Spring 2025 Dial Center Newsletter
Check out the Spring 2025 Dial Center Newsletter. See what’s happening in the Dial Center and learn about our upcoming events! Spring 2025 Newsletter
Fall 2024 Dial Center Newsletter
Check out the Fall 2024 Dial Center News Letter. See what’s happening in the Dial Center and learn about our upcoming events!
“Advisor of the Year” Finalist
Congratulations to Dial Center faculty member and Undergraduate Coordinator, Dr. Pasha Agoes, for being names a 2024 Finalist for “Advisor of the Year” by the Department of Student Activities and Involvement!
Hope Speeches – April 10 2-4 pm. at the Plaza of the Americas
What is the good being done in the world? And what can you tell your peers? At the University of Florida, different majors and student organizations are constantly making innovative progress in medicine, environmental technology, civil rights, etc. We shouldn’t keep this to ourselves!
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TEDxUF’s 15th Annual Conference, April 6
Join us at the TEDxUF annual conference! TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Thanks for having Dial Center as the faculty speaker mentors!
A Legacy Woven in Words: Dial Center Receives a New Name
In 2024, the Dial Center’s continued evolution has been recognized by being renamed the William & Grace Dial Center for Speech and Communication Studies. Whether known for “Written & Oral Communication” or “Speech and Communication Studies”, the Dial Center continues to honor the Dial legacy.
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Accepting Applications for the Ambassador Leadership Program now through April 7!
The Dial Center Ambassador Leadership Program is a two-year program designed to provide our students with a hands-on leadership and service experience. Ambassadors are selected through a competitive application and interview process.
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Dial Center Summer & Fall 2024 Pre-Registration Event
At the Dial Center’s Registration Event on March 21, you will be able to register early for Summer & Fall 2024 Communication Studies classes, and more!
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Public Debate on the Solution for Global Food Insecurity
UF’s Office of Public Policy Events in partnership with the William and Grace Dial Center for Speech and Communication Studies and with support the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is pleased to welcome the public to this free event on February 5.
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Kellie Roberts awarded the Lloyd Rohler Career Teaching Award
Kellie Roberts is being honored with the Lloyd Rohler Career Teaching Award from the Carolinas Communication Association. The Carolinas Communication Association promotes the study of communication in the Carolinas and across the region.
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Faculty honored with “Top Paper” Awards at NCA
Dennis McCarty & Gil Carter received “Top Paper” awards at the upcoming National Communication Association (NCA) annual conference. Dr. Dennis McCarty is being Awarded in the “Communication & Social Cognition” division. Dr. Gil Carter is being awarded 2 “Top Student Paper” Awards in 2 different divisions, “Public Address” and “Political Communication”.
Student Activities and Involvement Advisor of the Year
The Dial Center’s Kellie Roberts has been named Advisor of the Year, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of a student organization advisor to a student organization. Congratulations, Kellie!
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Dial Center Summer/Fall 2023 Pre-Registration is March 23!
Register early for Summer & Fall 2023 Communication Studies classes, meet the faculty & ask questions about their spring courses, and get the inside scoop from students.
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Deadline for Ambassador Leadership Program Applications is March 27!
The Dial Center Ambassador Leadership Program is a two-year program designed to provide our students with a hands-on leadership and service experience. Ambassadors are selected through a competitive application and interview process.
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Kellie Roberts Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Speech and Debate
The Dial Center’s Director of Forensics and Instructional Professor Kellie Roberts has been named the 2022 recipient of the Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Amy Martinelli Awarded Grant to Create Open Source Materials for Public Speaking
With support from the UF Center for Teaching Excellence and the George A. Smathers Libraries, The Affordable UF Initiative announces recipients of Affordable Access for Student Success Course Transformation Grant.
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2021 Speakers Forum
Join us for the The Dial Center 2021 Speakers Forum Sunday, March 21st at 2:00 pm via Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94576787350 … This event, run by the Dial Center Ambassadors and co-sponsored by the Dial Center and McGraw-Hill Publishing, will feature 5 speakers presenting their persuasive speeches. While the judges’ ballots are tallied, there will be an impromptu […]
Grad Night 2020: Alumni Panel
On November 4 at 7:00 pm, a panel of UF alumni will share tips and insights on applying to graduate school and landing the job of your dreams.
Register Early for Spring 2021
Register EARLY for your Spring 2021 Communication Studies courses! Join us at the Communication Studies Pre-Registration Event.
Fear of Public Speaking
Research shows that the fear of public speaking is ranked number six of all the fears late adolescents face. The Dial Center offers UF students several tools for overcoming these fears.
Public Speaking Lab
The Public Speaking lab offers assistance to those seeking to develop effective speaking skills across academic disciplines.
Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
The William and Grace Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication assists in preparing University of Florida students to speak and write effectively using the major conventions governing the presentation of knowledge in their chosen disciplines.
Library-Internet Research Course
LIS2001 offers to teach students skills they can use in every class they take at UF. Get to know your way around information at UF vital to your courses and research. Starting in the Spring 2014, the Dial Center and the UF Library system will be offering a new course LIS2001 — Introduction to Information […]