Volume 5 | Issue 20
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March 25, 2013
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| Student Media Bring Home Awards |
A big congrats goes out to The Oklahoma Daily and Sooner yearbook who have three new Silver crowns.
The awards were announced March 10 by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York.
The Daily was honored for both fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters when Gaylord alum Chris Lusk was editor in chief. Sooner's award was for the 2012 book, edited by journalism senior Bryan Dugan.
The Crown awards are the association's top collegiate journalism prize. This year, only four Gold Crowns and nine Silver Crowns were awarded in the newspaper contest, and only four Golds and four Silvers were awarded in the yearbook contest.
Good work and congratulations to all who played a role in these accomplishments!
The Oklahoma Daily also took third place in the Best Newspaper category for papers its size in the Apple Awards contest at last week's national College Media Convention in New York.
First place went to the Indiana Daily Student and second to the Iowa State Daily.
This award is based on a single issue from the 2012 calendar year. The Daily's entry was the March 7, 2012, issue, which featured a full page editorial on p. 1, headlined "It's More Than A Housing Issue."Chris Lusk, who graduated in December, was editor in chief at the time.
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Stipek wins FOI Oklahoma Essay Contest
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Joey Stipek (left), received first place honors last weekend from Freedom of Information Oklahoma for his essay he wrote about open-records access in Oklahoma and how he has utilized information from records he has requested.
Read his essay here.
Also, journalism professor Dr. Charles Self was elected president of the Oklahoma chapter.
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| Club Meetings |
WLT Student Advisory Board
Monday, March 25
6 p.m., Monnet Hall, Rm. 105
 PRSSA
Tuesday, March 26
6 p.m. in Lindsey+Asp
Megan Winkler from the Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma will discuss how to get a job at a nonprofit and the nature of working at a nonprofit. Officer elections will also be held . If you are planning to run for an officer position, email secretary Amanda Dale at amandadale@ou.edu with the position you plan on running for.
Magazine Interest Group  Wednesday, March 277:30 p.m.
Room 1030InDesign seminar with an editor from World Literature Today! Follow us @OUMIG  Strategic Communication Book Study GroupWednesday, March 27Lindsey+AspThe group will review Laura Ries' Visual Hammer.
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Building &
Lab/Library/
Equipment Hour |
Lab hours will be extended beginning April 1.
Convergence Lab
GYLD 1000
Monday - Thursday
8 a.m - Midnight
Friday
8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Saturday
1 - 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.
Equipment Checkout
Monday - Thursday8:15 a.m. - Midnight Friday 8:15 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sunday 1 - Midnight Library Hours
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Gaylord College students bring home 20 OBEA awards!
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 | Ken Fischer, Bonnie Campo, Brent Weber, Mike Boettcher, Stormy Jones, Kacey Spivey, Britni Harris, Bob Dickey, Kelsey Hightower, Zach Strauss, Zach Hedrick, Laura Hess
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University of Oklahoma students won 20 awards in this year's Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association (OBEA) competition. The awards were shared by twenty-one different students. The following students won multiple awards: Jall Cowasji, Jessica Parham, Brendan Williams, Maggie Rogers and Bonnie Campo.
This annual ceremony is hosted by OBEA with the professional Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters (OAB). The event at the Will Rogers Theatre included a job fair and a luncheon speech by Oklahoma City Mayor (& OU journalism grad) Mick Cornett.
Congrats to Ken Fischer, new OBEA Vice President!
The Gaylord College students in attendance were joined by faculty members Mike Boettcher, Ken Fischer and Bob Dickey. Fischer has served as OBEA Secretary-Treasurer since 2011; at the OBEA business meeting prior to the awards ceremony, he was elected OBEA Vice-President for 2013-2014. OU Nightly & OUTV Sports Executive Producer Brent Weber was also in attendance.
1st Place-TV Commercial, Matthew Whitehurst Sunco
1st Place-TV Directing, Mark Moreland, The Set: Chrome Pony
1st Place-Music Video, Maggie Rogers, Person by Stars
1st Place-TV Newscast, Kelsey Hightower, Madeline Stebbins & Brendan Williams, OU Nightly
1st Place-TV Promotional Spot, Alicia Stamps, Madmen Promo
1st Place-TV PSA, Jessica Parham, OK Littering PSA
1st Place-Video Essay, Jall Cowasji, It's What You Can Bear
1st Place-Scriptwriting, Stormy Jones, Hell Space
2nd Place-TV Commercial, Ezra Gentle, OG + E Commercial
2nd Place-Corporate Video, Laura Hess, No Man's Land
2nd Place-TV Directing, Zachary Strauss, Quiztopia
2nd Place-TV Documentary/Series, Jall Cowasji, Britni Harris & Erin Brinkworth, Tulsa Musicale
2nd Place-TV Entertainment-Narrative, Eli Hull & Emily Calhoun, One Last Kill
2nd Place-TV Feature News Story, Bonnie Campo, Oklahoma Dust Bowl: Ken Burns
2nd Place-TV Magazine/Talk, Jessica Parham, Routes TV
2nd Place-TV Sports Magazine/Talk, Brandi Davis, Brendan Williams & Whitney Ewing, OUr Sports Pad
2nd Place-Scriptwriting, Kacey Spivey, Young, Rich and Restless
3rd Place-TV Entertainment-Short, Maggie Rogers, What Happens When You Die
3rd Place-TV Hard News Story, Bonnie Campo, Soldier Addiction
3rd Place-TV Sports Story, Zahary Hedrick, OU Groundskeepers
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Broadcast students receive 3 national awards from the NBS!
