Spring Graduation: May 12th at 2pm in the Dean Dome

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Communication Studies Spring 2013 Graduation

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- Sunday, May 12, 2013
- 2:00pm
Chance of Rain 73°F / 48°F

The Department of Communication Studies would like to invite the Class of 2013 to our commencement ceremony on May 12th at 2pm in the Dean Dome. We are very proud of our students and hope that they will be able to attend with their friends and family.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at (919) 962-2311. Also, here is an FAQ that you may find helpful:

Is there parking?
Yes. Parking is free that day and abundant around the venue including spots for disability; S9 & S11 would be the closest lots.

How early should I arrive?
At least 15 minutes in advance.

Are there tickets?
No. You may bring as many guests as you like.

Is there assigned seating?
No. Sit wherever you like.

If I graduate in the summer or fall, may I attend?
Yes. You may attend the spring commencement before or after your actual graduation.

Will my name be in the program?
Yes. Undergraduates that have applied for spring graduation with advising will be supplied to us by the registrar’s office and included in the program.

Will they call my name out?
Yes. You will fill out a card and the announcer will use this to call you across the stage.

Will I get my diploma?
Sort of. You will be handed a mock one on stage and your real one will be mailed to you months later.

Do I have to wear a cap/gown?
No, but most people do. You may wear whatever you like.

Is there a photographer?
Yes, for still pictures but not video. We will have one hired who will contact you via the card you fill out. Feel free to bring your own camera as well.

Will there be a reception?
No.

How long is it?
Generally 1.5 hours, no more than 2.

Who will be speaking?

Dennis Mumby, Department Chair
Michael Waltman, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Carole Blair, Director of Graduate Studies

The Dean Dome (Dean Smith Center)

300 Skipper Bowles Dr., Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514

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Perucci’s COMM 464 & 667 Classes Perform on 4/25

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Swain Lot Festival Approaches!

mrobin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:43:29 +0000

Hello Swainsters!

It’s time for the Third Annual Swain Lot Festival. This year, the festival will be at The Varsity Theater on Thursday May 2 and Thursday May 9 at 7:00 PM. If you have any questions, please email me at regarner@email.unc.edu

Equality Equals … ? Conference April 5-6

flirt — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:56:12 +0000

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Equality Equals…? Conference

Public · By Armond R. Towns, Alex Ingersoll and 3 others

Friday

April 5th-6th 2013
Chapel Hill, North CarolinaSponsored by the Department of Communication Studies Graduate Student Association at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dana Cloud, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Communication Studies

Conference Schedule:

Friday, April 5th

Registration: 9:00am-

Welcome: 9:30am-9:50am
Dennis Mumby, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Panel #1: Organizing Equality? (10:00am-11:15am)

Moderator:
Kashif Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
Spoma Jovanovic and Ranata Reeder, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dean Mundy, Appalachian State University
Elizabeth Jeter, University of South Florida

Panel #2: Discourses of (In)Equality (11:30am-12:45pm)

Moderator:
Freya Thimsen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
Lora Smith, Wake Forest University
Jennifer L. Seifert, Ohio University
Jessica Kerley, Syracuse University
Alex McVey, George Mason University

Lunch (12:45pm-1:45pm)

Panel #3: Lessons in Equality (2:00pm-3:15pm)

Moderator:
Meredith Clements, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
Mark Cogdon Jr., Melissa Wheeler, and Kelvin McNeil, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Justin Rudnick, Ohio University
Dan Subotnik, Touro Law School

Keynote Introduction (3:30pm-4:45pm)
Robert McDonald, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Keynote Address:
Dana Cloud, University of Texas

Lecture Title: Pushing the Boundaries of Liberalism: Revolutionary in the Rhetoric of GetEQUAL

Saturday, April 6th

Panel #4: Education Roundtable Discussion (9:00am-10:15am)

Presenters:
Pam Kaylor, Ohio Dominican University, Stevie Munz, Justin Rudnick, and Jessica Furgerson, Ohio University

Panel #5: Equality and Economic Development (10:30am-11:45am)

Moderator:
Carey Hardin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
George Scheer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven Ramirez, Loyola University Chicago
Younghan Cho, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Lunch (11:45am-12:45pm)

Panel #6: Mediated (In)Equality (1:00pm-2:15pm)

Moderator:
Adam Rottinghaus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
Brett Lyszak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rachel Leng, Duke University
Cerise Glenn, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Panel #7: Equality and Difference (2:30pm-3:45pm)

