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Greenlee School Achievements - September 2009Greenlee Students Begin Apprenticeships at MeredithDeb Gibson reports that these Greenlee students began work this week as the 2009-10 Meredith Apprentices: Editorial:Midwest Living: Emily Mahaney is a senior majoring in journalism, after studying spring semester in Florence, Italy. Last summer, Emily interned at Teen magazine in Los Angeles. This summer, she lived in New York and worked as a Time Inc. intern at InStyle magazine. She is editor in chief of Trend, ISU's student fashion magazine. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority, and has been active in ISU's Dance Marathon program. Emily is from Denison. Creative Collection: Natalie Askren, a native of Muscatine, is a senior with a double major in journalism and art and design. Last summer, Natalie worked as a Web intern at Interior Design magazine in New York. This summer she returned to the Big Apple to work as a Web intern for Hearst's House Beautiful and Country Living magazines. Natalie is a freelance writer for Mankind Mag, a national online design inspiration magazine, and also works as a communications intern at ISU's Leopold Center. She is the Web manager for Ethos, ISU's general-interest student magazine, and serves as an arts jury member of Sketch magazine on campus. She has worked as a copy editor at the Iowa State Daily and as a columnist for GenerationIowa.com. Natalie formerly held internships at Strategic America in Des Moines and the HON Company in Muscatine. Kraft Food and Family: Bethany Nervig is a senior with a triple major: journalism, Spanish and international studies. Last summer she interned at Rochester (Minn.) Magazine, and interned this summer at Minnesota Monthly magazine in Minneapolis. The Rochester native spent six months last year studying in Peru and Argentina. Beth writes for Uhuru, ISU's student multicultural magazine, and tutors for the university. She has won an SPJ award for her work. She is involved with the ISU Dance Marathon committee and as an ambassador for the LAS Spring Career Fair. Living The Country Life: Addie Knight is a senior journalism major from Des Moines, who transferred to ISU last fall after three years at the University of Iowa. Addie is co-editor in chief for Ethos magazine on campus. She also plans to resurrect ISU's Magazine Club during the 2009-10 academic year. At Roosevelt High, she was editor in chief of the school's yearbook. She has been involved with Ed2010's "Ed On Campus" and involved in the honors program. SIM Health Interactive: Alesha Crews, from Vadnais Heights, Minn., is a senior majoring in journalism, French and international studies. She is editor in chief for Uhuru magazine. Alesha spent fall semester last year studying at the Universite de Rennes 2 in Rennes, France. She is an active member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and a recruitment chair for Colleges Against Cancer. She is a participant in the University Honors Program. Graphic Design:Traditional Home: Dana Van Woert is a junior from West Des Moines with a double major in graphic design and advertising. Her work has been chosen for inclusion in the juried ISU College of Design Annual Art and Design Competition. Dana is a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies. As a student at Valley High School, Dana exhibited her work at the Des Moines Art Center. She is a member of the Art Directors Association of Iowa, the Graphic Design Student Association and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She volunteers for Colleges Against Cancer, the ISU College of Design and at the university's Reiman Gardens. SIM Home Design Group: Gail Dixon is a junior who carries a double major in graphic design and journalism. She is a designer for both Ethos and Trend magazines, and has worked as a creative team member with the Cardinal And Gold Ad Agency. The Grimes native is a member of the Graphic Design Student Association and the American Advertising Federation, and has served as creative director for the ISU Ad Club. Successful Farming: Amber Loerzel is a senior from Davenport majoring in graphic design and minoring in journalism. She is a designer for Ethos magazine, and a Flash studio tutor. She has won awards for her editorial cartooning. Amber is a member of the ISU Honors Program, and works as an office assistant in the ISU Admissions Office. Deb also reports that these apprentices all ready are hard at work creating the 2009 issue of Greenlee Glimpse, the School's alumni magazine. The magazine is scheduled to be mailed in December. And in other Greenlee news, Deb is organizing the first-ever writers' workshop for students writing for the three campus magazines: Ethos, Trend and Uhuru. The workshop will be held on Thursday evening, Sept. 24, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Deb and several other Greenlee School faculty members will conduct the writing sessions for the students. Here are other contributions and achievements by Greenlee School faculty and staff: Other Good News Concerning:
Jeff BlevinsJeff Blevins reports a new publication:
“Also,” he writes, “the paper call for my guest-edited issue of Global Media Journal--Canadian Edition (Vol. 3, No. 1) is available at http://www.gmj.uottawa.ca/call-for-papers_e.html#Vol3_Iss1_10. This special theme issue will focus on International Perspectives on Network Neutrality.” Leslie Regan Shade of Concordia University will co-edit the issue. Jeff also has been selected to serve as a federal grant reviewer for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), which is being conducted under the direction of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The BTOP program was provided via the American Recovery and Investment Act that President Obama signed into law earlier this year. BTOP reviewers were selected based upon experience and expertise. “As a reviewer,” he writes, “I will assess competitive grants applications that support the deployment and adoption of broadband services.” Contact: Jeff Blevins, Assistant Professor blevins@iastate.edu Michael BugejaMichael Bugeja reports the following:
