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News from the Communication Skills Department
(Updated August 18, 2008)
Theatre Columbus State presents Recent Tragic
Events
As the Theatre's final offering in this season's theme of "Defining Moments:
Crisis in America," director Nancy Kephart presents Craig Wright's comedy-drama
about the day after 9/11.
Posted: August 18, 2008
Writers perform at Friday night Open Mics
Creative Writing is one of the liveliest arts on the Columbus State campus.
On two Fridays of each quarter, the Communications Skills department sponsors an open mic in Nestor Hall's West Lounge.
Posted: July 11, 2008
Auditions announced for Recent Tragic
Events
Theatre Columbus State has announced a casting
call for its summer production of Craig Wright's drama Recent Tragic Events,
on Monday June 2 and Tuesday June 3, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall
Auditorium.
Posted: May 23, 2008
Theatre Columbus State presents As Is
Professor D. Michael Ehret of the
Communication Skills Department directs
William H. Hoffman's groundbreaking drama
As Is this month, with four performances
in the Ballet Met Performance Space.
Posted: May 12, 2008
Writers perform at Friday night Open Mics
Creative Writing is one of the liveliest arts on the Columbus State campus.
On two Fridays of each quarter, the Communications Skills department sponsors an open mic in Nestor Hall's West Lounge.
Posted: April 9, 2008
The 5th Annual Columbus State Writers
Conference scheduled
In our global village where news can travel instantly and anyone can be a
"citizen reporter," it's important to stop and examine the modes, methods, and
mechanisms in the 21st century writer's toolbox. This year's conference,
"Reality Writing: Worlds to Words," will
give writers the opportunity to experiment with these tools and put them to
work.
Posted: March 20, 2008
Communication Skills hosts Theatre
Workshops
Directors, actors, stage managers and acting
coaches will gather in Nestor Hall on
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m., to offer six
workshops on the art of theatre, in addition
to a lunch and panel discussion.
Posted: March 14, 2008
Author Gretchen Hirsch discusses "Time Management
for Real Writers"
The Visiting Authors Workshop series presents
noted (and prolific) non-fiction author
Gretchen Hirsch speaking on the topic "But
There's Never Any Time to Write: Time
Management for Real Writers." The workshop
is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, March
29, from 2:30 to 4:00 on the ground floor
seminar room area of Nestor Hall.
Posted: February 27, 2008
Theatre Columbus State director Frank Barnhart
takes award
The 8th Annual Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable
Awards presented its 2007 Excellent in
Directing Award to Frank Barnhart, for his
production of the Triangle Factory Fire
Project, presented last autumn by
Theatre Columbus State.
Posted: February 20, 2008
Theatre Columbus State presents A Raisin in the
Sun
Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking 1959
drama A Raisin in the Sun opens Wednesday, February 27, on the Columbus
State campus and continues with nightly performances and a matinee through
Saturday, March 1, under the direction of James Kevin Mathis.
Posted: February 20, 2008
Comm Skills hosts the 19th National Read-In
Chain
As part of this year's Black History Month
Literacy Initiative, members of the Columbus State Community and of the public
are invited to present oral readings and interpretations of their favorite
African American literary works.
Posted: January 28, 2008
Visiting Authors Workshop presents
Tony Littlefield and Scott Woods
A special session of
this
season's Visiting Authors workshop series will
occur Monday afternoon, February 4, 1:30 - 4:00, with the joint presentation by a
distinguished author and an accomplished poet.
Posted: January 28, 2008
Spring Street
calls for submissions
Spring Street, Columbus State's
award-winning magazine of literary and visual arts, invites submissions from
students, faculty, staff and alumni by February 19 for its 2008 issue.
Posted: January 28, 2008
Poet Charlene Fix set for the January session of the
Visiting Authors Workshop
"Words, Images, and Other Matters: Writing
Poetry" will be the topic of Fix's presentation to our local community of
authors Saturday afternoon, January 12, in Nestor Hall's lower level seminar
area.
