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Gaylord
College launches campaign,
hosts book signing to honor Bob Barry
Following the recent announcement that Bob Barry, Sr., 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, will
retire as the radio voice of OU Sooner football and basketball at the end of
the 2010-2011 seasons, the Gaylord College has announced a special fundraising initiative in Barry's honor.
The campaign will create a student enrichment fund to
benefit Gaylord College programs for students interested in sports journalism
and recognize his half-century of play-by-play broadcasting with a special
place in Gaylord Hall. The Bob Barry Endowment for Student Sports Programs will
allow Gaylord students to participate in educational enrichment opportunities,
including travel to report on events away from campus like the NFL and NBA
drafts, out-of-town contests, or bowl and championship games.
The campaign will officially kick off with a special
book signing of Barry's recently published biography, "Voice of Bedlam: The
Life of Bob Barry" on Oct. 16 as part of the Gaylord College homecoming
festivities. The signing will be held in Gaylord Hall approximately 2 ½ hours
prior to kickoff, immediately following the homecoming parade. The book was
written by another OU journalism alum, Bob Burke ('70) and Michael Dean. Read more Barry's career and about this effort on our website. |
Mike Boettcher and students to
work with ABC News
On Sept. 1, the Gaylord College launched a groundbreaking project in
Afghanistan partnering with veteran network foreign correspondent Mike Boettcher and ABC
News.
Boettcher ('75), a 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and Gaylord Correspondent in Residence, will report for ABC
News from Afghanistan and work with Gaylord students to produce
multimedia content. Boettcher and the students will cover in-depth,
personal stories about U.S. military personnel deployed in Afghanistan.
Read more about the project.
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JayMac names 2010 Distinguished Alumni
The JayMac Alumni
Association has announced the recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni award:
Carol Burr, editor of Sooner Magazine;
John D. Montgomery, Jr., publisher of The Purcell
Register; and J.C. Watts, former U.S. Representative and chairman of the J.C. Watts Companies.
In addition, Jennifer
Johnson Hicks, online editor of the European edition of the WSJonline.com, will be honored as the Young Professional of the Year, which is bestowed
upon alumni under the age of 40 who have made great achievements early in their
careers.
The four will be
honored at a ceremony Thursday, Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m. in the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium in Gaylord Hall.
 Carol Burr
Carol J. Burr graduated with a journalism/professional
writing degree with special distinction in 1959. Her distinguished career has centered on OU and Sooner Magazine.
Burr started at the magazine part-time as assistant editor in her senior
year and became editor upon her graduation. Read more about Carol.
John D. Montgomery, Jr.
 John D. Montgomery, Jr. graduated with a degree in journalism/news
communication in 1976 and has worked for a multitude of Oklahoma community newspapers,
beginning in his hometown at The Hobart Daily Democrat-Chief, as well as The Kiowa County Star Review, The Daily Oklahoman, The Oklahoma City Times and The Madill Record. Read more about John.
Read about the other honorees in the next newsletter or go online to our website.
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Mark Your Calendars
For These Alumni Events!
Friday, Oct. 1OU vs. Texas JMC Alumni Reception
Hosted by Moroch Partners
3625 N. Hall, Suite 1100, Dallas
5-8 p.m.
For more info or to RSVP,
contact Kristen Lazalier at klazalier@ou.edu
Thursday, Oct. 14JayMac Distinguished Alumni ceremony
10:30 a.m. in the
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism
Foundation Auditorium in Gaylord Hall
Saturday, Oct. 16 Homecoming reception with special book signing by
Bob Barry, Sr. and Bob Burke at Gaylord Hall
2 1/2 hours prior to kick-off,
immediately following the parade
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Bob Ruggles ('61) receives distinguished achievement award for diversity from AEJMC
 Robert M. Ruggles, Journalism, 1961; M.A., 1962, Professor Emeritus at
Florida A&M University, received the 2010 Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award
for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education at
the 2010 Denver Conference of the Association for Education Journalism
and Mass Communication on Aug. 6. The award recognizes outstanding individual accomplishment and
leadership in diversity efforts within the journalism and mass
communication discipline. Ruggles was the founding dean of Florida
A&M University's School of Journalism and Graphic Communication and received the Gaylord College Distinguished Alumni Award in 2000. Read more about Ruggles' career and the award on the AEJMC Conference website. |
Gaylord College welcomes new faculty
 Win Blevins, professional writing professor -
Win Blevins has held teaching positions at several colleges, and jobs
as a reviewer of theater and music in Los Angeles, and is passionate
about writing books. He has published 14 novels (including
STONE SONG, which won the Spur award and the Mountains and Plains
Booksellers
award for fiction), three volumes of informal history, a volume of
natural
history, and a dictionary. He has also sold five screenplays, and
countless
short stories and magazine and newspaper articles. Check out his
website and blog for more about Blevins at http://winblevins.com.
 Kyle Bergerson, broadcasting and electronic media professor
- For the last 15 years, Kyle has worked as a commercial
director/cameraman shooting spots for Budweiser, Circle K, Honda,
Toyota, Alamo Car Rental and many more. His advertising awards include a
One Show Gold Pencil, Creativity Annual, Belding, Addy, Andy, Lulu,
Golden Ollie, London Int'l Advertising Award and New York Festivals.
A
proud member of the WGA/W, Kyle has had writing deals with Dreamworks
Animation, CBS, Touchstone TV, USA Network and Castlerock Entertainment
(in association with Sandra Bullock's Fortis Films).
His indie feature, Love Comes To The Executioner,
is a dark comedy featuring Jeremy Renner (Academy Award nominee for Hurt Locker), Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love) and Jonathan Tucker (Texas
Chainsaw Massacre). Released by ThinkFilm, it aired on Showtime and
Starz and is still available on Netflix. Check out Bergerson's profile at www.IMDB.com.
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JMC Graduate and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett nominated for World Mayor
 Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett (broadcasting, 1981) has been nominated for World Mayor 2010. City Mayors,
the international think tank on urban affairs, is seeking votes
for the 2010 World Mayor Prize. The Prize, which has been awarded since
2004, honors mayors with the vision, passion and skills to make their
cities incredible places to live in, work in and visit. The World Mayor
Project aims to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their
profiles nationally and internationally. During
the first round of World Mayor 2010, held in late 2009 and early 2010,
more than 118,000 citizens from around the world nominated some 840
mayors for this year's World Mayor title. Based on the number and
quality of nominations, the editorial board of City Mayors,
the organizers of the contest, selected 25 mayors from across the world
to proceed to the final round. FINAL VOTING IS NOW TAKING PLACE. The results will be
announced soon. VOTE FOR MICK CORNETT FOR WORLD MAYOR! |
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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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