Communication Strategies Center

Academic Success Center

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The Communication Strategies Center assists cadets across academic disciplines in the vital areas of reading, writing, and speaking to enhance cadets’ critical thinking, communication, and analytical skills. The CSC provides three significant resources: The Writing Center, Public Speaking Lab, and Communication Strategies 101 Program.

CONTACT US

For more information about the Communication Strategies Center, please contact

Dr. Elisa Cogbill-Seiders
Director, Communication Strategies Center
elisa.cogbill-seiders@afacademy.af.edu

SERVICES

Writing Center

The Writing Center is the Academy’s academic support center for varied types of writing needs. Cadets can receive help at any stage in the writing process: brainstorming, researching, outlining, drafting, and editing.

Faculty help cadets hone their writing skills by offering one-on-one sessions, shut-up and write events, and topic-specific workshops. Cadets learn how to identify their own strengths and areas for improvement, including but not limited to: appropriate evidence, grammar, organization, rhetorical situation, syntax, tone, and transitions.

Cadets use the inviting and supportive writing environment to strengthen writing assignments across all academic disciplines at the Academy.

CONTACT US

For more information about the Writing Center, please contact

Dr. Chris Gras
Program Lead, Writing Center
chris.gras@afacademy.af.edu

Public Speaking Lab (PSL)

The PSL is the Academy’s academic support center for any and all oral communication needs. Public speaking specialists help cadets refine and improve academic presentations in the classroom, leadership speeches in the cadet wing, and interview preparation for graduate studies and scholarship.

The PSL can record practice sessions and provide feedback on all aspects of public speaking, such as vocal delivery, nonverbal communication, effective speaking notes, speech structure, audience engagement, and visual aid integration. The PSL helps cadets connect to their audience, present with poise, and communicate effectively.

The PSL also works with Academy faculty and personnel to develop and deliver public speaking workshops across campus. These customized PSL workshops are designed to assist cadets and faculty in all areas of public speaking and help foster the next generation of effective, trustworthy, and dynamic communicators and leaders of character in the United States Air Force and Space Force.

CONTACT US

For more information about the Public Speaking Lab, please contact

Dr. Daniel Johnson
Program Lead, Public Speaking Lab
daniel.johnson@afacademy.af.edu

Communication Strategies 101 Program

The CSC offers a Communication Strategies 101 course (COMM STRT 101) designed to help cadets read, write, and present with critical awareness and efficiency. The Academy exerts rigorous demands across all courses and disciplines, especially in terms of the amount and complexity of course material cadets are expected to learn and apply. COMM STRT 101 helps cadets navigate the academic rigors of the Academy by enhancing their reading, public speaking, and writing skills..

The 20-lesson COMM STRT 101 course provides cadets with the strategies, tools, and opportunities to succeed as effective communicators. Through class exercises, readings, student presentations, and writing assignments, instructors work with cadets to cultivate life-long communication skills.

As cadets become more efficient communicators, their motivation and confidence can increase, helping them achieve a higher level of success at the Academy and into their future careers as military officers.

CONTACT US

For more information about the Communication Strategies 101 Program, please contact

Dr. Gary Mills
Program Lead, Communication Strategies 101 Program
gary.mills@afacademy.af.edu