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Volume  4 | Issue 20TOP
January 30, 2012

Gaylord College Scholarships    

Gaylord College is now taking applications for 2012-2013 undergraduate scholarships awarded by the college. These scholarships are available only for JMC students.

Read more about the various scholarships offered by the Gaylord College. It is not necessary to specify which scholarship you are applying for, a committee of Gaylord College faculty members will determine the scholarships awarded based on your applications.

Last year more than $150,000 was awarded to students.

Don't miss out on this opportunity because you didn't apply!

DEADLINE - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1
BY 4 P.M. IN STUDENT SERVICES
 

 
Graduate Students 
Graduate students should see Kelly Storm ([email protected]) about scholarships and assistantships for the Summer and Fall semesters.

Get more information about graduate student scholarships on the graduate student website at http://www.ou.edu/content/gaylord/home/Audience/graduate_students/GradFinaid.html.   

Graduation & Advising Deadlines    

Classes have barely gotten into motion and it is already time to be advised for the Fall 2012 semester.

Graduation Checks 
Students planning to graduate either Spring 2012 or Summer 2012 you should have filedyour application and paperwork for graduationstop by last Friday, Jan. 27! Get to Student Servies ASAP if you haven't filed yet or you may not be able to graduate! 

Stop by the office during walk-in hours:  8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. 

Advising Windows 
Seniors - Feb. 13-24
Juniors-Feb. 27-March 9
Sophomores-March 12-30
Freshmen-April 2-13 

Senior Campus Award Apps Due
ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 BY 4 P.M.. 
NO LATE APPLICATIONSWILL BE ACCEPTED

Leitzeiser and Big Man/Big Woman on Campus Awards are some of the most prestigious on campus. Continue the tradition of other Gaylord College students and take the awards by storm!

Download applications from the Student Life Leadership and Development website.

Be a Gaylord Ambassador!     

Joe with Ambassadors
Ambassadors represent Gaylord College in the Homecoming Parade as well as at events throughout the year. 
 
Applications for membership in the Gaylord Ambassadors student leadership group are due on Thursday, March 9th. Applications are available in the Student Services Center, room 2533, Gaylord Hall.

Applicants are required to provide their r�sum� and encouraged to include a letter of endorsement from a Gaylord College faculty or staff member. 

In This Issue
Scholarship Apps
Due Wednesday
Grad Checks & Advising Deadlines
Campus Awards
Be a Gaylord Ambassador
Facility Hours
Ad team makes presentation
Student Clubs
Study in Germany
Free Film Screening
Village Voice Internship
World Literature Today Student Advisory Board
WCPJ Deadline
ONF Summer Internships & Scholarships
Software Training
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Lab/Cage/Library
Hours
 
Convergence Lab 

GYLD 1000

 
Monday - Thursday

8 a.m - Midnight

Friday

8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Saturday

1 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Sunday

Noon - Midnight

  

Creative Lab 

GYLD 2150

Monday - Thursday

8 a.m. - 10 p.m.   

Friday

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday

CLOSED

Sunday

Noon - 10 p.m.    

 

Edit Bays/

Equipment Hours!

Monday - Thursday

8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. 

Friday

 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.   

Saturday

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Sunday

1 - 9 p.m.   

 

Library Hours
Monday - Thursday
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Open at lunch daily.

Weekends
CLOSED

Advertising team makes presentation to Radisson Hotels
Account Planning Group 

Four students from the fall Advertising Account Planning class  presented their work from the account planning class to Radisson Hotels and their advertising agency VML in Kansas City on Wednesday and Thursday, January 25/26.  These students were judged to have developed the strongest strategic direction for Radisson Blu during Fall semester 2011.

From left to right ... Jim Avery, Austin Anderson, Luke Potter, Shelby Anderson, Jackie Faulkerson, and Erin Henderson. Erin is a 2007 grad and an account manager at VML in Kansas City.    


Student Club Meetings    

PWSA

PWSA Meeting

Wednesday, Feb. 1 

5:30 p.m.

3rd Floor PW Alcoves, Gaylord Hall, Phase II

ROOM 3150

 

Free Pizza! Bring Friends!                






P
PRSSARSSA
Tuesday, Feb. 7
6 p.m.
Lindsey and Asp

Recent Gaylord grad Elyse Richardson from Jones PR in Oklahoma City will speak.