Contact: Michael Bugeja, Director bugeja@iastate.edu David BullaDavid Bulla reports the following: Publications
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Contact: David W. Bulla, Assistant Professor dbulla@iastate.edu Dennis ChamberlinDennis Chamberlin reports a busy summer with a month teaching at a multimedia workshop in Italy http://inurbino.net/wordpress-mu and his free time in Iowa spent on a project, Voices, that is currently on exhibit in the Pioneer Room at the Memorial Union. The Voices project http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ceah/chamberlin.htm is a series of large format triptychs and text that present glimpses of the immigrant experience in Iowa. The project was funded by a CEAH Fellowship that he received in the spring. He also reports that one of his pieces was accepted and included in The 2009 Soho National Photography Competition that was juried by Susan Kismaric, curator of photography at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Dennis is the recipient of an LAS Global Seminar Grant that will allow him to take a group of students to Poland next summer. The class will create a multimedia website that presents oral histories from those who lived through the changes the country experienced in the past century as well as documents the country today. In addition to the above, he was also recognized earlier this month by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with an Early Achievement in Teaching Award as well as the Cassling Family Faculty Award for Early Achievement in Teaching. Contact:Dennis Chamberlin, Assistant Professor dennisch@iastate.edu Michael DahlstromMichael Dahlstrom published an article titled, “Diversity of television exposure and its association with the cultivation of concern for environmental risks,” in Environmental Communication. He also was given a grant from the Environmental Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to fund a graduate student to mediate between scientists and journalists and work towards an increased public understanding of low-level radiation. Michael also was elected to the executive board of the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of AEJMC. Contact: Michael Dahlstrom, Associate Professor mfdahlstrom@gmail.com Joel GeskeJoel Geske was elected vice-chair (in charge of programming) for the AEJMC GLBT Interest Group. He will move up to chair next year. Contact: Joel Geske, Associate Professor geske@iastate.edu Jacob GroshekJacob Groshek reports these new publications, acceptances and conference roles: Publication:
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Contact: Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor jgroshek@gmail.com Gang HanGang Han reports that one of his manuscripts has been accepted for publication: Han, G. & Zhang, A. (2009). Starbucks is forbidden in the Forbidden City: Blog, circuit of culture and informal public relations campaign in China. Public Relations Review (in press). Contact: Gang Han, Assistant Professor ghan@iastate.edu Suman LeeSuman Lee reports new research and service: Research
ServiceSuman also attended a follow-up meeting with the president and key executives of Kumho Petrochemical in Seoul for research collaboration between ISU and Kumho and visited the Kumho Petrochemical Institute in Daejun. Contact: Suman Lee, Assistant Professor smlee@iastate.edu Jay NewellIn research, an article that he co-authored with Jeff Blevins and Michael Bugeja, "Tragedies of the Broadcast Commons: Consumer Perspectives on the Ethics of Product Placement and Video News Releases," was accepted for 2009 publication by the Journal of Mass Media Ethics. In teaching, he attended the 2009 Wakonse Conference, a five-day teaching seminar sponsored by the University of Missouri that attracted faculty from institutions across the country. This is the 20th year of the conference. Participants are called "Wakonse Fellows." Later in the summer, Jay was invited to address incoming faculty at the ISU's teaching seminar for a panel at Teaching Large Classes. At AEJMC, he chaired this year's special topics research competition for the Advertising Division. Next year, he will chair the overall Ad Division research competition. “And in service,” he writes, “I was called during the summer to be an expert witness in a movie-marketing lawsuit in Los Angeles. The lawsuit hinged on the definition of the phrase "merchandising tie-ups," a phrase that appeared in one of my journal articles. It turns out that the definition of the phrase was worth several million dollars.” Also, Jay did a phone interview with Tom Leonard of the Daily Telegraph in the UK on the removal of prohibitions on product placement in British TV. Contact: Jay Newell, Assistant Professor newelljj@iastate.edu Erin WilgenbuschErin Wilgenbusch thanks Eagle Scouts Jeff Blevins and Mark Witherspoon as well as Daily Editor in Chief Zach Thompson for helping her work three Boy Scouts from Troop 101 through the Journalism merit badge this past spring and summer. “One of them, my son, has completed the merit badge and had a bylined article and photo on the front page of the Story City Herald,” she reports. “The other two boys are nearly done with the requirements.” In July, Erin taught a 50-minute "hands-on" session to high school juniors as part of the College of LAS's "Just for Juniors" recruitment program. Contact: Erin Wilgenbusch, Lecturer eew@iastate.edu 2009-04-19 |
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