The Communication Studies Graduate Forum has named Dr. Celeste Condit as the recipient of the 2021 Faculty Excellence Award. This award acknowledges the work that Dr. Condit has put into ensuring that graduate students have the necessary support to progress with their studies, as well as providing clarifiying information about the university response to this pandemic. Dr. Condit used her position as the incoming department head to facilitate group and individual meetings with graduate students, checking in on both a personal and professional level. Important information during the pandemic can easily become burdensome or overwhelming, but Dr. Condit took care to share the necessary details in a valuable but sustainable way. The graduate students and the entire Communication Studies department are lucky to have such a compassionate and effective professor as department head. Congratulations, Dr. Celeste Condit! Type of News/Audience: Department Award