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Joe Edward Hatfield Honored With Early Career Research Award
Joe Edward Hatfield, assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the U of A, was selected as the 2024 recipient of the Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Research Award from the Southern States Communication Association. This award honors SSCA members...
Communication Graduate Student Wins Prestigious Bostrom Young Scholar Award
Amy Whiteside, a first-year student in the Department of Communication's MA program, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Southern States Communication Association's Robert Bostrom Young Scholar Award. The Bostrom Award honors the most outstanding paper submitted...
Communication Master’s Students Excel Thanks to Arnold and Rushing Awards
Thanks to two endowed scholarships, a couple of first-year M.A. students in communication are having a successful year. Amy Whiteside, from Bella Vista, has been named the 2023-2024 recipient of the Janice Hocker Rushing Award. The scholarship, which is named after a...
Online Bachelor’s Programs Rise in ‘U.S. News’ Ranking; Grad Degrees Fare Well
Online bachelor’s degrees at the U of A climbed seven spots to No. 28 in the nation for the 2024 “Best Online Programs” announced by the U.S. News & World Report on Feb. 7. Online graduate engineering and graduate education programs ranked well. Online bachelor’s...
Dionne Wins Jennifer Bender Rookie Advisor of the Year Award
Terrell Jake Dionne, assistant professor in the Department of Communication, was named the recipient of the 2023 Jennifer Bender Rookie Advisor of the Year Award by the National Communication Association at the 109th Annual NCA Conference in National Harbor, Maryland....