Posted: November 30, 2007
Theatre Columbus State presents The Triangle
Factory Fire Project
In keeping with the Theatre's theme of
"Defining Moments: Crisis in America" this season, director Frank Barnhart
presents Christopher Piehler's The
Triangle Factory Fire Project. This
ambitious production concerns an historic 1911 catastrophe that killed 186
immigrant factory workers in Manhattan.
Posted: November 4, 2007
November 10 workshop on "Dumb Things We Say
and Write"
See if you can identify the problem with the
following character description: "Diane had a firm jaw, piercing eyes, and a
wry smile, with long flowing black hair." It's exactly the kind of
"dumb thing" that grammarian and writer Clint Friedley specializes in.
Posted: November 4, 2007
2007-2008 Visiting Authors Workshops
Professor Lee Martin was the first presenter
for the 2007-2008 season of the Visiting Authors Writing Workshops, speaking on
"If It Doesn't Matter to the Writer: The Art
of Urgency in Creative Writing."
A full schedule of other Saturday workshops
has been released for the rest of the year.
Posted: October 10, 2007
Comm Skills sponsors an essay-writing
contest for GED graduates
The department's writing faculty is joining
with the national Make a Difference Day
effort, with a contest offering four $500
prizes to Columbus-area students. It's called Envisioning Possibilities: A
Writing Workshop & Essay Contest.
Posted: September 25, 2007
Theatre Columbus State announces its 2007 -
2008 productions
Four dramas on the theme of "Defining Moments: Crisis in America" have been
selected for the Theatre's new season. The first production, in November, is
Christopher Piehler's The Triangle Factory Fire Project, about the
historic 1911 catastrophe that killed 186 immigrant factory workers in
Manhattan. Frank Barnhart will direct.
Posted: September 25, 2007
Visiting Authors Workshop presents
Lee Martin on the "Art of Urgency"
Ohio State's Director of Creative Writing will speak to the community on "If It
Doesn't Matter to the Writer: The Art of Urgency in Creative Writing" during a
session Saturday, October 6.
Posted: September 25, 2007
Writers perform at Friday night Open Mics
Creative Writing is one of the liveliest arts on the Columbus State campus.
On two Fridays of each quarter, the Communications Skills department sponsors an open mic in Nestor Hall's West Lounge.
Posted: September 25, 2007
Theatre
Columbus State presents work by student
playwrights
Original plays by Columbus State students Sharon Reeb and Sean Lehosit will
be performed during the Theatre program's August production.
Posted: July 23, 2007
Projects by Communication Skills faculty awarded 2008
mini-grants
The Columbus State Development Foundation has
announced funding for five projects organized
by Communication Skills faculty.
Posted: July 23, 2007
Theatre Columbus State presents Parallel Lives
Theatre Columbus State will recreate Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney's hilarious
send-up of the plight of women and the battle of the sexes in modern America.
San Francisco critic Chad Jones has called this show "pointed and funny,
compassionate and extremely human."
Posted: May 6, 2007
Communication Skills Department wins
national award
At a March conference in New York City, the Communication Skills Department
received an Outstanding Program in English Award from the Two-Year College
English Association of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Posted: April 6, 2007
Poet Colette Inez conducts writing workshop
Colette Inez, author of nine volumes of poems
and winner of the Guggenheim and the
Rockefeller awards for poetry, was the special
guest at the Department's final Visiting
Author Workshop for this academic year.
Posted: April 6, 2007
Creative writing faculty schedule a
spring writers conference
Columbus State's annual conference for creative writers, "Genres and
Generations: Writing Through the Ages," is scheduled for April 27-28 on campus,
and will feature keynote speaker Walter Mosley. Professional writers will
present workshops on fiction, poetry, children's literature, screenwriting,
agents and a variety of other topics. The registration fee is $60 ($20 for
students), and the conference is open to the public.
Posted: March 16, 2007
Theatre Columbus State presents No
Exit
On March 1-3, the Columbus State campus will have an opportunity to learn just
what, exactly, Jean Paul Sartre really meant with the line "Hell is other
people."
Posted: February 20, 2007
Spring Street
calls for submissions
Spring Street, Columbus State's
award-winning magazine of literary and visual arts, invites submissions from
students, faculty, staff and alumni by February 20 for its 2007 issue.
