03/13/2017

CSCA 2017 Convention - Graduate Student Caucus Reminders

Hello Graduate Student caucus members!

We hope you’re having a great semester so far! Time flies so fast.  We're now at the point where we are finishing up our presentations and making our schedule. We are writing to help you get ready for our 2017 CSCA. So, here are a few notes:

1. Please come to our great panels. We have them listed here, so you don’t miss any!

Thursday 8:00-9:15 AM Lake Superior A: Creating a Research Agenda as a Graduate Student
Thursday 12:30-1:45 PM Greenway E: Graduate Student Caucus Top Papers
Thursday 3:30-4:45 PM Greenway F: Creating Work/Life Balance: Fostering Flexibility, Determination, and Self-Empathy
Friday 8:00-9:15 AM Greenway G: How to Not Fall Asleep During Class: A Guide to Creative, Nontraditional Teaching Techniques for the Basic Communication Course
Friday 9:30–10:45 AM Greenway H: Creating Research Connections and Crossing Boundaries
Friday 11:00 AM-12:15 PM Greenway E: Paradigms and Pop Culture: Creating New Understandings of Our Modern World
Saturday 8:00–9:15 AM Greenway F: Exploring How Communication Theory Created Modern Day Constructs
Saturday 9:30-10:45 AM Greenway H: You Want My Thesis Revisions WHEN?! Creating a Dialogue between Media Faculty and Graduate Students

2. Please come to our business meeting where we will elect the incoming secretary, ask for discussion panel ideas, and collect volunteers for reviewers, respondents, and chairs for CSCA ’18. Please click the following link for the agenda for our business meeting.  2017 Graduate Student Caucus Business Meeting Agenda

Thursday 5:00–6:15 PM Greenway F: Graduate Student Caucus Business Meeting

3. Please come to our social from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Brit's Pub (1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota) to celebrate the amazing work you all have done this year.

4. If you are not already part of the division’s Facebook group you can join us in our discussion in preparing for next year and as a method to pose questions to other graduate students (https://www.facebook.com/groups/cscagradcaucus/).

5. As a reminder majority of the conference rooms will have projectors (except for Greenway I and Lake Superior) but Wi-Fi will NOT be accessible. Bring your PowerPoints on a flash drive or saved to your computer not the cloud.

6. We would just like to thank you for all of your submissions and all of your work helping with reviews. Without all of you this conference would not be possible.

Lastly, we wish those on the job hunt best wishes and acceptance, with minor revisions of course. To those moving on from their MA to Ph.D. we are excited to hear about your decision next year in 2018!

Looking forward to seeing you all in the twin cities!

Keith (Chair), Riley (Vice-Chair), and Maureen (Secretary)

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Sincerely,

Keith Cyril Bistodeau, M.A.
EdD Student at Hamline University
Assistant Speech Coach at Wayzata High School