Oklahoma College BroadcastersOklahoma College Broadcasters
Wednesday, Feb. 8th
5:45 p.m.
Gaylord Hall of Fame

 

 

 

 

 

SPICE Summer Study Abroad in Germany
SPICE Group in Berlin
Spend your summer in the heart of Europe studying public relations and communication with U.S. professors and students from several U.S. and European universities!

 

Gaylord College students have been participating in the SPICE program for four years and have successfully completed 6 credit hours of upper-division JMC electives in 8 weeks.

 

The 2012 program will run from June 12 to August 18, 2012 and will cost under $3,500 including 6 credit hours of tuition and fees, books, on-campus living for two months at University of Erfurt in Germany and a trip to Berlin.

 

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS JANUARY 31!

 

Download the application & info sheet here. 

 

For more information about 2012 SPICE, please contact Dr. Katerina Tsetsura at [email protected]
FREE Film Screening, Tues., Feb. 7
SFI Film

Village Voice summer fellowship for minority students    

Village Voice Fellowship 2012Village Voice Media, in conjunction with the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, is offering an intensive, eight-week, paid summer fellowship for minority students concentrating on Web and digital media.

Digital fellows will be immersed in blogging, photography, video, audio and social media and will produce original reported material for Village Voice online publications.

Program instructors will include top Cronkite faculty as well as the nation's leading news, music and food writers from the Village Voice family of 18 websites and newspapers.

Fellows will be paid $500 per week. Housing will be provided to non-ASU students. The program is open to students who are within one year of graduation, graduate students or post grads.
Fellows may ultimately be considered for positions within the Village Voice family of publications.

The course runs from June 18 to Aug. 10, 2012, at Cronkite's state-of-the-art journalism school in the heart of downtown Phoenix.

Students applying should be within one year of graduation, graduate students or post-grads.

The program is open to any university student, although those who are studying journalism or have experience in journalism will be given preference. The application deadline is Feb. 24, 2012 at close of business Arizona time. Those accepted will be notified by March 9, 2012.

To apply, send your contact information, cover letter, resume, the names of two references with contact information, three "text" work samples that show strong reporting and writing, two optional multimedia work samples on a CD or a link to an online portfolio, and a recent photo:
Attention Elizabeth Smith
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Download more information.

For more information, email Outreach Director Elizabeth Smith at [email protected].  

World Literature Today Magazine Student Advisory Board needs volunteers!     

World Lit Today Banner 
Download more information.

WCPJ now accepting applications for Fall 2012  

A Washington Semester for Future Political Reporters

 

Washington, D.C.The Politics & Journalism Semester is a program of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. The Center brings a dozen college student journalists, whose career goal is political reporting, to Washington each semester.

 

Students learn about campaign, governance and interest group politics in twice-weekly seminars, featuring political consultants and operatives, elected and party officials, and national political journalists. They receive practical experience and exposure to national politics as reporting interns in major Washington news bureaus.

 

Deadline for applications is Friday, April 6. 

 

Duration  

Two 16-week classes are conducted each year, Fall (September to December) and Winter/Spring (February to May.) Note: There is no summer session.

$3,000 Stipend, No Tuition or Fees  

Students each receive a $3,000 stipend to assist with the cost of locating and living in Washington, DC for four months. They pay no tuition or other fees. Students must make their own Washington living arrangements.

Student Obligations  

Students accepted for a semester program are obligated to work full time for news bureaus to which they are assigned, and to attend all seminars.

Academic Credit 

Academic credit for the semester is assigned at the discretion of each student's school.

Print the program flyer here.

Get even more information about the program on their website at
http://www.wcpj.org/brochure/brochure.asp.

Oklahoma Newspaper Scholarship Apps Available

Student application forms for ONF's 2012 paid summer internship and scholarship programs are now available. At least 18 Oklahoma newspapers will receive funding to host a paid intern next summer, and the program is made possible by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. ONF's scholarship program will award three $1,500 scholarships to students pursuing newspaper careers.  

 

An additional $1,000 scholarship, made possible by a donation from the Breeden family, will be awarded only to a senior at the University of Oklahoma.

 

The deadline is Feb. 15, 2012.  

 

Download internship application:  www.okpress.com/internships
Download scholarship application:  www.okpress.com/scholarships  



Get 1-on-1 software training for FREE!  

Sarah Cavanah software training

Sarah Cavanah will be providing help during the Noon lunch hour for the main software programs available to you in the Gaylord labs. Contact her to make an appointment at [email protected]