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Volume  4 | Issue 30TOP
April 16, 2012
Congratulations NSAC Team!!!
This year's National Student Advertising Competition team received second place in the regional competition. This is the highest rank that OU has received. The group is also in the running to be sent as a "wild card" in the national competition.

NSAC 2012 Award

The team consisted of the following students:

Student director:    Lauren Britton
Assistant director:    Jake Blocker
Presenters:   Christine Becerra, Johnny DeGiulio, Christina Hoener, Kaiti Phillips, Tristen McLeod
Creative:   Austin Anderson, Alli Baxter, Tim Ketcher
Media:   Morgan Swingle, Aubrey Harris
Research:   Becerra, Hoener, Philips, McLeod, Ashley Fuksa, Thomas La, Ann BIlls, J.K. Dobson, Sam Tindal, Jonathan Seales

Special thanks to Prof. Scott Hodgson, his advanced video production class and Josh Shockley for the technical production of an awesome TV commercial.

The overall team was led by faculty adviser David Tarpenning.

 

Bartees Cox selected for NABJ student journalism project
Bartees CoxBartees Cox, public relations senior, has been chosen as one of a half-dozen students nationally to participate in the National Association of Black Journalists Student Multimedia Project at the national convention, June 20-24 in New Orleans.

 

Apple Press Conference
11:30 a.m. Friday, April 20
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium, Gaylord Hall, Room 1140

AppleJoin President David L. Boren, Dean Joe Foote, the Gaylord Board of Visitors, Faculty and Staff and Apple representatives
as Gaylord College is designated an  Apple Distinguished Program.

Gaylord College is being recognized by Apple for its educational excellence and leadership in journalism and mass communication.

 
In This Issue
Congrats NSAC Team!
Bartees Cox chosen for NABJ student project
Apple Press Conference, Friday, April 20
Gaylord College Scholarship Event
Student Clubs
New PR students chosen for L+A
Two women's athletes recognized for scholarship
Two more Kindle stories!
NYC Fall Advertising Tour
Students participate in Immigration in the Heartland
Advertising students make presentation to Cameroon officials
Night with CSI Ministries
Boren gives student media the scoop
Avoid the "Catch 22" - work for The Daily
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Spring Lab
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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. - Midnight    

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
Gaylord College Scholarship Event, Saturday, April 21
Scholarship Wall

Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium
Gaylord Hall, Room 1140
Refreshments at 10:30 a.m. in the Gaylord Hall Lobby
Program begins at 11 a.m.

This ceremony will recognize students receiving scholarships from the Gaylord College. It will also offer an opportunity for some students to meet the donors behind their scholarship.

 

Student Club Meetings    

PWSAPWSA Meeting
Monday, April 16
5:30 p.m.
Room 3160

 

Come tonight and help us decide on a name for our next anthology! 

 

 

OU Write Club Open Mic Night

Thursday, April 19

7 p.m.

Cafe Plaid 

 

Join other creative writers for Open Mic Night and share your poetry or other writings. 

 

OU PRSSAPRSSA Joint Meeting 

Tuesday, April 24  

6 p.m.

Lindsey + Asp 

 

PRSSA will have a speed networking event.

 

 

Oklahoma College BroadcastersOCB Reel-Making Workshop

Wednesday, April 15

5:30 p.m.

Hall of Fame  

 

Professor Kyle Bergersen will talk about how to put your reel together for internships and job search. 

 

L+A Agency & Leadership Academy students for public relations
LindseyAsp

These six students will join the Agency on the public relations side in fall 2012:
  • Katharyn Johnson
  • Maegan Dunn
  • Whitney Strittmatter
  • Kate Clark
  • Paige Anderson
  • Andrew Matt

In addition, these 10 students will participate in the Agency Leadership Academy this summer:
  • Emily Gore
  • Meredith Ellinger
  • Erin Johnson
  • Shelby Todd
  • Sheon Paige
  • Chelcie Hunt
  • Kaitlyn Bivin
  • Kourtney Spurgeon
  • Shiva Stella
  • Christopher Routt
  • Jacalyn Burrows
  • Colleen Fenton
  • Hayley Erwin
 
Two OU women's athletes recognized for outstanding scholarship
Suzy BoulavskyTwo Gaylord College seniors,
Suzy Boulavsky and Megan Ferguson, were recognized as outstanding scholar athletes at the annual Max Weitzenhoffer Scholar Athlete Breakfast, April 10. Both women were recognized with numerous awards recognizing their scholarship and leadership as student athletes and scholars.

Read more about their honors.

 

Elie Bowen and Rebecca Horner publish with Kindle
We have two more professional writing majors that have published their stories with Amazon Kindle.

Elie Bowen-Gibbons
Saving Emily Elie Bowen-Gibbons, PW junior, has published a fantasy-suspense story, "Hunter," on Kindle. She has also written and published two other stories, "Last House on Parker Street" and "Beethoven's Murderer."

Description: A young man named Hunter must go deep into the world of the fey in order to save his girlfriend from Queen Maeve.







Saving Emily Rebecca Horner
This is Rebecca's first published novel.

