Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences

The Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences (VACAS) is the primary Virginia state organization for scholars and professionals in the communication discipline.

There are five divisions of the association:
 * Communication Education
 * Debate and Forensics
 * Interpersonal and Small Group Communication
 * Mass Media
 * Rhetoric and Communication Theory

The association holds an annual conference. The 2004 conference was in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from October 23 to 24.