BIFF!  BAM!  POW!  Reclaiming Comics as the Ninth Art

The Department of Communication is excited to host guest lecturer, Matthew J. Smith, on Monday, September 17, 2012.  Dr. Smith, a Professor of Communication at Whittenberg University in  Springfield, Ohio, will be presenting BIFF! BAM! POW!  Reclaiming Comics as the Ninth Art at 7:30 p.m., at the UCA College of Business Auditorium, Room 107.

Public Forum Lecture

Dr. Roderick P. Hart, Dean, College of Communication, at the University of Texas at Austin will be guest lecturer on October 10 - 11, 2012.  

Events and Lectures

Wednesday, October 10
11:00 a.m.  "Voices of Partisanship in the 2012 Presidential Campaign," Irby 212.
3:00 p.m.  Open Master-class:  "Rhetoric, Politics, and the 'Sound-Bite' Mentality" at the EPIC Residential College in Bear Hall.
Thursday, October 11
9:25 a.m.  "Methods of Phetorical Analysis:  Evaluating American Oratory in the Electronic Age,"  Win Thompson Hall 211.
1:40 p.m. Comments and book signing, EDGE Residential College in State Hall.
7:30 p.m. Public Lecture and book signing, "Campaign 2012:  Political Cynicism When We Need It the Least" at the College of Business Auditorium.

3rd Annual Olive M. Hilliard Speech Showcase

The date for the 3rd Annual Olive M. Hilliard Speech Showcase TBA.   This event normally takes place in April.

This Showcase was established in 2010 to honor the memory of Ms. Olive Hilliard, Instructor of Basic Oral Communication.  Basic Oral Communication instructors nominate qualified freshman or sophomore level students who have delivered an outstanding speech as determined in their work in class.