Communication students participate in the Halloween Service Project |
Communication is the study of how people make meaning. At Wittenberg, the Department of Communication adopts a broad perspective on this topic by challenging students to examine the nature, processes, and effects of human symbolic interaction in a number of contexts. These include the study of rhetoric, media, and culture.
Our communication major reinforces Wittenberg's liberal arts mission rather than narrowly training a student for a particular career. Our students develop the capacities to recognize and evaluate underlying assumptions and values; to work effectively with others through collaboration, team work and community building; to participate in mediation and conflict resolution; to develop aural, visual, technological, and information literacy—all knowledge and skills that we believe are imperative for a quality life in the 21st century. Students also have the opportunities to apply their understandings of communication through courses or internships. The major culminates in a capstone project during the senior year, for which our students have prepared by taking courses in communication theory and research methods.
Comic Con Field Study Prepares for its Fourth Run What do millions of intense comic book fans, the largest brand names in media, and Wittenberg Read more...
Colloquium Speaker Encourages Students to Take Environmental Comm "All communication is environmental," says Dr. Stephen Depoe, professor of environmental Depoe challenged an audience of over 100 students and faculty to see the way in which environmental and communication studies fit together, even though the two may not automatically come to mind as related. Depoe’s talk, entitled “Adding to the Conversation: What Environmental Communication as a Field can Contribute to Public Understanding and Public Policy Making” and sponsored by the Department of Communication, the Environmental Studies Program, the Department of Geology, and the Faculty Endowment Fund Board, was held on October 7th. During the colloquium, Dr. Depoe discussed ways in which communication studies is becoming a major contributor to how we think about the environment.
Communication Major Brings Springfield to Witt
When Leslie Chasteen found a project that combined the knowledge she’s gained from her communication studies and the commitment she feels to the Springfield community, it was the Wittenberg student body that reaped the benefits. Passport to Springfield, which completed its second run at Wittenberg last month, was organized by Chasteen who is a senior communication major at Witt. Passport to Springfield allows local area businesses to come to Wittenberg and display their services in the bottom of the Benham-Pence Student Center. Students go to each station and get a sampling of everything that Springfield has to offer, receiving things like free food and discount coupons along the way. “It’s pretty cool that businesses are excited to come to campus,” Chasteen said. “The event is doing what it set out to do. It’s making connections between students and the community.”
To read more about Leslie Chasteen and Passport to Springfield, click here.
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Campus Movie Fest Returns to Witt
The Campus Movie Fest has returned to Witt for its second run, once again giving students the With some hard work and a little inspiration, students could potentially make an award winning film, just like senior Joelle Ghanem did last year. So where did Joelle get her inspiration? “I got the idea for my film from watching kids around campus play Frisbee golf.”
Lambda Pi Eta Congratulations to this year’s elected Lambda Pi Eta officers. This year’s officers include:
President - Emily Willis VP - Katie Nemeth Secretary/Historian - Katherine Fernholz Treasurer - Amy Prugh Alumni Liaison - Kelly Clark Social Chair - Anna List
Lambda Pi Eta peer tutors and class assignments: COMM 190 - Emily Willis COMM 200 - Katie Nemeth and Kelly Clark COMM 270S - Leslie Chasteen COMM 280 - Anna List COMM 290S - Katherine Fernholz COMM 300 - Amy Prugh & Maryam Rezayat
Communication Student Finds her Voice
For communication major Ariel Andrews, her major isn’t the only thing helping her discover her light. Like all Witt students, Andrews is taking advantage of everything Wittenberg has to offer in order to become a well rounded person, and for her that includes singing as well as communication studies. “Making music,” Andrews said, “became something that I loved, something I became good at. Then it became something that I could always rely on to keep me happy.” Andrews, a junior at Wittenberg, plans to pursue both her communication and music interests. She feels that her communications degree will help her obtain credibility with the business side of the music industry. This fall, Andrews will further her communication education by studying at the Danish Institute of Study’s communication program in Copenhagen, Denmark. To read more about Ariel Andrews, click here.
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have in common? All three have made their mark on San Diego’s Comic Con International, the biggest comic book convention in the world. This summer, Wittenberg students will return to Comic Con for their third summer field study, lead by Communication Department Chair Dr. Matthew J. Smith. Don’t be fooled by the name, though. While Comic Con may have started out that way, "It's about more than just comics," says Dr. Smith. Participants of the convention can expect to see nearly anything and everything related to pop culture; from video games to television shows to movies, Comic Con has it all. In fact, Comic Con is usually the place where it all starts.
communication as well as director of graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati. 
opportunity to express their creativity through film by providing students with all the equipment necessary to make a movie. 
