Volume 5 | Issue 23
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April 15, 2013
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| Scholarship and Awards Ceremony is Saturday |
 Gaylord College Scholarship and Awards Ceremony
Saturday, April 20th
10 a.m.
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism
Foundation Auditorium
The ceremony will also be streamed live at www.ou.edu/gaylordlive.
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. All students receiving scholarships should have already been notified. Please note that scholarship funds will not be disbursed until fall 2013.
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| Gaylord Students Recognized at Campus Awards Program |
Several Gaylord College students were recently honored at the OU Campus Awards Program held on April 5. Congratulations to the following:
Outstanding Senior
Amanda Easton, Public Relations
Highest Academic Achievement in specific majors:
Kaitlin Phillips, Advertising
Elijah Hull, BEM
Zachary Hedrick, Journalism
Sarah Lobban, Professional Writing
Katherine Chrismas, Public Relations
PE-ET Top Ten Senior Honor Society
Patrick McSweeney, Public Relations/Political Science
J.R. Morris Campus Life Award
Laney Ellisor, Professional Writing
Highest Academic Achievement in specific majors:
Kaitlin Phillips, Advertising
Elijah Hull, BEM
Zachary Hedrick, Journalism
Sarah Lobban, Professional Writing
Katherine Chrismas, Public Relations
University College PACE Award
Top 1% of the freshman class recognized for participation, academic achievement, community service and excellence
Kendall Burchard, Journalism
Jacob Odgers, Journalism
Olivia White, Public Relations
The President's Award for Outstanding Sophomores
Matt Epting, Public Relations/Political Science
Kylie Kay Frisby, Public Relations
Jake Pasdach, Public Relations
Letzeiser Honor Lists
Maggie Cannon, Advertising
Katherine Chrisman, Public Relations
Amanda Easton (Bronze Medalist), Public Relations
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| Professor Avery Recognized |
Congratulations to professor Jim Avery on winning the Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award from the American Academy of Advertising. The award is to recognize innovative work that advances the field of advertising education. It is given to people who have completed projects or other innovative efforts in teaching. Examples of projects include: innovations for teaching a new advertising course, published work about innovative class projects in advertising, published research that advances advertising education, support materials for conference presentations about ad education, and dissemination of information to advertising educators that is helpful in the classroom.
Avery received the award from the American Academy of Advertising.
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| Club Meetings |
PRSSA 
Tuesday, April 16
6 p.m.
Lindsey+Asp
We will have Tim Hartley, Senior Communications Specialist from Devon Energy speaking about corporate public relations and his job at Devon. Come with questions!
WLT Student Advisory Board
Monday, April 22
6 p.m.
Monnet 105
Follow us at @WLTAdvisory.
OU Society of Professional Journalists
First Amendment Free Food Fair
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 18
Hall of Fame
In the People's Republic of the Socialist States of the Kingdom of Gaylord, you have one right, and one right only: The right to enjoy a free, delicious meal. Of pizza, chicken, sandwiches and freshly baked cookies. In the area formerly known as the Hall of Fame Room, just sign a form waiving away your First Amendment rights to get your entirely FREE meal. For however long it takes to eat your food, that means no freedom of speech, press, religion or assembly. It's no big deal though. Really, who uses that amendment, right? Just yellow journalists, terrorists and flag-burners, that's who. They're not important anyway. Contact Alex Ewald at alexewald13@gmail.com for more info or to volunteer.
 Magazine Interest Group
Wednesday, April 24
7:30 p.m.
Come join MIG in their last meeting for a special viewing of The September Issue!
Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, May 1
10:30 a.m.
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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. - 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.
