communication-studies
Nurturing the heart and the mind
They called her Namatovu. When she first arrived in Uganda, Elisa Edmondson ’15 was called Madam Elisa. Within only a few weeks, her students renamed her "Namatovu" in honor of her compassionate and motherly ways....
Continue ReadingFifty years after food stamps
Since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act into law 50 years ago, it has helped reduce childhood hunger and malnutrition, created a support system for not only the working poor but also seniors...
Continue ReadingMeet the 2014-15 Furman Fellows
[caption id="attachment_13923" align="alignright" width="558"] This year's Furman Fellows are (from left to right) Emily Vontsolos, Cassie Chee, Kris Hajny, Orlin Sergev and Luke Christie.[/caption] Furman Fellows Class of 2015 Cassie Chee is a Spanish and...
Continue ReadingUnstoppable
Furman student Ryan Boyle ’18 has had a pretty good 2014. In May he won a World Cup cycling gold in Italy. In July, he matched the feat at the national championships held in Madison,...
Continue ReadingGetting to know New Zealand
Twenty-six Furman students rubbed shoulders, and in some cases noses, with a diverse group of New Zealanders during a unique May Experience course studying communication, culture, and identity. Their travels brought them to five different...
Continue ReadingMasters of debate
After competing against almost ten schools up and down the east coast at the Collegiate Forensics Association tournament in February, Jayde Barton ’15 and Courtney Thomas ’15 brought home the top award. And this isn't...
Continue ReadingTeaching, learning in Japan
Elisa Edmondson spent most of her summer in the classroom. But here role was dual, as an instructor and student. And she was half a world away. The Communication Studies major, was in Tokyo teaching and...
Continue ReadingRemembering an act of courage
On March 2, 1961, a large group of high school and college students gathered at Zion Baptist Church in Columbia. Their purpose was to peacefully confront the state government and the people of South Carolina...
Continue ReadingThe menace of violence in America
The school shootings in Sandy Hook, Conn., occurred in a community that was “not the kind of place something like this can happen.” But, according to Furman communication studies professor Sean O’Rourke, it is becoming...
Continue ReadingInabinet wins Janice Hocker Rushing Research Award
SPRING, 2012 Brandon Inabinet won the Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award from the Southern States Communication Association. The award honors members who have demonstrated exceptional scholarly ability through research and publication early in...
Continue ReadingCivility in public discourse
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 By Shannice Singletary ’14, Contributing Writer Ill-mannered celebrities, games glorifying sex and violence, hazing, and outrageous public displays. Civility, it seems, is under assault. Why? Robert Hariman, a theorist of political style...
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