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  • Communication Studies Spring 2024 Alumni Newsletter

    Communication Studies Launches Honor Society On March 20th, Communication Studies launched the Iowa State chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association’s… Read More

  • COMST 303: Research Methods Class Highlight

    Sharing highlights from COMST 303 this semester with Dr. Mary Fornoff! Last week students were looking at Communication Research that investigates identity by studying both… Read More

  • Communication Studies Welcomed Alumni Brock Purdy

    On Thursday, November 2nd, the Communication Studies Program was happy to welcome back alumni Brock Purdy for a special event. Brock gave a private lecture… Read More

  • Communication Studies Fall 2023 Alumni Newsletter

    Alumni Brock Purdy joins Communication Studies for a Special Event… Read More

  • Student Spotlight – Charlotte Thinnes

    Throughout the semester the COMST Program will be highlighting some of our students. This weeks student spotlight is, Charlotte… Read More

  • COMST 404: Research Seminar Student Presentations!

    Each semester the COMST 404: Research Seminar students complete research projects that examine an organization of their choice. They choose from small businesses, nonprofits, corporations… Read More

  • New Communication Studies Advisor, Madison!

    The Communication Studies Program is excited to welcome a new Academic Advisor, Madison! Madison will be working with Communication Studies and English Education students. Madison… Read More

  • Welcome COMST New Faculty, Anthony Peavy!

    The Communication Studies Program is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Anthony Peavy! Anthony is joining the faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor and… Read More

  • Alumni Spotlight: Aubrey Gronoski

    The Communication Studies Program is always happy to highlight the great achievements of our graduates. This past Spring, Aubrey was a part of the COMST 404 course, and her project focused on her internship experience as a part of a Talent Acquisition team. That internship then led to a full-time job offer! Below is what she had to say about the experience of being a COMST student and why she chose to focus on the Talent Acquisition team for her project! Where did you intern and what were your job responsibilities? I was the Talent Acquisition Student Assistant  at Iowa State from January 2021 until May 2022. Within this role, some of my duties included but weren't limited to administering Postdoctoral job requisitions, which included working with hiring managers and HR Delivery, working to increase social media presence, publishing bi-monthly newsletters to University Human Resources for Talent Acquisition, as well as working on various projects and reports using Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint. Read More