A letter from the conference coordinator….
The 76th annual Ohio Communication Association will be held on October 5th and 6th at Kent State University. The theme for this year's conference is "Ventures in Communication: Technology, Innovation, and Diffusion." The conference theme is one that encourages opportunities for engagement in thought-provoking, meaningful, scholarly discussions, as well as, networking with colleagues from our state and neighboring states.
As your conference coordinator, I encourage ALL of you to participate in what is going to be our best conference ever! During my tenure as a member of OCA I have seen this organization grow tremendously. In 2010, I served as your conference host at Clark State where I worked with your OCA board to provide an outstanding, comfortable, easy to use facility. Currently, as your conference coordinator for the 2011 and 2012 conferences, it is my personal goal to create the best we have seen in OCA…so far!
As we prepare proposals for this conference, consider what you have to offer, what you teach, where you excel in research, and what you want to learn. We want to see what you have to offer! There are a variety of opportunities from presenting your research, participating in a panel discussion, fostering a hands-on workshop, preparing a poster of your recent work, or developing a classroom activity to have highlighted in our GIFTS session.
If your school would like to have table to highlight your graduate school, please send me an email to reserve a table! We would love to have as many graduate schools represented as possible.
We are always looking for sponsors for our conference and you can help! If you know of a business, a publisher, or if your college would like to sponsor a part of the conference, please contact me as soon as possible. Sponsors are always needed!
If you have any questions, please contact me at colemanm@clarkstate.edu or call me at 937-328-3849.
We are looking forward to a great conference! See you in Kent!
Michelle B. Coleman |
