Bob Bernstein Delivers Convocation Speech
Bob Bernstein is president and CEO of Bernstein-Rein Advertising. He
left OU in spring 1960 after changing his major to journalism from radio
and television in his final year. Bernstein worked for several regional
film and advertising companies in the Kansas City area before founding
his own company, Bernstein-Rein Advertising in 1964. Along with his
partner, Skip Rein, he grew the agency from the ground up to include
clients such as Blockbuster, Thrifty Car Rental, McDonald's and
Wal-Mart. His agency is recognized as the inventor of the McDonald's
Happy Meal.
Bernstein serves on the boards of several Kansas City museums and
philanthropic interests and has been instrumental in establishing
regional non-profits such as The Children's Place and Ronald McDonald
House Charities.
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Louise B. Moore honored by former students
 A special fund-raising effort is drawing to an end which will honor the
legendary Oklahoma Daily faculty adviser Louise B. Moore. Five former
Daily editors - Carol J. Robinson Burr, Linda Johnson, Barbara Winn
Sessions, Larry Chilnick and Karen Vinyard Waddell - spearheaded
the drive to memorialize the woman who was their teacher, mentor and a
cherished friend.
Moore became faculty adviser of The Oklahoma Daily in 1952,
serving in that position for 19 years. She had a tremendous impact on
students who majored in journalism and worked on the student paper.
The goal is to raise funds to
name a prominent and well-used area in OU's Gaylord Hall in her memory. A
plaque and photograph will be placed in the area so that current and future students
will know about Moore and what she meant to the OU journalism program.
Responses received from former students of Moore have been heartfelt
remembrances and expressions of gratitude that this initiative is under
way.
"Mrs.
Moore left us a lifetime legacy of high professional ethics, accuracy
and fairness as well as personal courage, loyalty and friendship. To
have her name prominently preserved in the new J-building can inspire
OU's future journalists to embrace the qualities she held dear," said
Carol Burr, who served as editor of The Daily in fall 1958.
For more information or to
make a gift, contact Kristen Lazalier, Director of Development for the
Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, at (405) 325-7670,
or via e-mail at klazalier@ou.edu.
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 Attention D.C. area JMC alumni! Mark your calendars and join your fellow JMC DC Sooners at our upcoming alumni reception. Wednesday, June 9, 20105:30 - 8 p.m. 324 Independence Ave., SE Capitol Hill, Washington, DC RSVP by June 7th to Kristen Lazalier, Gaylord College Director of Development, 405-325-7670 or via email klazalier@ou.edu |
Lindsey+Asp Advertising and Public Relations Agency Finishes First Year on High Note
 Lindsey+Asp Agency concluded the first full year of operation with a special awards ceremony recognizing students for their hard work and dedication in launching the agency. Students received special scholarships and stipends from professional agencies such as The Richards Group, Dallas; Bernstein Rein, Kansas City; Brothers Company, Tulsa; Edelman Public Relations, Chicago / New York; Culpwrit Blog/Ketchum, Chicago; OG & E; Schnake Turnbo Frank Public Relations, Tulsa / Oklahoma City; Saxum Public Relations, Oklahoma City; and the Gaylord College Board of Visitors |
Gaylord Students Study Media in London
Gaylord College offers students several study abroad options, but only one is led by the dean himself. Each year Dean Joe Foote and Assistant Professor Ralph Beliveau take nearly 30 students to London, Bristol and Paris to tour leading media outlets and strategic communication firms. The three-week intersession class visits media powerhouses like the BBC and Sky News.
This year the group also toured the London offices of the Wall Street Journal online where they met Jennifer Johnson Hicks (above front row center) a 2002 OU graduate. Hicks will be honored as the 2010 JayMac Young Professional in October.
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Two Journalism Students Who Traveled to the NFL Draft Thank the College for Opportunity
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2009-2010 Officers
Jolly Brown Pugh
President
Nancy Coggins
Vice President
James Tyree Secretary/Treasurer
Heather Cook
Immediate Past President
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