Another school year finished and another year closer to graduation for many of you. Another year completed for others who are graduating this semester and they see the light at the end of the tunnel. 
Congratulations to everyone for completing another year, moving onto another chapter in your life, and generally surviving another year.
The faculty and staff in the department of communication want to say congratulations and have a good summer! We wish you all the best in the upcoming months. We are proud of all of you and glad we could be a part of your time here at MSU!
REMINDER: To all returning students--please keep an eye on your bearmail account for important updates from me this summer regarding classes and other relevant information. I will do a couple of summer posts, and be on the lookout for a new departmental facebook page starting this fall.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are also in order for a number of students who were recently inducted into the Communication National Honor Society (LPH) at our Honors Ceremony, April 22.
Nicole Rykbos, Beth Wiedmann, Kelli Fabick, Sheila Fish, Stephanie Austin, Hiliary Smith, Ashley Brendel, Mark Morgan, & Courtney Wendel. Not pictured , Kate Grinstead, Emily FletcherKade McBroom, Stephanie Fuller, Kathryn Mallioux who were also inducted.
Also congratulations to the COM scholarship winners: Pictured below left to right: Courtney Wendel, Terra Pizzo, Hiliary Smith, Amada Kuda, Beth Wiedmann, and Lauren Terry. Not pictured Natalie Hinds who also received a scholarship.
Other congratulations are in order to the COM 210 poster session winners. They each receive a $25 gift card to the MSU bookstore.
11:00-12:00 session: Cris Swaters and Megan Anders
12:00-1:00 session: Joe Ivancic and Shawnte Middlebrook
And finally, graduate students and faculty recently received awards at the end of the year graduate honors ceremony.
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James Ackerman for Graduate Teaching Award
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Bridget Dierks for Graduate Research Award
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Dr. Randy Dillon for Graduate Faculty Award
We look forward to seeing all the returning students back here in the fall semester!
Kelly
I thought the subject might catch your attention. I've heard from a number of you recently that some of your planned intersession and summer classes from other departments have been closed, leaving you to wonder what to do next.
SO, I am making another call to all COM majors and minors to register NOW for summer and fall classes. As I've noted in previous posts, there is pressure from upper administration to make decisions much earlier now about closing classes that don't hit a specific cap. For example, our 100 and 200 level courses (COM 115, 120, 209 and 205) have to have 20 students enrolled in them to make. If they are even at 15 or 17, fall classes risk being cancelled, thus leaving you in a difficult position for having a full schedule of classes and advancing in your major. 300 and 400 level courses, most COM classes, need to have a minimum of 15 students enrolled. In some cases, the dept has set the cap even higher.
So, as Smokey Bear would say, "Only you...can prevent forrest fires," it's true, only YOU can prevent us from closing classes by registering NOW before you leave for summer. I don't want to cancel classes, but I am keeping my eye on a few courses which are at risk. So, if you are thinking about any of these courses, register NOW. If you are registered for any of these, pay attention, but DO NOT drop the course if it's listed below. We have summer transfer and new freshmen students who will register this summer, so COM 209 and 322 should be okay, but I'm keeping my eye on them:
Classes currently at risk:
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COM 209, section 899, online
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COM 322, section 301 at 5:00 TR
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**COM 360, section 1 at 11:00 MWF
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**COM 379, section 1 at 10:00 MWF
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**COM 550, section 301, 6:30 on Tuesdays
GOOD NEWS: Because the COM 328: Persuasion live section is full currently, we are going to open an online section of COM 328: Persuasion this fall. We have changed the pre-requisites for this course, the only required course is COM 115, so any major or minor can enroll in this course! This is also great news for those of you who need more flexibility in your schedule. Please register for this course as well.
If any of you have questions about courses that you are registered for, please contact me and we can talk about those directly.
I'll be sending out another blog post later this week to recognize COM scholarship recipients and the LPH inductees announced at last week's Honors Ceremony. Good luck with your final papers and exams.
Kelly