Kappa Tau Alpha is extremely selective in whom it chooses to invite for membership; only those students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class are asked to join. Thus, it is quite an honor and achievement for students to be invited. Membership in the organization is for life. KTA is the ONLY national honor society for JMC majors that is accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies.

 

Undergraduate

Joshua Burks, journalism
Emily Calhoun, broadcasting and electronic media
Alyssa Combs, advertising
Kathleen Evans, journalism
Audrey Harris, advertising
Sarah Hauptman, public relations
Blakeley Jones, advertising
Jonathan Keegan Kirkhart, broadcasting and electronic media
Tristen McLeod, advertising
Chloe Meek, public relations
Lauren Camille Nassar, public relations
Annelise Russell, journalism
Andrea Segura, public relations
Lindsay Whelchel, journalism

 

Graduate

Nathan Altadonna

Rebecca Barbee

Xiyao Yang  

Journalism senior Kathleen Evans has been designated a National Finalist in the SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards competition, general news reporting category for four-year colleges and universities.

Evans won for a series of stories published by The Oklahoma Daily last fall about OU professor Chad Kerksick. Evans reported that Kerksick received $75,000 to resign after he was accused of violating research protocols and experimenting on students.

Evans came in first in the category in SPJ's Region 8, which includes Oklahoma and Texas. Regional winners go on to compete in the national contest. National judges choose one winner in each category and two finalists (runners-up).

Connect to Gaylord!

  

Convergence Lab 

GYLD 1000

  Monday - Thursday

8 a.m - 2 a.m. 

Friday

8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

  

Creative Lab 

Monday - Thursday

8 a.m. - Midnight    

Friday

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

 

Equipment Checkout

Monday - Wednesday

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.   

 

Monday - Thursday
7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Open at lunch daily.

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.

 

The Gaylord College will have a strong presence at the 2012 International Communication Association conference in Phoenix. Four faculty and six graduate students will present three top research papers and numerous paper presentations during the conference.

ICA is one of the most prestigious and robust research conference in the field of communication worldwide and one of the leading venues to share the cutting-edge research with communication scholars from around the globe.
 
As the time comes closer to the 2012 International Communication Association conference (ICA) on May 24-28 in Phoenix, AZ conference, please make sure to congratulate current MA student Rebecca Pop, recent PhD graduates Aimei Yang and Erich Sommerfeldt, as well as Professor Michael Kent, for presenting their research at the top paper panels at International Communication Association.
 
In addition, three of our doctoral students in public relations will be presenting their research at ICA this year: Joshua Bentley, Adam Saffer and Nur Uysal. Other Gaylord College faculty and students whose research will be presented this year include Tara Buehner, Jared Schroeder, Michael Kent, Namkee Park, Maureen Taylor and Katerina Tsetsura.
 

Showcase will be held in the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium

BEM students will showcase their best work from this year.

 

 

Faculty adviser Ken Fischer, News Director Bob Dickey and Executive Producer Brent Weber recognized the graduating seniors and crew members from OU Nightly and OUr Sports Pad at end of season celebrations last week.

 

Congratulations and thanks to all the crew members for OU Nightly and OUr Sports Pad! 

 

 

Lauren Abram Aaryn Cahill Emily Calhoun Stephanie Collins Natalie Daab Brandie Davis Katy Deitz Drake Diacon Chinh Doan Morgan Downing Zach Geld Lauryn Gonzalez Allison Harris Schinook Jeansonne Keegan Kirkhart Adriana Knight Josh Kopelman Kevin Kues

Sara Lavas Gabe Lenners Michael Lloyd Reina Lyons Ricky Maranon Clark McCaskill Stormy Morelli Jack Norcross Nathan New Elizabeth Oberg Casey Richardson Rachel Santschi Frank Simpson Brian Trachier Peter Veals

 

 

 

 

On May 2, three local "sharks" from area businesses visited Gaylord College to hear business plan pitches from students in the Principles of Media Entrepreneurship course: Pattye Moore, on the Gaylord College Board of Visitors and Chairman of the Board for Red Robin Restaurants; Brent Wheelbarger, founder of "Moore Monthly"; and Armand McCoy of Trifecta Communications.

Taking a cue from the popular ABC TV program, "Shark Tank," the business leaders heard pitches from students on new business ideas ranging from a sports marketing firm that represents just female athletes, to a new internet-based sports radio network, to a new private airline service that provides everything from consumer plane trips to aerial videotaping services. The course teaches media students basic business skills while providing them a platform to dream and launch their own companies.
 

Three journalism seniors make the cut for Media Bistro's TV SPY On the Move newsletter announcing new jobs. (http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/on-the-move-5212-2_b47477).

Ricky Maranon, a producer at KWTV in Oklahoma City, is joining KCBY in Coos Bay, OR, as a multimedia reporter.

Allison Harris is joining KXII in Sherman, TX as a reporter. She graduates from University of Oklahoma this month.

Morgan Downing, another recent University of Oklahoma graduate, will also join KXII as a reporter.

 

"Culturematic: How Reality TV, John Cheever, a Pie Lab, Julia Child, Fantasy Football . . . Will Help You Create and Execute Breakthrough Ideas" will be the first book in the fall.

The group will meet in the Lindsey+Asp presentation room on August 24 to review the book.

Check it out on Amazon.This book is also available for Kindle.

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.

 

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