College of Communication & Information Sciences

Student Activities

The department supports student activity in a variety of organizations and extra-curricular activities.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Alabama Forensics Council
Student members of this council participate in the University's forensics program and attend both regional and national intercollegiate forensics competitions in debate and individual events. Twenty scholarships are awarded each year to students active in the program.

The Alabama Forensics Council host annually on campus:

Crimson Classic College Forensics Tournament Fall Semester (October)

Hall of Fame High School Forensics Tournament Spring Semester (January)

Alabama Student Society for Communication Arts (ASSCA)
The purposes of this group are to serve as official ambassadors of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, to promote interest in the field of communication arts, and to provide opportunities for members to meet with professional people in the field. Membership is open to all students majoring or minoring in communication.

C&IS Academic Honor Council
An appellate and judicial body comprised of student justices who maintain high ethical and academic standards. A minimum 3.25 GPA is required for a seat on the honor council. Justices meet with staff of the C&IS dean's office to provide input regarding academic integrity issues.

C&IS Student Executive Council
The council comprises the leaders of each College of Communication and Information Sciences student organization, C&IS SGA Senators, and selected at-large members from each academic unit. The council meets regularly with staff of the C&IS dean's office to discuss issues and developments of interest to students throughout the College. The council provides a mechanism for communication and student input into administrative processes. The council also plans and organizes student-faculty activities.

HONOR SOCIETIES

Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha
This national honor society is for individuals who have excelled in forensics and who have maintained distinguished academic records.

Lambda Pi Eta
Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication studies honor society, established a chapter on the University of Alabama campus on November 15, 1998. Invitations to membership are issued to juniors and seniors in communication studies who have cumulative undergraduate grade point averages of at least 3.0, have completed the equivalent of 12 semester hours in communication courses, and have minimum grade point averages of 3.25 kin those courses. The goals of Lambda Pi Eta are to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement and to stimulate interest in the field of communication.

Phi Beta Kappa
The University of Alabama chapter of Phi Beta Kappa national honor society extended membership eligibility to students in the College of Communication and Information Sciences by chapter action on March 4, 1974. In addition to meeting the minimum cumulative academic average used for selection of members from the College of Arts and Sciences, a student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences must have completed a minimum of 96 semester hours in the traditional liberal arts in order to be considered for membership.