Hall Activities

Led by instructor Kassandra Brown, students were able to participate in a weekly afternoon session in the dorm lounge, which focused on yoga practice as a way to understand self and expression. Highlighting the importance of calming and strengthening the mind, body, spirit and emotions in class, students noted it...

Several students ventured to the local Dushanbe Teahouse, a building built and gifted to Boulder by its sister city, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Along with the enjoyment of a variety of gourmet snacks and delicious teas, the students learned how dialogue and cultural difference play key roles in communication.

To celebrate the end of first term, COMM RAP hosted a holiday party using an “ugly sweater contest” theme. Students competed for the coveted prize of ugliest sweater with a fashion show. Other activities included cookie decorating and snowflake designing. Snowflakes were hung from the ceiling to help winterize Buckingham...

To cap off the semester long co-curricular theme of communication and humor, COMM RAP invited a panel of industry professions to talk about how humor works in marketing and advertising. The panel consisted of Colleen Campbell from the Onion newspaper, Jeremy Siebold from Boulder advertising agency TDA, and Peter McGraw...

Internationally renowned storyteller and consultant, Dorian Haarhoff, hosted an event in Buckingham Hall about the power of storytelling. Haarhoff emphasized the importance of storytelling for individuals and companies. He had served as a consultant for organizations such as DeLoitte, Shell and Nedbank, helping them tell their stories.

Professor Kendra Gale and 15 students from the RAP toured the Denver Art Museum’s King Tut Exhibit. This exhibit, which includes more than 100 objects from King Tutankhamun’s tomb, provided a unique opportunity to consider how culture impacts the composition and form of symbols and icons. Students enrolled in the...

Dr. Ringera spoke to students in the Perspectives on Human Communication course about her experiences growing up in Kenya and her activism related peace-making in Africa.

Over 40 RAP students, RAs, RAP faculty and peer mentors attended Chicago’s legendary comedy theater “The Second City” at the Denver Center for Performing Arts. The Second City has been a training ground for many of the topic comedians in the country including Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, and Stephen Colbert...

Dr. Kevin Barge from Texas A&M University came to Buckingham Hall to speak to students about his experience as a leader in organizational communication. The RAP hosted an informal coffee break with Dr. Barge to answer student’s questions about networking internships and career goals as well as discussing communication’s role...

Graduate part-time instructor Diane Keeling hosted a discussion with students about some of the communicative effects of the use of Facebook. Keeling helped students to consider how a medium as large and influential as Facebook is working to shape how we make sense of our own identity as well as...