June 2016 – Hayden Coombs

SUMMERTIME

I recently attended a training seminar on speech writing. Believe it or not, it was actually quite interesting and informative. During the seminar, the speaker handed out writing prompts, invited us to partner up with someone we’re familiar with, and spend one minute writing a short speech on behalf of your partner. I partnered upContinue reading “SUMMERTIME”

Unholy Fate

A poem written in the form of a classic Shakespearean sonnet about the loss of our first baby back in 2012.

2016 MOCK DRAFT

TEACHING DLL

Teaching Young Dual Language Learners to Be Writers: Rethinking Writing Instruction Through the Lens of Identity When I was serving an LDS mission in Lisbon, Portugal, I was told a great joke. My companion and I stopped a man on the road to gauge his interest in hearing our message. Unsurprisingly he didn’t, but heContinue reading “TEACHING DLL”

FITTEST 50

Former Flippin’ Bird Named To Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 CEDAR CITY, Utah – A former Southern Utah student-athlete has been named to Sport Illustrated’s list of the Fittest 50 Women Athletes. Talayna Fortunato was ranked No. 25 on SI’s Fittest 50 list for her accomplishments as a CrossFit athlete. She said that being included onContinue reading “FITTEST 50”

DIGITAL (DE)VICES

DIGITAL DISTRACTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM: STUDENT CLASSROOM USE OF DIGITAL DEVICES FOR NON-CLASS RELATED PURPOSES Hands down, this is my favorite academic article I’ve read about the classroom. You see, every semester as I begin teaching Interpersonal Communications to a new group of students, we always start by reviewing the syllabus. This is a commonContinue reading “DIGITAL (DE)VICES”

MLB & TWITTER

Major League Baseball and Twitter Usage: The Economics of Social Media Use The role that social media plays in the development of professional sports is an increasingly growing phenomena. Likewise, the growing role of social media in professional sports is an increasingly researched topic. As new research is conducted and more data is gathered, theContinue reading “MLB & TWITTER”

NONVERBAL SPORTS

Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in Sports Culture A common teaching in the field of communications is that is is simply impossible to not communicate. Whether it is your posture when interviewing for a job, or maybe a simple smirk at an inappropriate joke, every and any form of nonverbal communication serves as a communication messageContinue reading “NONVERBAL SPORTS”