Society News from the Chronicles


Via Podcast: Communication Studies Professor Celeste Condit

Her research provides some perspective on how media and our use of words affects our ability to understand one another, the world around us and even ourselves. As we continue on through this election season, how we use our words and how we understand each other seems more important than ever.…

Mapping Occupation, Juneteenth

This Sunday, June 19th, will mark 151 years ago that the U.S. Army took possession of Galveston Island and began a battle against slavery in Texas. It was two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect, and two months after Appomattox, and yet on this date the U.S. Army took…
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Staff Appreciation Week

Several features of the 2015 event will be repeated this year, including the two bands Tropical Breeze Steel Band and the Back in Time Band. Fun for everyone. make sure to take time out of your day to come and enjoy the festivities. Image: 2016 Excellence in Service Award winners, from left: Emily…
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Friends. Family. Learning. Integrity. The Arts.

The Arts. Take the opportunity, at any place and time, to tell your family and friends and co-workers and strangers you meet on the street, especially the politicians who govern this state and nation, and the administrators who run this university, about the importance of the arts and of your…
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Franklin associate deans to release new album

Jackson Street - an instant classic. Okay so maybe the album isn't quite finished yet, and it will of course feature the fifth associate dean, Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg. From left to right above, Dr. Russell Malmberg, Dr. Noel Fallows, Dr. Kecia Thomas, and Dr. Charles Kutal. Dr. Malmberg is a…

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