Annalee R. Ward Director of the Wendt Character Initiative Office Phone: 563.589.3715 E-mail: ARWard@dbq.edu Office Location: 347 Charles & Romona Myers Center Mary Bryant Administrative Assistant for the Wendt Center Office Phone: 563.589.3440 E-mail: MKBryant@dbq.edu Office Location: 352 Charles & Romona Myers Center
Profiles in Courage Award Winner Spoke at UD Annalee Ward, Director of Wendt Center
The University of Dubuque’s Lester and Michael Lester Wendt Character Initiative hosted Profiles in Courage Award winner and former mayor of Palos Heights (IL), Dean Koldenhoven, on Monday, October 22, 2012. Mayor Koldenhoven was awarded the Profiles in Courage Award in 2002 by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation for the stance that he took to uphold religious freedom. Also …
Religious Communication Awards CALL 2016
Religious Communication Association 2016 Call for Book, Article & Dissertation Award The Religious Communication Association (RCA) is accepting nominations for its annual outstanding Book, Article, & Dissertation awards. RCA Book Award: The RCA grants the Book Award for the outstanding scholarly book on religious communication published between May 2015 and May 2016. Those wishing to nominate a book for the award should send four copies of the …
New blog post, Part 2, Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication, Dr. Naaman Wood
Check out Dr. Naaman Woods’ latest blog post on integrating Christianity and communication studies. Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 2) Part 1 is here: https://www.theccsn.com/analogies-cultivating-a-thick-strategy-for-thinking-christianly-about-communication-part-1/ Stay tuned for part 3. . .coming soon. Peace, Robert
Lecturer at Utah State University – Blanding Campus
Utah State University is seeking a full-time Communication Studies Lecturer for the USU Eastern Blanding Campus located in Blanding, Utah. This position will be a 9 month academic year, non-tenure track position. Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate lower-division communication courses and serving as the advisor to the Cultural Ambassadors. We seek a talented and innovative educator who brings depth in …
New Faith Integration Communication Blog
The Christianity and Communication Studies Network (www.theccsn.com) announces the launch of its Faith Integration blog in communication studies. Our first guest blogger is Dr. Naaman Wood, Redeemer University College. You can read his first blog, “Analogies: Cultivating a ‘thick’ strategy for integrating faith and learning.” Description: For many of us, integrating our faith with communication studies means thinking in terms of the …
Call for Panelists, NCA 2016 – If I were King of the Forest: Political Rhetoric and William Jennings Bryan
The 2016 presidential campaign in many ways mirrors the political landscape of 1896. The distinguished American teacher, historian and writer Bernard A. Weisberger observed in early 2016 that “The rebellions in both parties this year mark an uprising against our second Gilded Age, with excesses greater than ever. Bryan wrote a memoir of his struggle and titled it, prophetically, The …
Call for panel discussion participants: Religion on the 2016 campaign trail, David Weiss
I am organizing an NCA panel discussion to be submitted to either the Political Communication Division or the Religious Communication Association on the topic of religion and religious communication in the 2016 election campaigns. Because I’m proposing a panel discussion, as opposed to a paper session, I will not need to provide individual presentation abstracts. However, I would like to …
Advocating with God and for Neighbor
Video presentation by Quentin Schultze. Video link: http://quentinschultze.com/advocate-with-god-for-neighbor/ Password: video Description: One of the most amazing aspects of human communication is that people can employ the gift of communication on behalf of others. We can “advocate” for others, just as Jesus Christ advocates to the Father on our behalf. We are called to advocate for those who are in need, …
Taking Risks Wisely
Video presentation by Quentin Schultze. Video link: http://quentinschultze.com/take-wise-risks-communication/. Password: video Description: uman communication is a risky business. Since we can’t guarantee the outcome of any discourse, we risk miscommunication and worse. We risk making fools of ourselves, relational destruction, and isolation. But we also risk some of the most glorious of outcomes: flourishing in community with God, neighbor, and self. …
