Volume 4 | Issue 21
| February 6, 2012
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| Have you set your class schedule for next Fall yet? |
 Classes have barely gotten into motion and it is already time to be advised for the Fall 2012 semester. Set up an appointment with your academic adviser on iAdvise.
Advising Windows Seniors - Feb. 13-24
Juniors-Feb. 27-March 9
Sophomores-March 12-30
Freshmen-April 2-13
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| 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!
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Internship Exploration Session
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Wednesday and Thursday
Feb. 8 & 9
Noon to 1 p.m.
Gaylord Hall of Fame
Lunch provided for attendees.
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| I Love Social Media Panel, Feb. 14 |
Join the Gaylord Ambassadors as they host a panel discussion about ways to use social media in your professional work life.
February 14
3 - 4:30 p.m.
Dale Hall Room 211
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Be a Gaylord Ambassador!
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 | | 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 résumé and encouraged to include a letter of endorsement from a Gaylord College faculty or staff member.
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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 - Thursday8:30 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.WeekendsCLOSED
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Capitol Reporting Class meets with legislators
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 Members of Warren Vieth's State Capitol Bureau Reporting class are participating in on-the-record briefings by legislative leaders such as House Speaker Kris Steele and Senate Majority Leader Mike Schulz. The class meets weekly at the State Capitol and will cover the 2012 legislative session for Routes and the Oklahoma Daily. Assisting Vieth with the class is M. Scott Carter, Capitol Bureau chief for the Oklahoma Journal Record and a Gaylord College graduate student. The class is shown here meeting with House Speaker Kris Steele.
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Student Club Meetings
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 Magazine Interest Group
Monday, Feb. 6
7 pm
Inasmuch Commons
P RSSA
Tuesday, Feb. 7
6 p.m.
Lindsey and Asp
Recent Gaylord grad Elyse Richardson from Jones PR in Oklahoma City will speak.
 Oklahoma College Broadcasters
Wednesday, Feb. 8
5:45 p.m.
Gaylord Hall of Fame
 NABJ presents
Black Love in Hollywood Feb. 13 7 p.m. The room is TBA |
SPICE Summer Study Abroad in Germany
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There is still time to sign up - deadline has been extended to February 15!
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.
Information Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7 5 p.m. International Lounge GLRD Room 3102 Download the application & info sheet here. For more information about 2012 SPICE, please contact Dr. Katerina Tsetsura at tsetsura@ou.edu
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FREE Film Screening, Tues., Feb. 7
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Find the right minor for you!
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If you started at OU Fall 2011 or later and are a JMC major, you must declare a minor to graduate. If you started earlier than Fall 2011, you are still encouraged to group your electives into a focus area or minor. Find out more about the minors that are available to you at the Majors/Minors fair!
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Graduation Gear Up, March 9
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 Everything you need to make the transition
from student to graduate!
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, March 5 through Friday, March 9OMU, Beaird Lounge, Second Floor
- Purchase your cap and gown
- Order your graduation announcements
- Order your official OU class ring
- Have your senior portrait taken
- Order your Sooner Yearbook
- Learn about your new role as OU alumni
For additional information, call the Graduation Office at (405) 325-0841.
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Village Voice summer fellowship for minority students
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 Village 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 elizabeth.grace.smith@asu.edu.
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World Literature Today Magazine Student Advisory Board needs volunteers!
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Download more information.
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WCPJ now accepting applications for Fall 2012
| | A Washington Semester for Future Political Reporters
 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
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Women writers needed!
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 Apply to be President/Editor-In-Chief of the Her Campus branch at your school! As President/Editor-In-Chief, you are responsible for building a staff, producing content, and publicizing your branch on campus - running your own online magazine that is a part of Her Campus's national network.
The position is remote and unpaid but offers a unique opportunity to be a part of the next big thing in online media and publish your work on a national stage! Since joining the Her Campus Team, HC writers have been offered jobs and internships at Glamour, Vogue, Vanity Fair,Seventeen, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, People magazine, W magazine, Teen Vogue, InStyle, Lucky, O magazine, MTV, The Washington Post, and Women's Wear Daily, among others.
What's a "My Campus" branch?
A My Campus branch is a section on HerCampus.com devoted to your school, with the following six features: News, Photo Blog, Campus Celebrities, Events, Polls, Campus Cuties-so that readers from your school can have an individualized experience on HerCampus.com.
What are the responsibilities of a President/Editor-In-Chief?
Editorial: Create new content and upload it to the site on a weekly basis (no web experience required).
Publicity: Publicize HerCampus.com and your "My Campus" branch on your campus.
Team: Build a staff at your school to work under you to grow your branch
Cool! How do I apply?
Email the following materials to branches@hercampus.com in 1 PDF document named "Branch Name - Applicant Name(s).pdf" (e.g., "UnivofOklahoma - Stephanie Kaplan.pdf"). Applicants are welcome to apply either as an individual founder or in a team of 2 co-founders. All applications will be considered for launch in Spring 2011. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but we encourage you to submit yours by Friday, February 17.
- Cover letter (joint cover letter for co-applicants)
- Resume (individual resumes required): emphasize experience in journalism, online media, marketing/public relations/event planning, entrepreneurship, or general leadership experience
- Writing sample (individual samples required): Preferred samples include a press release or an article for a newspaper, magazine, or blog. Choose a writing sample that demonstrates your ability to write professionally with clarity and coherence. The subject matter may be similar to the content found on HerCampus.com, but it may also be anything about which you feel passionate. If you do not have a press release or article, you may submit a creative writing piece (prose only) or an academic paper.
- 3 on-campus publicity ideas (3 joint ideas for co-applicants)
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Oklahoma Newspaper Scholarship Apps Available
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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.
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Study Abroad in Scotland with OU A&S
| Follow Professors Jeanette and Tim Davidson to Scotland for this summer study abroad program based at the University of Glasgow. Learn about human relations in the context of Scottish culture and history. Excursions to Edinburgh and the Highlands complement your coursework.
HR 4970 - Special Topics: Cultural Insight into Scotland and the US
HR 4170 - Current Topics in Human Relations
July 1-27, 2012
Application deadline: February 24
Cost: $3,400
Includes housing in Univ. of Glasgow dorm, local field trips, all excursions and some meals on excursions, arrival group meal. Does NOT include round-trip airfare, tuition and fees for 6 credit hours, passport, miscellaneous personal expenses, textbooks, local transportation, lunch and dinners in Glasgow except group meals, mandatory study abroad insurance and Education Abroad fee.
For more information, contact:
Karen Elmore
College of Arts & Sciences International Programs Coordinator
karenelmore@ou.edu
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