Department graduate students manned posters highlighting their research at a session April 1 during the department's annual recruiting weekend for prospective graduate students.CGSA also hosted social events for the prospective students.

Jee-Hee Han, Ph.D student, won best paper award at the International Information and Communications Technologies in Tourism 2006 conference.

Jennifer Mize Smith , Ph.D. student, earned Top Paper and Top Student Paper Awards in Organizational Communication at the 2005 NCA Conference for a paper titled "Institutionalizing Philanthropy in the Workplace: A Critical Examination of Management's Construction of Giving." With Professor Beverly Davenport Sypher, paper, "Giving at work: Identification with the company or the charitable organization?" received Top Paper in the Applied Communication division at the Southern States Communication Association meeting. Smith also was chosen to receive a Purdue Research Foundation grant for 2006-2007.

Wendy Morgan, Ph.D. student, with Professor Steve Wilson, had "Nonphysical child abuse: A review of literature and challenge to Communication scholars" published in Communication Yearbook.

Ambar Basu, Ph.D. student, received the University of Kentucky Travel Scholarship ($500) to attend the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.

Lorraine Kisselburgh, Ph.D. student, is part of a research team that received a $67,695 grant from the state of Indiana Department of Homeland Security for the project "GIS Security and Privacy: Policy Implications."

Amanda Holstrom, Ph.D. student, recipient of a Purdue Research Foundation grant.

Josh Frye, Ph.D. student, recipient of a PRF grant.

Jennifer Mize Smith, Colleen Arendt, Jennifer Bezek Lahman, Gina Settle, and Ashley Duff, had "Framing the Work of Art: Spirituality and Career Discourse in the Nonprofit Arts Sector," published in a special edition of Communication Studies.

James Olufowote, Ph.D. candidate, with Professor Steve Wilson and V.D. Miller, had "The interactive effects of role change goals and relational changes on employee upward influence tactics" published in Management Communication Quarterly.

Kristine Clancy, Ph.D. student, paper "Masculinity in the Age of Metrosexuality" was voted the Top Paper in the student section of the gender division of the National Communication Association.