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In addition to winning 20 state awards Gaylord College students also received four first place awards at the National Broadcasting Society awards held March 23 in Washington, D.C. Amy Slanchik, journalism senior and Gaylord Ambassador, who is interning with the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire service, attended the award ceremony with Ken Fischer and accepted the awards for her peers. Gaylord College had seven entries make it to the finalist level and three received first place honors!
Grand Prize/First Place Winners VIDEO COMMERCIALFinalists/Honorable Mention
AUDIO FEATURE SEGMENTMichael Rymer"The Art of Foley"VIDEO MAGAZINE PROGRAMJessica Parham"Routes TV"VIDEO PROMOAlicia Stamps"Madmen Promo"
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| Advertising Student Lands Major Internship |
 For the first time in six years, Gaylord College's nominee for the prestigious Stickell Internship was chosen as one of ten recipients across the country. The internship is sponsored by the AAF and administered by John Murphy at University of Texas.
Ryan Kitchens, advertising junior, will intern this summer at Eleven in San Francisco. Eleven is the agency of record for Triple A, Virgin, American Airlines, Callaway Golf, Apple, Visa and other well-known names. Congratulations to Ryan!
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Become a Strategician! Account Planning Conference
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This two-day conference is an opportunity to learn from key strategic planning professionals. Professional planners will discuss storytelling, user experience development, and humor in advertising. There will be a session dedicated to the rising use of planning tools in public relations.
This conference is a chance to discuss your passion and network with like-minded people, whether they be working professional planners, academics or students.
This conference is being offered FREE TO GAYLORD COLLEGE students regardless of major. You must still register by April 1 to participate.
Register and check out the full schedule here.
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PW student John Paul Brammer a contender for the
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award |
Out of 10,000 entries worldwide, The Mexicandroid written by PW major John Paul Brammer is in the top 100 for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Brammer's novel has made it to the Quarter-finals and will be reviewed by Publisher's Weekly and will advance to the next round. For the next round, the judges assign a Hunger Games-esque power ranking based on how they think the novels will do with the audience (they choose who wins the next round). Each entry gets two reviewers who choose whether it receives a gold, silver or bronze. received two golds! Congratulations John and good luck in the next round.
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| M. Scott Carter, finalist in Oklahoma Book Awards |
 For the second year, MPW student Scott Carter is a finalist in the Oklahoma Book Awards. His second novel, "The Immortal Von B." is about a love affair between a teenager and a young Beethoven transplanted in the modern day. M. Scott Carter follows up his well received young adult novel debut, STEALING KEVIN'S HEART, with another tender love story with a twist. When Josie Brunswick has to move to Europe so her dad can head up a new secret world genetics lab, she doesn't think life could get any worse. Then her beloved musician mother dies, and she is left to all but raise herself. Music becomes her one reason to live, until an experiment in her dad's lab gives her something unbelievable to focus on, something that will send her on a mad and dangerous adventure through Europe and through time. Before it s all over THE IMMORTAL VON B. will have answered the question: Could a teen-age girl from this century find love with a young composer from another? Scott's "day job" is as political reporter for Oklahoma City's The Journal Record. Check it out on Amazon.
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| Scholarship and Awards Ceremony Date Set |
Gaylord College Scholarship and Awards Ceremony
Saturday, April 20th
10 a.m.
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium
This ceremony is a chance for students to be recognized for their accomplishments with scholarships through the Gaylord College. Families and friends can celebrate and have the opportunity to meet many of the donors. Students receiving scholarships will be notified by mail soon; scholarship funds will not be disbursed until fall 2013.
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| Lindsey + Asp/Summer and Leadership Academy are great opportunities for all PR and Advertising majors |
 The summer Leadership Academy and Lindsey + Asp/Summer are great ways to expand your expertise in strategic communication: advertising and public relations. The Leadership Academy is intended to do just what the name says: equip you for leadership in Lindsey + Asp--and later in the advertising or public relations venue of your choice.
