School of Communication NEWS
Western Michigan University
Wednesday, February 18, 2008
Steve Rhodes here, Director of the School of Communication.
Although you are receiving this e-mail in February, it is really our January 2009 issue of our e-newsletter. If you are like me and keeping “score,” our last issue went out in November, then we decided not to put out a December issue because of the holidays.
As we catch up, watch for our February issue in the coming weeks—we’ll feature our new director, Dr. Leigh Ford, in the February issue.
***I’d like to start this issue by thanking Dr. Joe Kayany for the great job he did in 2008 getting this e-newsletter started. Without Joe’s dedication and hard work, we would not have this great way of keeping you informed about your alma mater. Joe is now helping me take over his role as editor of our e-newsletter -- a role I will assume as Director Emeritus. Joe is doing a great job as teacher but I am a slow learner -- so -- if there are problems with the formatting of this e-newsletter or problems with any of the links -- the problems rest with the student, not the teacher J !
I’d also like to thank Joe for all of the great work he has done for the past 10 years creating and maintaining the School of Communication website (www.wmich.edu/communication). Joe has also placed back issues of our e-newsletter on our website – to see these visit
http://www.wmich.edu/communication/emailnews/
***Appreciation for lifelong listening and speaking skills garnered in college classes 40 years ago has led to one of our alumna to make a $1 million commitment to the School of Communication (more).
***You are invited to the premiere of three video documentaries produced by the students of Kalamazoo Public Schools at 7:00 pm February 19 in 2028 Brown Hall. (more)
You can also read more about this project (Kalamazoo Youth Media Initiative) in related e-mail notes below.
***Film, Video and Media Studies student Alex Inkster was selected to participate in the Adobe Reel Ideas program at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah – (more).
***The School of Communication held a Research and Creative Activities Brown Bag on Friday, January 23rd, in the Clifford Center. Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti facilitated a presentation focusing on the work of the Kalamazoo Youth Media Initiative (read on).
***The Michigan Association Of Broadcasters announced the winners of the 2009 High School and College Broadcast Awards Competition and two of the School of Communication’s Kalamazoo Youth Media Initiative documentaries have won (a tie for first place) in the Talk Show/Non Fiction Long Form category (read on).
***Matt James, a 1982 graduate of the School of Communication and currently senior vice president for media and public education at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, has been elected to a three-year term as Chairman of the board of directors of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health (read on).
***In November we started a new feature in the newsletter – a place to share memories of your Bronco days. We started off the series with a picture of someone many of us love dearly. Here’s another great photo – (picture) – Can you guess who these former faculty are? Send your e-mail guesses to: steve.rhodes@wmich.edu
If you have an old photo of your WMU days that you like to share, please send us an e-mail.
Thanks—Your Friends in the School of Communication
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