Month: October 2021

Although we may be limited in our interactions, we definitely do not want to be strangers. Our Meet the Department series hopes to introduce you to our faculty and staff that support our undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Communication.

Meet: Samuel Hakim

Today we would like to introduce one of our newest staff members, Samuel Hakim. Sam is a lecturer in the Department of Communication who is teaching various Communications classes this year.

He did his undergrad at the University of Buffalo and his Ph.D. work at the University of Alabama studying Communication and Information Sciences. This is Samuel’s first teaching position out of school so he is excited for the beginning of this journey that he is embarking on.

Sam teaches with enthusiasm and is eager to connect with students because he believes that students are our best asset. Please help us welcome Sam into the Clemson family with warm arms!

Watch the video below to learn more about Samuel Hakim and his experience at Clemson so far.

Check out our latest video on Youtube (@ClemsonCOMM) to see our Club of the Month for October 2021!

The executive board of the Clemson University Debate Society, 2021

For the month of October, we interviewed the graduate assistant of the Clemson University Debate Society, Rebecca Pool. Rebecca Pool is a Masters of Communication, Technology, and Society student at Clemson University. For the past seven years, Rebecca has competed and coached debate at a national and international level. As an undergraduate student, she won a national competition in British Parliamentary debates. Her proudest accomplishment is coaching one of the finalist teams for the 2018  Spanish World Universities Debating Championship in Santiago, Chile. Rebecca is currently working as the debate graduate assistant for the Clemson Debate Society. After completing her masters degree, she hopes to pursue her PhD in Communication.

Originally called the Calhoun Forensics Society, the Clemson Debate Society began in 1894. In the fall of 2012 the Communication Department hired Lindsey Dixon as the new Director of Forensics to realign the program from an individual events team into a full debate program. Within the first year this new program won almost every tournament in their division and ended up hosting and winning the NEDA National Championship. Soon after, the team turned to British Parliamentary (BP) style of debate. Today, the Clemson Debate Society continues its legacy as one of the most prominent debate teams within the U.S. debate circuit.

Clemson Debate Society hosted the 2019 U.S. National Debate Championship. That year, Coach Lindsey Dixon became the first woman to host that U.S. national tournament. This year, the Clemson Debate Society has a very important event coming up that you don’t want to miss!

For more information on the Clemson Debate Team, follow them on Instagram and take a look at their website, listed below:

Instagram: @clemsondebate

Website: https://www.clemson.edu/cbshs/departments/communication/students/student-opportunities.html 

Be sure to check-in on our blog and social channels for more highlights about the Department of Communication at Clemson University.

LinkedIn: Department of Communication-Clemson University

YouTube: ClemsonCOMMChannel

Instagram: @Clemson_Comm

Twitter: @ClemsonCOMM

Facebook. @ClemsonCOMM

Online: www.clemson.edu/communication

Although we may be limited in our interactions, we definitely do not want to be strangers. Our Meet the Department series hopes to introduce you to our faculty and staff that support our undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Communication.

Meet: Madison VanWalleghen

Today we would like to introduce one of our newest staff members, Madison VanWalleghen. Madison is a lecturer in the Department of Communication who is teaching Intro to Human Communication this year.

Madison is new to South Carolina being that she got her Bachelors in Communications at Dakota Wesleyan University and her Masters in Communication and Media Studies from South Dakota State University. Although Madison is new to Clemson, the small town life is nothing new to her. The quaint community of Clemson is actually similar to the town that she grew up in.

Madison is a young professor and considers this an advantage because she was in the shoes of her students very recently. She understands the struggles of college and is there to help students navigate and balance everything in order to succeed.

Watch the video below to learn more about Madison VanWalleghen and her experience at Clemson so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bebo8CxoNtI&t=6s