March 2015  
 

"Ethereal," by Renee Pierce, Manship's network information-technology manager, is one of 13 spectacular photographs that $50 donors to KLSU can receive as a premium.
Good music and great photography from KLSU
Dear alumni and other friends,

 

As a supporter of the Manship School, you value both academic excellence and hands-on experiential learning. The combination translates to good jobs and strong workplace performance. KLSU FM, at 91.1, is one place where students get that hands-on learning. The station is funded from student fees, underwriting and donations. Please consider a gift during this annual fund drive. Donors of $50 or more can receive one of Renee's spectacular prints. KLSU is offering lots of other gifts, too, but I'm captivated by Renee's photos. (Full disclosure: The Louisiana scene above hangs over our bed at home.) Click here to support KLSU's campaign, which ends on Sunday. 
   

Best, 

 

Jerry Ceppos

Dean

225-578-9294

[email protected]

 

New Lamar Family Visiting Scholar Named
Paige Brown Jarreau will join LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication as the 2015-2016 Lamar Family Visiting Scholar. Paige will be the first postdoctoral professional to hold this position. Steve Buttry, Paige's predecessor, taught and studied the effects of social media on the news. 

Paige is a doctoral candidate at the Manship School. Her research focuses on science and environmental communication. Her dissertation, "All the Science That's Fit to Blog," explores science blogging practices, or how scientists, journalists and others who blog about science decide what to blog about.

"Paige is nationally known as a prolific science communication blogger, and she is rapidly becoming an expert on using and studying science communication via social media," said Amy Reynolds, director of the Reilly Center. "Having Paige as our first post-doc Lamar Family Scholar will offer great benefits to our students and faculty as well as scientists across campus as she continues to explore important questions about how different forms of media communicate science to the general public."

Alumni Spotlight: Cami Geisman 

Cami Geisman graduated from the Manship School with a concentration in broadcast journalism in 2007. After working in broadcast journalism for a few years, Cami decided to start a new job with then-Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. For the past 6 1/2 years she has been working in political communication with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

 

How did your studies at the Manship School benefit you in your career? 

I was so proud to be a part of the Manship School. The administration, professors and instructors worked hard and challenged us to become the best communicators we could be. In addition, the Manship School opened opportunities for real-world experience through student media and internships. Manship prepared me for my career by making me a better writer and a more confident communicator.


 

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School welcomes recruiters and women in media 


 

More than 100 students and 20 employers participated in the LSU Olinde Career Center Networking Night, sponsored by the Manship School and WBRZ-TV. 


 


 

 Students at Networking Night     


The Manship School held a Women in Communication Alumnae Panel in honor of Women's History Month. Each alumna talked about her education, career and industry. Panelists were Alice Womble, the health management resource consultant for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana; Christian Persaud, an account executive and public relations/marketing manager for MESH Integrated Marketing and Advertising; Kelsey Wingert, a weekend anchor/reporter for KALB sports in Alexandria, and 
Cami Geisman, the deputy communication director in the Office of Lt. Gov Jay Dardenne.   

Adjunct professor awarded Communicator of the Year
Venessa Lewis, a Manship graduate and associate professor, has made a name for herself as a national award-winning graphic designer, but after gaining a new hobby - and a tail - many have come to know Lewis by another name: The Louisiana Mermaid.

 

In honor of her efforts in communications and as a public figure, the Public Relations Association of Louisiana has selected Lewis as Communicator of the Year.

 

"To be nominated and selected for one of PRAL's highest honors is truly humbling and something I never expected, as I'm usually more of a 'behind-the-scenes' person," Lewis said. "And I certainly wouldn't have guessed I'd win the award for successfully pulling off a campaign to become the state mermaid!"

 

This is the third consecutive year that award winners were affiliated with the Manship School of Mass Communication.  

 

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Manship supporter Mike Danna dies at 54
Mike Danna, a 1983 graduate and longtime supporter of the Manship School, died March 6.

Mike served two three-year terms on the Manship Alumni Executive Board before becoming president, headed the Hall of Fame Committee many times and worked on numerous videos for us, including the Reveille Seven video.

Mike spent 30 years as public-relations director for the Louisiana Farm Bureau, another big supporter of our school.

His family has asked that contributions be made to benefit a Manship scholarship in his name. Donations can be made online here
Manship students organize forum to discuss unprecedented budget cuts 
Manship students Valencia Richardson and Kira Schuette organized a panel to discuss the potential budget cuts to higher education in Louisiana. The panel was on March 18 in the Journalism Building's Holliday Forum. The event was hosted by the LSU student organization Geaux Vote LSU.  

The panelists were F. King Alexander, LSU's president and chancellor; Pat Smith, the state representative from the area that includes our campus, and Jan Moller, director of the Louisiana Budget Project. 

Alexander said students should fight proposed cuts in the state budget by being "annoying," the Reveille reported. The newspaper said that Alexander described the proposed cuts as catastrophic:  "If these budget reductions go unmitigated and addressed to the fullest capacity, it is possible ... that with a budget cut of this magnitude, we may not even be opening in August. An 81 to 82 percent budget reduction is the largest single budget reduction in not only our history, but in every state."
Women in Communications
In this web series, we're honoring notable women in mass communication for Women's History Month.

Check www.manship.lsu.edu for these stories.
Show Me the Coast 2015
The Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs and the National Association of Science Writers will host a workshop on 'Telling Visual Stories and Using Visuals for Coastal Environmental Certification' on May 1 in the Journalism Building. 

Click here for more information about the event. 
More stories at manship.lsu.edu


Let's stay in touch

 

Have you moved? Changed jobs? Updated your e-mail address or phone number? Received an award?

 

If there's anything you'd like us to know, send an Alumni Update to Linda Rewerts. We'd  be happy to post internships or job openings, too.

 

We also encourage you to visit the Manship School website - there is so much happening, you won't want to miss a thing.