Spring 2007 Issue
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Katie McCaskey
CareerBuilder
Presidential coins

 

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New Master's
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Graduate Student News

 

Recruiting weekend

 

Recruiting Weekend

CGSA members played the roles of tour guide, adviser and friend during this year's graduate student recruiting weekend in March.

All Work &
(Some) Play
NCA dinner
Graduate students take a break from presenting during NCA to have dinner
 
For more information on the department's graduate student organization, please visit our Web site
Halloween party
Lisa Hanasono and Andy King celebrate Halloween at the CGSA-sponsored Halloween party

Purdue shirts still available from CGSA

Show your Purdue pride while helping support the CGSA Travel Fund -- buy a Purdue polo shirt or long sleeve T-shirt!

You can access the order form, complete with styles and sizes available, online. Orders can also be placed via e-mail to Elizabeth Williams.

Publications, Grants and Honors

Amanda Holmstrom, Graham Bodie, and Jessica Rack, graduate students, received a "Top Four Paper Award" (with Professor Brant Burleson) from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the Central States Communication Association for their paper, "What counts as effective emotional support? Three studies exploring individual and situational differences," presented at the CSCA convention in Minneapolis in March.

Susie Huelsing, graduate student, 2007 Broadcast Education Association paper first place as a debut paper in the history division.

Jessica Rack, graduate student, Purdue Research Foundation dissertation research grant (with Melanie Morgan, Assistant Professor).

 

Suchitra Shenoy and Colleen Arendt, graduate students, were selected as OnePurdue Change Management Interns under the Office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurer’s Internship program.

Graham Bodie, graduate student, PRF dissertation research grant (with Brant Burleson, Professor). Bodie also a co-author of top student paper in the Communication Theory Division of CSCA.

Lorraine Kisselburgh, graduate student, PRF dissertation research grant (with Howard Sypher/Sorin Matei, professors).