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Visiting speakers

_Students in communication and rhetorical studies make many important connections throughout their time at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Syracuse University.

Ted Koppel ’60 H’ 82, an alumnus of the department, recently visited Syracuse University and had breakfast and conversation with communication and rhetorical studies students.

Deborah Tannen, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students.

 

 

Kirt Wilson, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

David Zarefsky, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

John Durham Peters, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

Randy Cohen, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

Ronald Jackson, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

Roy Germano, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

Charles Morris, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

CRS Alum Pete Yorn'96, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty prior to his performance at The Westcott Theater.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

CRS students attend discussion and presentation about the BP Oil Spill event.

Ariella Azoulay, recently visited Syracuse University and met with communication and rhetorical studies students and faculty.

These connections are not just with faculty and students. CRS alumni are leaders in various fields, including television, public relations, politics, and law, and these alumni regularly return to campus to meet with current students. The department hosts alumni panels, and students regularly contact alumni in particular career fields for advice and insights.

The department also sponsors or co-sponsors two to three visiting lecturers each academic year. Visitors range from such high-profile filmmakers as Spike Lee and Keith Beauchamp to renowned scholars from other universities.