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The Week in Review

Speech Team Update

The JMU Speech Team had their most productive weekend of competition to date this past weekend on the campus of George Mason University.  Twelve teams representing 7 different states joined JMU at the Virginia is for Lovers tournament hosted by our team and the George Mason Speech team, including: Pacific University (Oregon), University of Florida, University of Akron (Ohio), Seton Hall University (New Jersey), Sarah Lawrence College (New York), and St. Joseph’s University (Pennsylvania).  The JMU team finished in 2nd place and Zach Healy (Sr, SCOM/SMAD) was overall top speaker.  The individual results are as follows:

Shelby Akins (Sr, SCOM) 2nd Communication Analysis (QUALLED), 5TH Informative Speaking, 6th Prose Interpretation

Jessie Bur (Jr, Eng/SMAD) 1st Impromptu Speaking, 1st Persuasive Speaking (QUALLED), 6th Poetry Interpretation, 5th TOP SPEAKER

Zach Healy (Sr, SCOM/SMAD) 1st Duo Interpretation, 2nd Informative Speaking (QUALLED), 2nd Poetry Interpretation (QUALLED), 1st Prose Interpretation (QUALLED), OVERALL TOP SPEAKER

Katie Lese (Sr, SCOM) 4th Dramatic Interpretation, 1st Duo Interpretation, 2nd Prose Interpretation (QUALLED)

Nathan Selove (Fr, THEA) 1st After Dinner Speaking (QUALLED)

Kendrick Smith (Soph, SPAN) 2nd Program Oral Interpretation (QUALLED)

In order to qualify an event for the National Individual Event Tournament (NIET) a student must compete in at least three tournament final rounds and their placings in the final round must equal a total of 8 or less.  The JMU team now has 6 members qualified (the most we have ever had qualified this early in the season) for the NIET to be held in Tempe, AZ at Arizona State University in April.

The team, coached by Lee Mayfield and Alyssa Reid,  travels next to West Chester University in Pennsylvania.

Family Weekend

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Family weekend was a great success and thankfully the weather stayed nice! If you have pictures from family weekend that you would like to add, please email Dr. Isaac Woo (woocw@jmu.edu) or Chelsea Legendre (legendcj@dukes.jmu.edu).

Upcoming Events

PRSSA Agency Visit

PRSSA is taking their first trip of the year to D.C. to visit different PR agencies today. The organization will be taking a bus up to D.C. and have the opportunity to meet with PR professionals. Then there will be an alumni networking event to conclude the trip.

IABC Meeting

SCOM’s newest organization, the International Association of Business Communications, will be having one more meeting prior to their elections. Elections will be held in November and if you are interested in running for a position, you will not want to miss these meetings! Contact Dr. Heather Carmack at carmachj@jmu.edu for more information.

Next Meeting: October 17th

Time: 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

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Ready for the Family Weekend?

Well, family weekend hasn’t started yet, but, SCOM had another good week.

SCOM Speech Team

The JMU Speech Team completed their second weekend of competition at Liberty University.  The team competed against a number of Virginia schools including George Mason University, Liberty University, Radford University, Lynchburg College and Virginia University of Lynchburg as well as out-of-state schools including Seton Hall University (NJ), Cedar Crest College (PA), Lafayette College (PA) and Bowling Green State University (OH).  Overall the team finished in 2nd place with 7 members on our team to George Mason University with 28 members on their team.

Individual results are as follows:

Day 1:
Shelby Akins (Sr, SCOM) 1st Communication Analysis
Jessie Bur (Jr, Eng/SMAD) 6th Poetry Interpretation, 5th Impromptu Speaking, 1st Persuasive Speaking, 2nd Overall Speaker
Zach Healy (Sr, SCOM/SMAD) 1st Informative Speaking, 5th Overall Speaker
Katie Lese (Sr, SCOM) 3rd Informative Speaking.  This event is now qualified for our national tournament in April.
Nathan Selove (Fr, THEA) 6th Dramatic Interpretation, 4th Duo Interpretation with Smith, 3rd After Dinner Speaking
Kendrick Smith (So, Eng/SPAN) 4th Duo Interpretation with Selove, 2nd Program Oral Interpretation
Day 2:
Shelby Akins  3rd Communication Analysis, 6th Prose Interpretation
Jessie Bur  1st Persuasive Speaking, 3rd Impromptu Speaking
Abby Fiege (Fr, MATH) 6th After Dinner Speaking
Zach Healy 2nd Prose Interpretation, 3rd Poetry Interpretation, 3rd Duo Interpretation with Lese, 5th Informative Speaking, 2nd Overall Top Speaker
Katie Lese 3rd Prose Interpretation, 3rd Duo Interpretation with Healy
Nathan Selove 2nd After Dinner Speaking, 5th Duo Interpretation with Smith
Kendrick Smith 1st Program Oral Interpretation, 7th Poetry Interpretation, 5th Dramatic Interpretation, 5th Duo Interpretation, 4th Overall Top Speaker.
Next weekend the team travels to George Mason University.  The team is coached by Lee Mayfield and Alyssa Reid.

 

Congratulations!!

Field Trip

Professor Isaac Woo’s Sports Public Relations class (SCOM 313: Topics in Communication Studies) visited the Washington Capital’s game last Friday.

Thanks to Megan Elchenberg, communication coordinator, Brian Kiefer, PR asssitant, and Debs Francisco, web manager, students had great experience here.

Please visit here (http://bit.ly/1g7uqIL) to read more about what they leaned from this experience.

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Students at the press box.
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View from the press box.
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Students with Mr. Brian Kiefer, PR Assistant, after the game.

Upcoming Events

Debate Team 

James Madison University is hosting a debate exploring the ethical issues of animal based research. The debate is part of a larger series of over 20 universities and the JMU is the only university in the United States that has been invited to participate. The debate will be at 7:30 in Miller 1101 on October 14th.

More information can be found here:

http://animalresearchdebate.idebate.org/news-articles/big-animal-research-debate-goes-international

PRSSA Agency Visit

JMU PRSSA will have their first agency visit of the year to D.C. on October 11th, Friday.

Places they are visiting are

  • The Adfero Group
  • APCO Worldwide
  • Fleishman Hillard
  • Burson Marsteller
  • AARP
  • Fannie Mae
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Ketchum

 

Family Weekend

Family weekend is here! From the football game, to picnics, to a 5K race, Family Weekend is shaping up to be a lot of fun! For a more detailed schedule click here. Comment below if your parents are coming up!

If you have any events or activities of SCOM to share, please send information to Dr. Isaac Woo (woocw@jmu.edu) or Chelsea Legendre (legendcj@dukes.jmu.edu) or Tweet us @JMUSCOM.