Moderator:
Allison Schlobohm, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
Stevie M. Munz, Ohio University
Marlo Goldstein Hode, University of Missouri
Seth Mulliken, North Carolina State University

Keynote Panel: Equality Roundtable Discussion (4:00pm-5:15pm)

Moderator:
Sarah Dempsey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters:
Dana Cloud, University of Texas
Paul Turpin, University of the Pacific, California
Patricia Parker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Conference registration is now live! You can register for this event here: http://equality.web.unc.edu/

4/5: “My Revolution is to Talk” Performance

flirt — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:45:51 +0000

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My Revolution is to Talk

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- Friday, April 5, 2013
- 7:00pm in EDT
Swain Hall Studio 6

A fantastic group of UNC students are enrolled in a Communication Studies course where they form a theater collective known as the “UNC Sex Ed Squad.” The UNC Sex Ed Squad went through an intensive training in activist theater techniques as well as HIV/AIDS education and prevention. They are now touring an engaging and challenging piece of activist theater aimed at educating ninth graders in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools about HIV/AIDS and sexual health.The show is called “My Revolution is to Talk” and we are having an on-campus showing April 5 at 7:00 pm to share the work with the UNC community. Please spread the word to others!

Rob Hamilton Adapts “The Misdirection of Henry Walker” March 29 & 30

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The Misdirection of Henry Walker

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- March 29 at 8:00pm until March 30 at 8:00pm in EDT
Swain Studio 6 Theater

We are pleased to invite you to a public reading ofThe Misdirection of Henry Walker
Adapted by Rob Hamilton
March 29 & 30 at 8 PM in Swain Studio 6 Theater
FREE and Open to the PublicIn the vernacular of magicians everywhere; nothing is as it appears.Daniel Wallace’s Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician tells of the tragedy of Henry Walker, a sideshow magician who has spent his life trying to regain everything he thinks he lost, only to lose, in the end, himself. This stage adaptation — The Misdirection of Henry Walker — when produced will use puppets to best illustrate the ever-shifting perception of reality that drives Henry’s narrative.

Featuring Steve Dobbins, Mary Forester, Anna Marie Gutierrez, Nilan Johnson, Doug Pass, Rajeev Rajendran, Leslie Shuman, Allen Tedder, and Mike Wiley.

You are invited to be a part of a new and exciting work for live performance prior to a planned production next season: audience feedback from these readings will be instrumental in The Misdirection of Henry Walker’s ongoing development.

Rob Hamilton is Lecturer/Designer/TD for Communication Studies at UNC. His adaptation of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was cited for Best Adaptation and Best Production Design by the Independent Weekly, and he will be appearing in the world premiere of Basil Twist’s The Rite of Spring at Memorial Hall April 12 & 13.

Dana Coen’s “Activated Art” at the Ackland Museum

flirt — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:50:27 +0000

The Ackland Art Museum presents “Activated Art.” The brainchild of Writing for the Screen and Stage Director, Dana Coen, 5 commissioned plays, written by local and UNC writers and inspired by works in the permanent collection, will be presented from March 5 through April 21st.

Seating is limited so get your tickets now!

ACTIVATED ART AT THE ACKLAND MUSEUM

By popular demand, the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is again presenting “ekphrastic theater” in its galleries. Through an upcoming series of live theater performances entitled ACTIVATED ART, works of art in the Ackland’s permanent collection may be experienced in unexpected and thought-provoking ways.

Ekphrasis is a rhetorical device in which one artistic medium attempts to define the essence of another, giving a work further life by telling its perceived story. Each performance of ACTIVATED ART comprises five ten-minute plays, each inspired by a different work of art in the Ackland Art Museum’s permanent collection.

Created by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill professor Dana Coen and written by four North Carolina writers—Dana Coen, Howard L. Craft, Ian Finley, and Marianne Gingher—and the first-place winner of a student play-writing competition, Wynton Wong, these original plays construct dramatic narratives perceived in painting and sculpture, in an effort to capture the works’ most essential nature.

The five plays presented at each ACTIVATED ART 2013 performance are:

The Spectacle of our Misery by Dana Coen

The Minstrel by Howard L. Craft

The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam by Ian Finley

Art Class by Marianne Gingher and Deborah Seabrooke

Switch by Wynton Andrea Wong.

The plays will be performed in the Ackland’s galleries, in front of the art that inspired them. A discussion with the playwrights and directors follows the two Friday evening performances.

Performances:

Friday, 5 April, 8:00 PM – Discussion with Playwrights.

