Depictions of the Wicked Witch of the West have evolved over the years. The most notable change: She wasn’t always green.
Graduate Studies
Congratulations to These Expecting Parents
Good things come in threes, and that has certainly been true for our Communication Science area this year. Not one, not two, but three Communication Science graduate students are preparing to expand their families in the coming months as they welcome new children into their lives.
An Inside Look from the Telluride Film Festival
Buoyed by the generosity of the Hamel family and of the festival itself, for the last ten years, a professor and a small group of grad students have been welcomed to the Telluride Film Festival. …
The WCFTR Team’s Favorites Tapes from Love, Links, Archives
If you sat down in front of a camera and were asked to describe what love means to you for three minutes, what would you say? This idea was the driving force for Wendy Clarke’s …
It wasn’t easy being green for the actress who originally played the Wicked Witch
Grad student Aliea Merriam-Pigg recently talked with NPR about the origins of the Wicked Witch of the West and her infamous green skin. Listen to the full story here.
Meet the 2023 Graduate Students! New Faces Around Vilas Hall
Welcome to the 22 new graduate students in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Get to know the new cohort a little better through their brief bios below (a HUGE thank …
$6.5M to Graduate Student Support: The Marilynn R. Baxter Trust Gift “Transformational” to the Department of Communication Arts’ Graduate Program
The Graduate Program in the Department of Communication Arts received a remarkable, transformative gift from the Marilynn R. Baxter Trust. Dr. Marilynn R. Baxter (MA ’64, PhD ’73) designated three areas on campus in her …