Posted: January 25, 2007
R.E.A.D. tutor joins Writing Center staff
The Writing Center and the Office of Disability Services have collaborated to
bring a new tutor to the Writing Center staff to assist students who are deaf or
hard of hearing. Dayna Moebius from Columbus Literacy Council's Reading
Enhancement for Adult Deaf (R.E.A.D) program will work in the Writing Center on
Friday mornings, starting January 12.
Posted: January 9, 2007
Michael Wilson speaks on the "15-Minute Writer"
Creative writing teacher Michael Wilson
explains "How to Achieve Your Writing
Dreams in 15 Minutes a Day," January 13, as part of the department's Visiting
Authors Saturday Workshops.
Posted: January 9, 2007
Writers perform at Friday night Open Mics
Creative Writing is one of the liveliest arts on the Columbus State campus.
On two Fridays of each quarter, the Communications Skills department sponsors an open mic in Nestor Hall's West Lounge.
Posted: January 9, 2007
Theatre Columbus State presents
The Laramie Project
Moises Kaufman's harrowing drama, based on the
1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, will be presented November 16, 17 and 18 in
Nestor Hall Auditorium.
Posted: November 2, 2006
Comm Skills sponsors an essay-writing
contest for GED graduates
The department's writing faculty is joining
with the national Make a Difference Day
effort, with a contest offering four $500
prizes to Columbus-area students. It's called Envisioning Possibilities: A
Writing Workshop & Essay Contest.
Posted: October 3, 2006
Authors visit for Saturday workshops
Dandi Daley Mackall was the first guest artist
in this year's Visiting Authors Workshops series, on September 30, speaking on
the topic of "Finding Your Voice as a Writer." A full schedule of other
Saturday workshops has been released for the rest of the year.
Posted: October 3, 2006
Theatre Columbus State
announces its 2006 - 2007 productions
Five plays, including two original works by
Columbus State students, have been scheduled for the upcoming school year.
Other offerings are The Laramie Project and No Exit.
Posted: August 30, 2006
Communication Skills instructor
honored, then honored again
Vivian Lermond's new drama Back to
Bethlehem will debut in New York sometime in December.
Meanwhile, another play entitled Let Him Eat Cake won recognition from
the Harvest Theatre of Toledo. But there's more ....
Posted: August 30, 2006
Theatre Columbus State presents
Mere Mortals
The New York Times hailed the 1997
debut of Mere Mortals as "a collection of six fast and ferociously funny
comedies" that show playwright David Ives "at the top of his game."
Top off your summer with an unforgettable theatrical experience, August 24th
through the 26th, at Columbus State.
Posted: August 15, 2006
Two 2007 mini-grants approved for
Communication Skills projects
The Columbus State Development Foundation has
announced funding for two projects organized
by Communication Skills faculty. The projects
earmarked for funding in 2007 are Envisioning
Possibilities III and the Visiting Authors
Workshops.
Posted: August 1, 2006
Teleconference brings children together from
Ohio and Australia
Professor Rita Bova of the Communication
Skills department hosted an "Aboriginal
Author" project last spring, enabling
elementary students from different continents
to visit by teleconference while listening to
readings from two books about their native
cultures.
Posted: August 1, 2006
Department offers degree in one of the "Best Jobs
in America"
Money Magazine has named the profession of Technical Writer as the 13th
(out of 50) best job in America, with a predicted 10-year growth rate of over
23% and starting salaries in the $50,000 + range. The department's
Technical Communication program offers the only degree in this field available
in central Ohio.
Posted: July 20, 2006
Spring Street 2006 released
The staff of Spring Street, Columbus State's award-winning journal of
literary and visual arts, is proud to announce the release of its 2006 edition,
featuring an excellent selection of color and black and white photography,
fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Posted: July 20, 2006
Professor attends workshop on assessment
Barbara Thompson, Professor in Communication Skills, and Dr. Elizabeth
Daugherty, Chair of Computer Information Technology, attended a three-day
workshop in June at Alverno College in Milwaukee.
Posted: July 20, 2006
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