OCB welcomes new officers, ends year on high note
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Picture: OCB members collect awards at the recent BEA Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas. Congratulations to the Oklahoma College Broadcasters club on another great year. Members attended the regional and national NBS conferences and held several topical meetings (including the recent "How to Make a Reel" with Professor Kyle Bergersen) which provided important information and opportunities for OU students interested in broadcasting and electronic media.
Many thanks to '11-'12 President Stephanie "Stevie" Collins and her team of officers: Chinh Doan, Stephanie Pham, Jessica Parham and Amy Slanchik.
OCB welcomes and congratulates the newly elected '12-'13 officers: President: Cailey Dougherty Vice-President: Hillary DeBruin Secretary: Lauren Nevitt Treasurer: Amy Slanchik PR/Historian: Blake Cawood
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Group Presents Cameroon Tourism Plan
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A team of students from Professor Avery's Advertising Account Planning class are traveling to the African country of Cameroon this week. The group will make a presentation of a marketing and advertising plan they prepared to representatives of the Ministry of Tourism and Yaoundé University. Students participating in the project are Ashley Fuksa, Chelsey Johnston, and Brennen Schleuter. The team competed against other teams in the JMC 4323 class to get this opportunity.
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Gaylord College Convocation, Saturday, May 12
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Convocation
4:30 p.m.
T. Howard McCasland Field House
151 W. Brooks, Norman
The Gaylord College Convocation Speaker will be Kathy Taylor, former Tulsa mayor and Oklahoma Commerce Secretary. She is a 1978 general broadcasting major and received her juris doctorate in 1981. She is now with the McAffee and Taft law firm in Tulsa. Those graduating are asked to arrive at 3:30 p.m. in cap and gown for lineup in Price/Adams Hall. If you have family members or other guests that will need disability assistance for the ceremony, please let the student services office know prior to the event. A reception will be held immediately following Convocation in Gaylord Hall. Questions? Contact Chris Borthick at (405) 325-5199 or via e-mail at cborthick@ou.edu.
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Looking for a new practicum for Fall? Try Routes TV
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Do you have a great story idea that you've been wanting to sink your teeth into? Do you want to try new ways of storytelling? Then "Routes TV" is for you! "Routes TV" is a new one-hour practicum taught by professors Mike Boettcher and Kathy Johnson where we will produce TV that's cutting-edge and creative! If you want to see how this semester's show went, check out our Facebook page: "Routes TV." E-mail Professor Kathy Johnson at kjohnson@ou.edu for more information and permission to enroll. |
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JMC 4970 - Section 341 Summer 2012 (July)
The course will study how the media was affected by the blacklist of the 1950s. Topics will include an historical discussion of the post-World War II Red Scare, the HUAC hearings, the mechanics of the blacklist, press coverage of the blacklist and how the blacklist spread from the film industry to television and radio. The course will conclude with an examination of the modern day Patriot Act and how the legislation has been compared to laws passed during the height of the Red Scare. The independent film, Salt of the Earth, produced by blacklisted filmmakers in the 1950s will be analyzed. Readings, screening movies & TV programs, lectures, discussions and group projects will be the method of class delivery.
course schedule
MTWTh--- 9am - Noon --- Gaylord 2025 (July 10 - August 3)
Instructor: Ken Fischer Questions: kfischer@ou.edu, 405-325-4220
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