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| Gaylord Students Recognized...This Time Nationally |
 For the third year in a row Gaylord College remains in the top 10 schools to bring home awards at the National Student Broadcast Education Association's Festival of Media Arts. The BEA Festival is the largest student and faculty media competition in the country. Congratulations to the following: * KGOU's student news program "In-Depth Reports" took second for Best Radio Newscast. Producer: Meredith Everitt * "Routes TV" took second place in the Instructional/Educational category. Producer: Jessica Parham * A narrative film by Eli Hull and Emily Calhoun, "One Last Kill" took second place in Narrative. * The "Nissan Commercial," a joint venture between BEM and Journalism students was recognized in the TV Spot category. * For a second year in a row three Gaylord Hall Production students, Joshua Shockley, Hannah Foster and Zach Strauss, were honored for a piece created for the Gaylord Prize. * For the fourth year in a row, an OU weathercaster has been honored. This year is was Jon Haverfield, who is pictured at right. Haverfield attended the national convention in Las Vegas to accept the award. Big thanks and congratulations go out to Ken Fischer for coordinating the award entries along with multiple BEM and Journalism faculty and GA's.
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| Students Represent OU with Prestigious Fellowship |
 Twenty-four students from 12 universities have been selected for this summer's reporting fellowship program. Representing the University of Oklahoma are Bonnie Campo, Chase Cook and Kelsey Hightower. This year these top journalism students will conduct a national investigative reporting project on post-9/11 veterans as part of the Carnegie-Knight News21 Program. Congratulations and good luck this summer!
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| The Nature of Laughter: A Presidential Dream Course |
 Lizz Winstead Tuesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m. E&E Auditorium Lizz Winstead is the co-creator of The Daily Show, a stand up comedian, and the performer and author of Lizz Free or Die. Film & Media Studies presents: The Media, Satire and Why the Most Trusted Name in News is Fake News. The presentation if free and open to the public.
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| Redbud Film Festival is Friday |
 5th Annual Redbud Film Festival April 19 * 7:30 p.m. Sam Noble Museum of Natural History The Student Film Production Club and Film and Media Studies Department of OU are proud to present the 5th Annual Redbud Film Festival! Deadline for entries has passed, but anyone is welcome to attend. It's free of charge!
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| Gaylord College Receives Grant for OIDJ |
 The Dow Jones News Fund has awarded a $4,000 grant to the Gaylord College in support of the Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism and its annual high school journalism workshop.
This is the tenth consecutive year that Dow Jones has awarded a grant to the OIDJ summer workshop, which is designed to provide opportunities for high school students who might otherwise lack access to journalism training or who face other barriers to pursuing careers in journalism.
This year's workshop will take place in the Gaylord College June 2-9.
Approximately a dozen students will be selected for this summer's class. More information and an application for any high school student who is interested in the program are available at: http://www.ou.edu/content/gaylord/outreach/oidj.html.
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| KSWO Anchor Speaking Today |
 Terri Armstrong, KSWO-TV Monday, April 15 10:45 a.m. E&E Auditorium Terri Armstrong from KSWO-TV in Lawton will be a guest speaker in the Race, Gender and Media class today. Terri is a member of the Kiowa nation and one of the few on-camera Indians in a prominent position on a mainstream television station. The class meets in the auditorium and she will be introduced around 10:45 a.m.. The class ends at 11:45 a.m..
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| Seniors! Last Chance for Grad Portraits |
 Graduation Portraits
April 15-19
All day
Bartlett Room, Union
This week is your final chance to get your FREE, on-campus graduation portrait. The final session scheduled is April 15-19 in the Bartlett Room in the Union.
If you're graduating in May or August 2013, schedule your sitting by calling (405) 325-3668. Expect sittings to take about 20 minutes. The photographer will take portraits in a graduation gown for inclusion in Sooner yearbook and can take photos in street or professional dress, as well (caps, gowns and tassels will be provided).
You will also have the opportunity to purchase this year's yearbook, Sooner 2013. Your portrait is included in the yearbook at no cost.
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| Guatemalan Filmmaker Speaking on Campus |
 A lunch discussion with filmmaker Luis Argueta "A Personal Journey from Filmmaker to Immigrant Rights Activist"
April 23
Noon-1:30 p.m.
