr. Marnel Niles for additional information.
September 2010: Dr. Scott Moore has been named the Dr. T.W. Adams Distinguished Alumni Lecturer of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oklahoma.
August 2010: Dr. Marnel Niles will offer Comm 189: Special Event Planning as a course in Fall 2010. More Information.
August 2010: Fall 2010 Internship Information
June 2010: Dr. Marnel Niles has been appointed the Department of Communication Graduate Coordinator beginning Fall 2010. Summer correspondence may be sent to Dr. Kevin Ayotte.
June 2010: Dr. Shane Moreman has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
May 2010: Students in the Department of Communication Internship Program volunteered 1,536 hours at local community organizations, schools and nonprofits during the 2009-2010 academic year. Congratulations students!
April 2010: Two undergraduate students have been inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, largest and most selective Honor Society. Congratulations Mary Erickson & Leticia Williams!
April 2010: Undergraduate Student Jennifer Ervin has been named the Unviersity's Outstanding Volunteer of the Year! Congratulations, Jennifer!
April 2010: Undergraduate Student Jennifer Ervin has received the 2010 Dean's Medal from the College of Arts & Humanities. This award is the most prestigious recognition an undergraduate may receive from the College. Congratulations, Jennifer!
April 2010: Dr. Marnel Niles has been awarded the Provost's Award for Promising New Faculty. The award recognizes outstanding non-tenured faculty in a tenure track line.
April 2010: The following eight undergradaute students have been inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the National Honor Socieity of Undergraduate Communication Students:
Jennifer Ervin
Mary Erikson
Samantha Hopkins
Sarah Gill
Matt Tarkington
Suzanne Jenkins
Crystal Calvillo
Stacy Heaton
April 2010: Marie Garlock presents It is In You: Health Justice Performance in Tanzania: A performance in movement, spoken word and live music exploring the politics of development, HIV, and the body on Friday, April 16, ED.172 at 2 PM.
January 2010: Congratulations to Dr. Shane Moreman and undergraduate student Jennifer Zenovich because their research proposal, Beyond Words: An Oral History of Feminism Within the Life of Joyce Aiken, has been accepted for funding by the Undergraduate Research Award Program.
January 2010: Dr. Diane Blair has been appointed to the editorial board of the Quarterly Journal of Speech.
Please visit our News Archive for more news from years 2009 and prior.