Communications Division
Session II Speech Courses Offered Online Fall
2011 Semester
Is speech required for your degree program? Are you looking
for a speech class to take? Two speech courses will be
offered online during Session II this fall. These courses
begin October 17th. Students may register for these classes
beginning October 4th: SPH 106-15113, C. Caskey; SPH
107-15114, J. Stuckey
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Jefferson State Community College
was granted a charter for a chapter of Sigma Kappa
Delta National English Honor Society for Two-Year
Colleges in May 2011.
This organization promotes excellence and
recognizes achievement in English language and
literature. Jefferson State's chapter of Sigma Kappa Delta is
the Eta Epsilon Chapter. Faculty sponsors are Connie
Caskey, Sharon DeVaney-Lovinguth, and Katherine
Boyer.
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The mission of the Communications Department is to
develop in students a desire for excellence in scholarship,
an ability to communicate effectively and an appreciation
for the humanities. The department endorses the college's
Mission Statement and strives to uphold its commitment to
learning. The department strives to:
- meet students' needs by providing a variety of
learning activities to address diverse learning styles.
- provide access to instruction through distance
learning as well as traditional modes of delivery.
- prepare students to continue their education at
four-year institutions or to enter the workforce.
- offer courses that allow students to upgrade
communication skills and knowledge for personal
enrichment or for job advancement.
- maintain an informed and professional faculty.
Degree Information
University parallel programs in the Communications Division include
Communication Studies; English Language Arts Education: Middle/High School;
Foreign Language; Journalism; Public Relations; Speech; Speech Pathology;
and Telecommunication and Film or Broadcasting. These programs give students
an opportunity to earn an associates degree before transferring to a
four-year institution. Students whose majors are undecided or not listed may
also complete courses from Jefferson State's General Studies Committee
Approved Course Listing to transfer to four-year institutions. Students may
also wish to obtain an AS in Liberal Studies while taking courses to
transfer.
Highlights
- Our own Diana Hyde has been selected to participate in Landmarks of
American Democracy: From Freedom Summer to the Memphis Sanitation
Workers’ Strike. This workshop is sponsored by the Hamer Institute and
will host faculty members from around the country. Dianna will travel
from Jackson, Mississippi, to various landmarks of the Civil Rights
Movement. This is a huge honor for Dianna and Jefferson
State—Congratulations Dianna!!!
- The Communications Division offers several English and speech
courses via the Internet. Contact instructors listed in Class Schedule
for more information.
- The Jefferson State Speech Team has been doing very well in
competition. They are currently developing their own homepage. Students
will soon be able to link to the homepage to see announcements, events,
scholarship information, and more.
- The Speech Team also brought home awards from the Phi Rho Pi
Nationals in Portland, Oregon where approximately 750 students from 73
different schools competed. Lawayne Childrey won the Bronze Award in
Prose and the Bronze Award in Program Oral Interpretation; Lora Baker
won the Bronze Award in Poetry. We are very proud of all members of the
speech team.
- As participants in the Partners in Education program of Birmingham
City Schools, Communications faculty members have tutored students at
Jefferson State's partner school, Banks Middle School.
- Communications faculty member Christie Woods represented Jefferson
State at a presentation on distance learning held at Troy State
University. With over 44 colleges from across the state in attendance,
Woods served as a panelist in a discussion on "Increasing the
Interactivity of the Internet Classroom."
Recognitions of Excellence
- Liesl Ward Harris was honored among the Class of
2009 Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Faculty.
- Christie Woods was honored among the Class of 1998,
2003, 2005, and 2008 Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding
Faculty.
- Connie Caskey was honored among the Class of 2007
Chancellor’s Awards for Outstanding Faculty.
- Liesl Ward Harris received the Outstanding Faculty
Member Award at Jefferson State in 2009.
- Mary Kaiser received the Outstanding Faculty Member
Award at Jefferson State in 2006.
- Bob Renshaw received the Outstanding Faculty Member
Award at Jefferson State in 2005.
- Natalie Dudchock received the Outstanding Faculty
Member Award at Jefferson State in 2002.
- Christie Woods received the Outstanding Faculty
Member Award at Jefferson State in 1998.
- Guyanne Baker received the Outstanding Faculty
Member Award at Jefferson State in 1997.
- Kristin Henderson has been selected to serve on the
New Media Consortium's Campus Leaders Advisory Board.
- Mary Kaiser has received an Individual Artist
Fellowship in Poetry from the Alabama State Council on
the Arts for 2009-10.
- Christie Woods was inducted into Delta Kappa Gamma
Society International for Key Women Educators in 2008.
- Christie Woods was a David R. Pierce Faculty
Technology Award Nominee in 2005.
- Liesl Ward Harris was named to Phi Theta Kappa’s
Honors Committee.
- Liesl Ward Harris is a Phi Theta Kappa Faculty
Scholar for 2010. She was also a Phi Theta Kappa Faculty
Scholar for 2006, 2007, and 2009.
- Liesl Ward Harris served as advisor for Phi Theta
Kappa’s International Most Distinguished Chapter (Out of
over 1,250 Chapters) in 2008 and 2009.
- Liesl Ward Harris was named a Distinguished Advisor
by Phi Theta Kappa.
Activities
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Red Mountain Reading Series 2010
- The Jefferson State Thespians (THR 120 class) was
proud to present a free "Night of Theatre" on the Jefferson Campus in the Fitzgerald
Student Center.
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Wingspan
is the literary and arts magazine published each year by
Jefferson State Community College, usually appearing in
the Fall semester. Our mission is to bring together a
range of poetry, prose, art and photography to produce a
magazine that reflects the work and interests of both
our college community and the communities we serve.
We
accept submissions from students, faculty, staff, and
community members
all year long. Written
work should be sent in MS Word, and art/photography
should be sent as jpeg files, to the editor at
lovinguth@jeffstateonline.com.
We encourage everyone who has an
interest in literature and the arts to send us his or
her work.
Each person whose work is chosen to appear in the
magazine is given two free copies of the bound, printed
version and invited to read at the Spring semester
reading, following the publication. Hard copies are
available at campus libraries, and an electronic version
is also available
here. (All copy and publication rights remain
with the author/artist.)