IT Event Space 329 W. Boyd
Luis Argueta is a critically acclaimed Guatemalan film director and producer. In 1988 he founded Morningside Movies, primarily producing TV commercials, including many for the Spanish speaking demographic. His 1994 film, El Silencio de Neto was submitted to the foreign films category in the 67th Academy Awards, the first submission from Guatemala. In 2010, Argueta produced and directed a documentary film, "abUSed: The Postville Raid," about the May 12, 2008 U.S. Immigration raid of a kosher meat-packing plant in Postville, Iowa.
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Be a part of Sooner Sports Pad's Studio Audience!
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The school year is winding down and so are the opportunities for you to be a part of the Sooner Sports Pad studio audience! Join us every Monday night in April at 7:00 p.m. in Studio D! The University of Oklahoma's weekly magazine show is produced live from Studio D at the Gaylord College of Journalism before a studio audience, featuring all Sooner sports highlights and exclusive interviews.
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| Be a Part of Relay for Life with The Wire! |
Join The Wire for OU's Relay for Life. It's Saturday, April 20 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.. Wire DJs will be participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life on OU's South Oval (right outside Gaylord Hall). Sign up to support this effort here!
Also watch OUTV Mondays at 10 p.m. for The Pack! The Pack is a unique blend of sports, talk, live audience interaction, and fun. You can call in, watch/listen live, and Tweet your comments. The show is simulcast on The Wire and OUTV.
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| Watch OUTV at Home...or On the Go! |
 Find out when new shows air on OUTV! Get updates by following @outvalert on Twitter. You'll get daily updates for new and recurring shows on OUTV and ou.edu/tv. Watch OUTV (Cox 124 - OKC/ uVerse 99 - OKC,Tulsa/ Campus Channel 76/ ou.edu/tv) on your TV, laptop, desktop, or mobile device!
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| 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.
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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 are available in Professor Tarpenning's office.
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| It's Not Too Late to Enroll for Summer Classes! |
* JMC 4970-141: Survey of Gaming and Interactive Media - 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 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.
* Introduction to Broadcast Journalims - Sign up for the SUMMER version of this broadcast CORE course (also can be taken as an elective). Get ahead of the game! Take the course in a month and free up your schedule for next semester!
* JMC 3353 Advertising Copy and Layout - It is a required course for advertising majors. Taking it in the summer opens up your regular semester for more elective course work. Times: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. MTWR. Dates: June 10 through July 5 with a July 4 holiday. See Professor Tarpenning or adviser Monica Varley in Student Services. (It's also open to PR majors and counts as a JMC elective.)
* JMC 4970/5970: Media Relations - Jumpstart your career by learning what it takes to build successful relationships with the media! Understand how to handle a variety of media interview settings through practical, hands-on exercises. But don't take my word for it! the class will start on June 10 and end July 5. It is taught by Professor Bob Pritchard from 1 p.m. to 3:10 p.m..
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| International Internship Grant Deadline is Today |
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.
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| Check out these great internship/job opportunities |
Athletic Marketing & Promotions Internship
The University of Oklahoma offers a unique opportunity for students to work within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. An internship in Oklahoma Athletics will provide students with invaluable experience that will benefit the pursuit of a career in almost any field.
The University of Oklahoma Athletic Marketing Department regards this internship as a vital component of the success of our department. The efforts and contributions of our interns are crucial to game day operations and production as well as day-to-day office maintenance. Our interns are often the first people that fans interact with at OU athletic events. Thus, professional and enthusiastic attitudes are necessary qualities for all of our interns.
Applications are currently being accepted for Marketing & Promotions Internswithin the Athletic Marketing Department!
For more information and a 2013-14 Internship Application, visitSoonerSports.com or contact Ashley Payne, Assistant Director of Marketing & Promotions at 405-325-8237 or apayne@ou.edu. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 AT 5:00 PM.
This is an unpaid internship; however, students are welcome to use this opportunity as class credit!
OU IT Seeking Help
The OU IT Marketing and Communications team has an opening for a student communications specialist. The listing can be found by clicking here.
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