A Message from the President

Message from the President

Trischa Goodnow, Oregon State University

Greetings!  The Northwest Communication Association is making some exciting changes.  The website is getting a make-over so we can make it more user-friendly and useful.  We’ve re-launched our journal as the Northwest Journal of Communication.  We’re updating the logo – we had a contest, received several exciting designs, and are selecting a winner.  We want to refocus the Northwest Communication Association’s mission so that it’s not just an association that hosts a conference, but, rather, an association that serves its members year round.  Any suggestions? Send them to me at tgoodnow@oregonstate.edu.

Bohn Lattin, this year’s conference planner is working hard on making this the best NWCA conference ever.  While we’ve decided, in consultation with recent attendees of the conference, to forgo the boat ride, the President’s reception will return to the President’s Penthouse Suite!  I remember coming to my first NWCA conference and being so impressed by the amazing accommodations!  And, honestly, that’s why I agreed to be president…to get to stay in the suite!

Perhaps the BEST NEWS YET is that we’re REDUCING FEES FOR STUDENTS!  Because of the economic difficulties many people are experiencing right now, we’re crunched some numbers and can reduce student fees this year from $50 to $30.  Students get a great deal for $30: a reception on Thursday, breakfast and lunch on Friday, intellectual stimulation throughout the weekend, a year’s membership to NWCA, and, of course, the journal!  What more could you ask for?

We hope you’ll join us in Coeur d’Alene in April!