Volume 5 | Issue 21
|
April 1, 2013
|
|
Become a Strategician! Deadline to register is TODAY!
|
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.
|
|
OU Job Expo is Thursday
| |
The last career fair of the spring semester gives students a final opportunity to meet with organizations in government, non-profit, corporate and social science who are interested in hiring full-time and internship positions.
It is also a great event for undergraduates to network and develop contacts for future employment opportunities.
|
| Club Meetings |
Professional Writing Student Association
Thursday, April 4
5:15 p.m., PW Alcoves
 PRSSA
Tuesday, April 9
6:30 p.m. in Room 2165 (Focus Group Room)
PRSSA members will have the opportunity to network with professionals in the field of public relations, speed dating style! Students will have the chance to speak with all the attending professionals and free food is provided! Registration is not required but students must be members of PRSSA. Attendees are encouraged to bring their résumés and to dress to impress. Questions can be directed to Whitney Strittmatter at wmstrittmatter@ou.edu or Aly Sutherlin at alysuth@ou.edu.
Magazine Interest Group  Wednesday, April 107:30 p.m.
Room 1030InDesign tutorial! Follow us @OUMIG  WLT Student Advisory BoardMonday, April 226 p.m.
Monnet 105
Follow us at @WLTAdvisory.
Book Study
Wednesday, May 1
10:30 a.m.
Help choose the next book to study! The contenders are Influence by Robert Cialdini, Red Thread Thinking by Debra Kaye and To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink. If you want to vote, email Avery at advtsg@mac.com.
|
|
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. - Midnight
Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Noon - Midnight
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.
|
|
|
| Be a part of the Gaylord Photo Shoot! |
Friday, April 5
10 am - 1 pm (everybody)
1 - 3 pm (grad students only)
Meet in the PW Alcoves
on the third floor
Would you like to be a face of Gaylord College? Join us this Friday as we hold a photo shoot to update our files! We need to update some of our photos around the building and for future use promoting the college.
These are come and go times, please join us even if you just have 30 minutes or an hour between classes!
We will start on the third floor and work our way through the building.
Grad students, we need you too! Your session will be at 1 p.m.!
Everyone please be sure to wear neutral
clothing (no logos besides OU or Gaylord College clubs please).
For more information and to let us know you want to participate, please contact cperkins@ou.edu.
|
| A Conversation with Editor-in-chief of Tehran Bureau |
Thursday, April 4
11:30 am - 1 pm
Hester Hall, Room 170
Kelly Golnoush Niknejad will sit down to discuss Covering the Iran Story: Journalism and the Islamic Republic. The Tehran Bureau is an independent news organization, hosted by the Guardian newspaper (formerly hosted by PBS Frontline), offering original reporting, comment and analysis on one of the world's most important stories. Since its inception more than four years ago, Tehran Bureau has become an important source of information about the Islamic Republic.
While serious independent journalism remains nearly impossible in Iran, Tehran Bureau is able to provide original reporting through an extensive list of contacts both inside and outside the country, and to bring the voices of ordinary people to an international audience.
Lunch will be served, but space is limited. Please RSVP with the subject "Tehran Bureau" to Ronda Martin at rkmartin@ou.edu by April 1.
|
| InDesign Workshop Available for Students/Faculty |
 Friday, April 5 9am - Noon Gaylord 1120 InDesign 101 is open to Gaylord College students, faculty and staff. This workshop is an open course for getting started in InDesign CS6. It is a great class for beginners. To reserve a spot email michaelracker@ou.edu.
|
| World Renown Photographer Speaking on Campus |
 Photographer Phil Borges Friday, April 12 6 pm - 8pm Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art For over thirty years Phil Borges has been documenting indigenous and tribal cultures, striving to create an understanding of the challenges they face. He is speaking as a part of the Puterbaugh Festival. An exhibition of Borges' work will be on display on the 3rd floor with a reception in the Sandy Bell Gallery.
|
| Scholarship and Awards Ceremony Coming Up |
 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.
|
| Gaylord Professor Published by PRSA |
 Dr. Meta G. Carstarphen recently published an article for the Public Relations Society of America's magazine Public Relations Tactics. The article title, "Artful Diversity: 3 Guiding Principles" discusses engaging new diverse publics.
|
| Congrats to the new 2013-2014 PRSSA Officers! |
The OU PRSSA Chapter held officer elections at their last meeting. Next year's cabinet will consist of the following: President: Shelby Todd; Vice President: Cesaley Sparks; Programming Chair: Bola Ibidapo; Historian: Katie Carter; Secretary: Dea Pennington; Webmaster: Meg Jones; Treasurer: Kate Brannen Congratulations to these young professionals for their commitment to public relations, Gaylord College and the OU PRSSA Chapter! Keep up the good work!
|
| Professional Writing Student Publishes First E-book |
Congratulations to Paige Warren on the publication of her first e-short story publication! Paige is the author of Butterfly Boy under the pen name, Millie Mizuno.
|
| National Weather Center Biennale Exhibit Set to Open |
The National Weather Center Biennale is the first exhibition of its kind: an international juried exhibition featuring art about weather and the role it plays in shaping our lives.
Sponsored by the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, and the Norman Arts Council, the exhibition will be staged in the 9,600-square-foot atrium at the National Weather Center.
Initial judges have selected 100 works from more than 700 pieces submitted by nearly 400 artists representing all 50 states and multiple countries. The exhibition is free to the public and opens on Earth Day, April 22, 2013, and will close on June 2, 2013.
Click here for more information.
|
| Immigration in the Heartland Fellows Selected |
Seventeen professional journalists have been selected to participate in the 2013 Immigration in the Heartland program co-sponsored by Gaylord College's Institute for Research and Training.
The Heartland fellowship program features a four-day conference to be held at Gaylord College April 21-24. The conference agenda includes discussions with experts, database workshops and field reporting in Oklahoma City.
The focus of this year's program is immigrant children, who count for one in four of all U.S. youngsters. With immigration at the forefront of this year's political debates, the conference will explore how public policy has affected immigrant families. As part of their fellowships, reporters will be working on projects that will be published by their news organizations.
Our own Chase Cook with Oklahoma Watch was one of the seventeen chosen to participate. Congratulations Chase! Professor Warren Vieth is heading up this event.
|
| 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 are available in Professor Tarpenning's office.
|
| 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.)
|
| 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.
|
| Last chance to apply for $3,000 Internship Grant |
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.
|
| International Internship Grant Available |
Jumpstart your international career with an international internship! Gain valuable work experience! Open doors to future careers! The College of International Studies provides limited funds to encourage and support IAS undergraduate and graduate internship opportunities. Students may apply for one of five $2500 internship grants per academic year for travel and housing support related to international internship activities. Email ou.edu/international. Deadline to apply is April 15.
|
| 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. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