Lindsey + Asp/Summer allows you to work with real-world clients. In fact, two clients of national and regional importance will need the agency to carry on their work during the summer months. There will be field trips, including a possibility to Kansas City for advertising students...and guest lectures from professionals. Both the Academy and Lindsey + Asp/Summer are relatively small groups so you'll have the full attention of both Lindsey + Asp advisers and our guest professionals. This is also a genuine resume "hit" especially if you're at the point in your education where it's too soon to have an outside internship.
If you're a PR student wanting information on the summer opportunities, see Professor Pritchard. If you're an advertising student, please see Professor Tarpenning. Both offices are in Lindsey + Asp.
Also, applications for Lindsey+Asp advertising staff for the fall semester will be available in Professor Tarpenning's office the Monday following Spring Break.
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| Advertising Class Open for Summer Enrollment |
JMC 3353 Advertising Copy and Layout is open for summer enrollment. It is a required course for advertising majors. Taking it in the summer opens up your regular semester for more elective course work such as Account Planning, Digital Advertising, Portfolio, etc. Times: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. MTWR. Dates: June 10 through July 5 with a July 4 holiday. See Professor Tarpenning or advertising adviser Monica Varley in Student Services. (It's also open to PR majors and counts as a JMC elective.)
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| Gaming Class Offered for Summer Credit |
 JMC 4970-141: Survey of Gaming and Interactive Media is a 3 credit hour upper-level course being taught Monday-Friday for four weeks. The class is open to all undergraduate class levels and all majors, not just JMC. The course covers so many subject areas that there's bound to be something for everyone.
The course focuses on video games and interactive media as a whole in terms of societal, moral and technological impacts they have on contemporary society. The class is fun but it is also challenging and rewarding. The OU Daily published the this article with more information.
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| Sharpen your Photoshop skills! |
 March 29
10 a.m. - Noon
Room 1120
A Photoshop second level course is being offered for all students, faculty and staff. The course will require a basic understanding of Photoshop.
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Student Ebook Hits the Web
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Professional Writing student Andrea Grice has published her first eBook.
Mirage: Corbin Guthrie is balancing two very different lives. In one, he is just an average college student, going to class and trying to stay on top of his homework. In the other, he is a noble knight, agile and a master of the sword. But when the line separating his two worlds starts to blur, Corbin discovers just how dangerous it can be to live in the Mirage.
Andrea's publication is the first Professional Writing publcation to be released this year. It is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
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Upcoming Career Events
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OU Job Expo 2013
April 4
12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
OMU Ballroom
The job expo is open to all students on campus.
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| $3,000 Internship Grant Available to One Gaylord College Undergraduate Student |
Do you already have an internship secured for Summer 2013 where you will be working at least 35 hours per week for a minimum of 10 weeks in a professional environment? Will you return to Gaylord College as a full-time student for the Fall 2013 semester? This isn't for telecommuting or freelance arrangements. The internship should give you meaningful work in line with the particular internship you have been offered (e.g. multimedia, digital, entrepreneur or analytics). The internship does not need to be at a Scripps operating unit; however, it should not be a direct competitor.
Interested? Contact Dean Hockett's administrative assistant via email at sam45@ou.edu, or by calling (405) 325-0918. A single selection will be made to represent the Gaylord College in this national internship program. You should contact Dean Hockett's office no later than Friday, April 5, 2013, ideally sooner.
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| Check out these great internship opportunities | |
Work at an ad agency in your own backyard!
Ackerman McQueen is the second largest independent advertising agency in the Southwest and the twelfth largest ad agency in the U.S., and it's located in your backyard! Those who interview and obtain a summer internship will begin the program the week of May 13. The program will end the week of August 12.
If interested or if you have any questions, please email Kaley Ross, Intern Coordinator, at Kaley-Ross@am.com.
You may also upload your resume on the Ackerman McQueen website: www.am.com. You can pick up a document that explains the different departments and positions and other information at JMC Student Services.
 Paid PR/Marketing Internship with Saxum Receive hands-on, real-world experience experience as you team up with "Saxumites" on projects such as: public relations, social media and media campaigns, project planning, research and intelligence gathering, writing, brand development and many others. Must be a junior or senior with a background in PR, journalism, marketing, communications or broadcast journalism. To apply send a cover letter, resume and two writing samples to Sara Walker via email at swalker@saxum.com. Note if you are applying for the Oklahoma City or Tulsa office. Hours are approximately 15-25 hours per week. Deadline to apply for the summer internship is April 1. |
| Job Opportunity with Professional Oklahoma Educators |
 Professional Oklahoma Educators is looking to fill a full-time permanent position for a graduate; not an internship. This person will design ads, write press releases and plan and promote special events.
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| Party Pics Photographers Wanted |
Party Pics is looking for outgoing personalities interested in becoming part time photographers.
This is for the Norman and Oklahoma City areas. All applicants must be clean cut, without visible tattoos or piercings and have reliable transportation. Equipment and Training is provided by Party Pics.
Must be able to work weekends during April and May. Click here to download the application. Email steve@candid.com and mark all correspondence with attention Steve Foisy.
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