Saturday, 6 April, 8:00 PM

Sunday, 7 April, 6:00 PM

Wednesday, 10 April, 8:00 PM

Thursday, 11 April, 8:00 PM

Saturday, 13 April, 8:00 PM

Sunday, 14 April, 6:00 PM

Friday, 19 April, 8:00 PM – Discussion with playwrights.

Saturday, 20 April, 6:00 PM

Sunday, 21 April, 8:00 PM

Tickets:

Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased in person at the Ackland Museum Store, on the corner of Franklin and Columbia Streets, in downtown Chapel Hill, or by phone: 919.962.0216.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SEATING IS LIMITED. LAST YEAR’S PERFORMANCE WAS SOLD OUT BEFORE WE OPENED. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS EARLY.

Process Series: If My Feet Have Lost the Ground March 20-21

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If My Feet Have Lost the Ground

Public · By The Process Series: New Works in Development

March 20 at 7:30pm until March 21 at 7:30pm

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Wednesday/Thursday March 20 & 21 @ 7:30 PM in Historic Playmakers Theater

FREE and Open to the Public!

The Process Series is pleased to invite you to Torry Bend’s If My Feet Have Lost the Ground: a dynamic performance about human reflection in flight. If My Feet Have Lost the Ground is a puppet/object theater performance that looks at perspective and reflection through the small airplane window.

Torry Bend is a master playwright and puppet designer and a professor of theater design at Duke. He will be joined by core collaborators Raquel Salvatella de Prada, Jeanette Yew and Sarah Krainin. The team is a two-time winner of the Indy’s Best of Triangle Theater Award for Best Production for their work on The Paper Hat Game.

The showing will be presented free of charge, though donations will be gratefully accepted. Thank you for your support! For more information, contact Joseph Megel at megel@email.unc.edu or call(919) 962-2311.

Remember to like The Process Series on Facebook for all the best and latest updates on our performances and any others on the UNC campus: Facebook.com/theprocessseries. Do it.

Professor Ken Hillis Interviewed on WUNC

flirt — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:19:05 +0000

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What Is A Library In Today’s High Tech Age?

The James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University is a revolution in information storage.

At the Hunt, robots fetch the books. Two million volumes are folded into one ninth of the space they would have taken up in a conventional library because room for humans to walk through the aisles is unnecessary.

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48:43

A conversation about libraries in today’s high tech age

“I think in the last two decades we’ve realized how important space is, and in the last decade it has been the issue of collaborative space – space where people across disciplines can work together…in much more non-traditional ways” said Susan Nutter.

She is credited as the key visionary behind the James B. Hunt Library. Nutter works as the vice provost and director of libraries at N.C. State. Under her leadership, N.C. State’s libraries climbed from 101 in the nation to 27, according to the Association of Research Libraries.

Librarians, architects and educators everywhere are taking notice of the new state-of-the-art space. So much so that Hunt Library has had to create a new position – the visitor experience librarian – to handle the massive number of guests.

Clymer Cease, the managing principal at the architecture firm Pearce, Brinkley, Cease, and Lee, said that in many university libraries, most of the books don’t get checked out more often than once every few decades.

“By putting the books in the vault, we’re storing them in a dry, very quiet secure place, so that once every 30 years when somebody wants to look at that book, it’s there and it’s in great shape,” he said.

Barbara Moran, the Louis Round Wilson Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, said that technology has completely changed libraries and the ways we use them.

“Going up to the stacks and looking at books and serendipitously finding new material is a lot of fun,” she said. “But it’s so very convenient to look it up in an online catalogue and sometimes even have the librarian to fetch the book for you.”

Now, at N.C. State’s Hunt Library, students can cut out the middleman and just have a robot do the job for them.

Listen

1:08

NC State students react to Hunt Library. Audio collected by Christina Blyde.

Assistant Professors Perucci and Sharma Receive Tenure and Promotion

flirt — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:33:11 +0000

The Department of Communication Studies is delighted to announce that Dr. Tony Perucci and Dr. Sarah Sharma have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2013.

Dr. Perucci teaches and does research in the area of performance studies. His book, Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex: Race, Madness, Activism, was recently published by the University of Michigan Press. Dr. Sharma is a scholar and teacher in the area of media studies. Her book, In the Meantime, is soon to be published by Duke University Press.

Everyone in the Department of Communication Studies—faculty, staff, and students—congratulates Drs. Perucci and Sharma on achieving this milestone in their careers. They help to make the department the great program that it is!