<div dir="ltr"><div style=""><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4">Good afternoon,</font></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's (RPI) interdisciplinary Communication and Media Department is accepting</span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">application</span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">s for the 2024-25 graduate cohort in Communication and Rhetoric.The</span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">application</span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">deadline for Ph.D. students is January 22, and the application deadline for M.S. students is March 1. </span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Rensselaer, the United States’
first technological research university, is also home
to cutting edge research and performance facilities and offers students the opportunity to explore topics such as: Digital Rhetoric, Mis/Disinformation, Science and Technical Communication, Film and TV studies, Human-Centered Design, Critical Game Studies, and Ethnography. </font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(36,36,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Please find the attached flyer for a description and to pass along to potential applicants. You can also look on our <a href="https://hass.rpi.edu/communication-media">website</a> for more information, or feel free to contact myself (Corinne Jones at <a href="mailto:JonesL8@rpi.edu">JonesL8@rpi.edu</a>) or the Department chair (<a href="mailto:Gordot@rpi.edu">Gordot@rpi.edu</a>). You can also view the application website <a href="https://admissions.rpi.edu/GRADUATE">here</a>. </font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p></div><div style=""><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Thanks for your consideration, </font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#242424" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Corinne Jones</font></p></div><div><br></div></div>