The Department of English is delighted to announce award-winning journalist and acclaimed writer Vauhini Vara will join the faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The author and poet had a very specific plan for how her Guggenheim Fellowship for her next book was going to go. Then 2020 happened and a new idea bloomed.
“My Communication Studies degree has really given me an edge when it comes to trial work,” Schenk says. “Some of my favorite classes were Studies in Persuasion and Advanced Public Speaking, which taught me both the psychology and practical skills behind being a great presenter. Understanding what persuasive techniques work and why, and appreciating the ethical implications behind our speech has given me a level of comfort in court and in front of juries that I know I wouldn’t have without my degree.”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Delta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Colorado State University’s branch of the nation’s oldest and most respected honor society.
Jim Benemann, one of Colorado State University’s most prominent alumni in Colorado media, is retiring from his position as CBS4 anchor this month, and he has chosen CSU’s Department of Journalism and Media Communication as one of the fundraising recipients featured at his upcoming retirement celebration.