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Students Demonstrate Persuasive Skills in CA 100 Speech Contest
Each semester, hundreds of undergraduates from across UW-Madison take Comm Arts 100, Introduction to Speech Composition. Part of the university’s Communication-A requirement, the course is designed to help students write and deliver effective speeches, as …
Comm Arts Welcomes New Undergraduate Advisor
The Comm Arts department is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Schultz as an Undergraduate Advisor. Comm Arts continues to grow as one of the most popular majors on campus, and Amy arrives as …
Stephen Jarchow, Here Media & Regent Entertainment Chair, To Talk on Tuesday
What is the current state of the entertainment industry? How have new technologies and changes in business models affected film and television as we have come to know them? These are some of the issues …
Wisconsin Film Festival Kicks Off Today
The 2012 Wisconsin Film Festival kicks off today, Wednesday, April 18th. The festival will run for five days (April 18-22), showing more than 150 films on nine screens spread throughout the city of Madison. Now …
Comm Arts Student’s It Gets Better Video Confronts Anti-Gay Bullying
This past January, UW-Madison senior and Comm Arts major Colton James Boettcher made public a music video promoting the pro-gay, anti-discrimination message of the It Gets Better Project. An elaborate dance production set to the …
Professor Catalina Toma Talks to WPR About Online Dating
A few weeks ago, Comm Arts Professor Catalina Toma was interviewed on the Joy Cardin show on Wisconsin Public Radio’s (WPR) Ideas Network, where she spoke at length about her research on self-presentation and deception in online …
Student Scholarship & Paid Internship Opportunities
If you are currently an undergraduate student majoring in Comm Arts, there are numerous scholarship and paid internship opportunities available to you. Among those currently on offer this semester are the Charline M. Wackman Awards, …
Professor J.J. Murphy’s Busy New Year
2012 may only be a little over a month old, but film Professor J.J. Murphy‘s year has been off to an incredibly busy start and it will only be getting busier in the next couple …
Comm Arts Welcomes New WCFTR Assistant Director
The Department of Communication Arts is pleased to announce that Mary K. Huelsbeck will be joining us as the new Assistant Director of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. She replaces Ben Brewster, …