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Annual Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration
On Monday, April 25, 1989, Professor Gary Bouchard stepped out on to the quad in front of the still brand new statue of Saint Anselm to lead the campus in a reading of all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets in celebration of William's birthday. The Bard was a mere 425 years old that year, and Bouchard was still pretty young himself, or at least still blonde on top and wet behind the professorial ears. About 75 readers took part in that initial marathon reading. As the quatrains and couplets cut through the crisp April air, New Hampshire Public Radio recorded many of them, and when Professor Landis Magnuson made a surprise entrance down the stairs of Alumni Hall in full Elizabethan regalia, The Union Leader was there to capture it on film.
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Prof. Chani Marchiselli Researches How Elocution Impacts Persuasion
Have you ever noticed how people’s voices change when speaking to large crowds? This was a question that intrigued English and Communications Professor Chani Marchiselli, particularly how gender can play a role in these vocal changes. From this intrigue was born her research into the role of gender in elocution and public speaking.
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Men’s and Women’s Basketball Alumni Play in Pros Abroad
Within the last few years, several Hawks have taken their talents to the European and Australian pros.
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Spotlight on Alumni
Our graduates take their rigorous training written, spoken, and aural communication to a variety of careers, from politics, broadcast journalism, advertising, and publishing, to education, law, finance, and business.