Descrtiption: When given custody of his niece after the death of his brother and sister-in-law, Isaac didn't have a clue what to do. A mercenary and the family black sheep, he figured he was as well suited to raise Emily as a fox was a chick. But when Emily is taken right in front of him, Isaac will do anything to get her back. Including venturing into the Shanghai tunnels of Portland, where someone has made themselves right at home. Isaac and Emily have fallen into something much bigger than either of them. Who knows what is hiding in the dark maze of tunnels? And will Isaac reach Emily before she becomes one of them?

 

NYC Advertising Agency Tours, Oct. 31-Nov.4
The 2012 New York City advertising agency tour will be October 31 through November 4.  The football game that weekend is Iowa at Iowa.  We'll visit seven agencies and meet with alumni on Thursday night, November 1.  Since it's necessary to make hotel reservations over the summer, all applications for the trip must be in by May 11.  For more information and an application, see Professor Tarpenning in Lindsey + Asp. The course number is JMC 4970 and you can begin enrolling on October 15. 

 

Eight students participate in Immigration in the Heartland conference, April 20-25
 Eight Gaylord College students will participate in the 2012 Immigration in the Heartland conference starting this weekend. On Saturday, April 21, members of the advanced multimedia journalism class taught by Professors John Schmeltzer and Mike Boettcher will present a series of multimedia stories on affluent Mexicans who are crossing the border to flee the violence in their home country. The students are Katherine Borgerding, Adrian Espallargas Nunez, Richard Immel, Darren Jaworski, Anna Lastra, Lindsey Ruta, Lisa Mealer and Juan Sanchez.

The Immigration in the Heartland conference, which begins Friday, April 20, and ends Wednesday, April 25, is designed to provide professional journalists from across the country with knowledge and tools to improve their coverage of immigration issues.

The conference will feature several professional past and present journalists affiliated with IJJ, as well as a roster of outside experts including:
  • Arturo Vargas, director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
  • Aarti Kohli, director of immigration policy at UC-Berkeley's Warren Institute.
  • Doug Stump, American Immigration Lawyers Association executive committee member.
  • Tania Unzueta, founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League.
  • Jose Antonio Vargas, former Washington Post reporter and Pulitzer prize winner.
  • Jerry Kammer of the Center for Immigration Studies and another Pulitzer winner.
  • Martha Mendoza, Associated Press national reporter and Pulitzer winner.
The Heartland program is co-sponsored by Gaylord College and the Institute for Justice and Journalism. Gaylord professor Warren Vieth is the project director. 
 
Ad students work on campaign for African country
Cameroon, AfricaProfessor Jim Avery's advertising account planning class did work for the Ministry of Tourism for the country of Cameroon.  Five teams in the class competed for the opportunity to present in Yaoundé, Cameroon in late April.  Two representative from the Ministry were here last week and chose Ashley Fuksa, Chelsey Johnston, and Brennen Schlueter to represent the Gaylord College in Cameroon. We will travel to Cameroon on April 27 and return to Oklahoma on May 1/2.  
 
A Night with CSI Ministries
Tuesday, April 17
6 p.m.
Refreshments served.

For nearly 50 years, CSI Ministries has partnered with churches, universities and organizations nationwide to provide short-term and long-term mission trip opportunities for individuals with an interest to serve impoverished communities.

With a team-centered approach to missions, CSI Ministries commits to providing a transforming experience for team members and those they serve through discipleship. Volunteers can serve nationwide or travel abroad to international fields such as:
  • Belize
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • United States
To learn more about the opportunities available through CSI Ministries, come to Gaylord College for a meet-and-greet with the directors of CSI. Food & Drink will be provided.

This event is planned by a PR Campaigns team from Professor Pritchard's class.

OU President Boren gives students the scoop first
OU President David L. BorenPresident David Boren came to Gaylord Hall on Wednesday, April 11 to announce the name of the university's 2012 commencement speaker.

At a news conference for student reporters in the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation auditorium, Boren said the speaker will be Brown University President Ruth Simmons, the daughter of a Texas sharecropper.

He also announced that four people will receive honorary degrees, including two with close ties to Gaylord college: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid, who died on the job in February in Syria; and William J. Ross, chairman of the board of directors of the Oklahoma City-based Inasmuch Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, which helped fund construction of Gaylord Hall.

About a dozen student journalists attended the news conference along with students from several classes, who attended as observers.

It was Boren's second student-only news conference in Gaylord Hall. The first was in November. The president has pledged to hold one such news conference per semester to give student journalists experience and to announce campus-relevant news.

 

Get the experience you need to get a job
OU DailyIt's called "Catch 22." To get a job in media, you have to have worked in media. Ad directors and editors alike want to see resumes with real-world experience and clips to show what you can do.

So if no one will hire you without experience, how do you get experience? Student Media, publisher of The Oklahoma Daily, Sooner yearbook, Sower magazine and other niche publications, is one answer, and we're right here on campus.

We're now hiring to fill summer and fall positions in advertising, reporting, editing, design, photography, videography, social media, online publishing and more.

Interested? Applying is easy. Go to http://www.studentmedia.ou.edu/jobs and fill out the online application.

Don't wait. The deadline to apply for summer and fall positions is April 20.