Featured Alum
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John Dart ('58) was recently honored with the 2008 William A. Reed/Religion News Service Lifetime Achievement Award. Dart was a religion writer at the Los Angeles Times for 31 years. Now he is the news editor at Christian Century magazine.
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Each year the Undergraduate Certificate in International Media gives select students a chance to explore advertising and journalism in a global context. The program is run in cooperation by the SJMC and the International Affairs Program. Some students even travel abroad for media internships.
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September 2008
Bylines Briefly
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 Did you know that more than 50 SJMC students started classes this fall with the help of scholarships made possible by donations from alumni and friends of the School? Donations in all amounts--some $25 to $50--allowed the School to award more than $100,000 in scholarships for the first time ever. You can help support deserving and talented students by giving to the School. You can also help all students by upgrading computers, bringing in speakers or just keeping the lights on! If you'd like to give directly to the School, give securely online through the CU Foundation. Of course, you're welcome to contact me directly at john.pepperdine@cufund.org.
John Pepperdine
Senior Director of Development
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Students at the DNC
They "twittered" and met celebrities, assisted big names in national news, landed exclusives, chauffered politicians, worked for non-profits and marched in protest. SJMC students had a front row seat as interns and volunteers at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver this August.
Junior news-editorial major Scott Franz (pictured above with actress Anne Hathaway) was one of several students who met Hollywood stars at the convention. "We put in 14 hour days, usually getting back to Boulder at 3-4 a.m. after stopping by the Rockbar on Colfax to see celebrities and debrief," he said. Other students like senior Ashleigh Oldland (pictured below on the right) and alumna Tracee Herbaugh ('04) enjoyed meeting media greats like CBS's Bob Schieffer.
 For many students, this was the first time they'd had a chance to be involved in a major news event. Senior broadcast major Kasia Broussalian said her time photographing the convention for the Rocky Mountain News was a "fantastic experience with the hustle and bustle and photographers around every corner."
After recovering from lack of sleep and celebrity fever, the students who attended the DNC said that it was a highly rewarding experience. Based on comments to Internship Director Alan Kirkpatrick, most students who attended the convention would agree with junior advertising major Lauren Kashuk when she said, "It was an amazing week and I feel so privileged to have been able to be a part of it."
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A Survey: Give Your Two Cents
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Back to School
Graduate Students
 The School welcomed 38 new master's students (12 research and 26 Newsgathering) and six new doctoral students this fall. That makes a total of 80 master's students and 25 doctoral students who are studying at the SJMC this fall.
During orientation, the new master's students learned about career possibilities from Seth Masia (MA'07), managing editor of Solar Today magazine, Erin Bodine (MA'06), senior account executive at Development Counsellors International, and Laurie Van Horn (MA'97), communications director for the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park (pictured above).
Undergraduates
 Undergraduates were welcomed to the J-School at an information fair the first week of classes. The enthusiastic students signed up to participate in the CU Independent, Radio 1190, the Journalism Board and several other student organizations.
The Next Generation
Working with undergraduate students of this generation is proving to be both challenging and rewarding. Gigi Carroll, a researcher who studies the attitudes and values of the Millennial Generation, recently described members of this generation as having more choices and the ability to get what they want more immediately than any other generation in modern history. This is the most protected (by parents), the most confident and the most "empowered" generation--but also the most altruistic and tolerant.
This is not only a "Me" generation but also a "We" generation, putting social relationships at a premium. A recent survey reported that three-fourths of this generation said they expect to start their own business upon graduation from college rather than seek jobs in large corporations, according to Carroll. And many said they intend to work in a job for no longer than three years before moving on, perhaps to the next in a series of "careers."
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Alumni Updates
Ryan Morgan Heads to Sister City
Boulder Daily Camera reporter Ryan Morgan ('01) will join a delegation of Boulderites in journeying to Boulder's sister city, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The delegation will give the people of Dushanbe a cyber cafe in return for the Dushanbe Teahouse, which they gave the City of Boulder to celebrate sister city ties. Morgan will be posting stories, photos and video to the newspaper's Web site daily during his trip.
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News & Events
Homecoming Events
Join us for some pre-game fun Saturday, Oct. 4, before CU vs. Texas game in the ATLAS building, broadcast studio, Level B2. Tour the new broadcast studio and see Jim Sheeler's (MA'07) multimedia presentation of "Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives," the series that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. The program includes an appearance by U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Steve Beck, the principal character in Sheeler's narrative. The tour and program will start three hours before kickoff time, which is dependent on TV coverage. The program start time will be posted on the SJMC Web site the week of Sept. 22. Please RSVP to Beth Gaeddert.
Ethics Among the Elk
The School is co-hosting a three-day meeting of many of America's best minds in media ethics this week at the YMCA of the Rockies at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. This year's theme is "Media Ethics & Economics: Competing Imperatives and Duties," and selected papers will be published in The Journal of Mass Media Ethics. Four Front Range journalism/mass communication programs are co-sponsoring and co-hosting the event (UNC, CSU, DU and CU).
Media Mixer
Students and recent alumni are invited to attend the Media Mixer, an annual informal career networking event sponsored by the J-Board from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7, in UMC 235.
Scholarship Dinner
Thanks to generous donations, the School was able to award scholarships to 50 students at the SJMC scholarship event Sept. 7. Broadcast News junior Monica Ly was among the scholarship recipients (pictured at right with Dean Paul Voakes and her parents, Nguyen and Mimi Ly). She won the Ralph Allen Scholarship named for the late CBS4 political reporter. |
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Pay it Forward
Connect with other alumni by joining the Career Network.
- Join the Career Network.You'll become a contact for other SJMC graduates looking for jobs in your area of the country or field of work. Our Career Network has hundreds of alumni contacts. Adding your name is an easy way to give back to the School by sharing your expertise with other SJMC alums.
- Tell us what's new!
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Beth Gaeddert
Director of Career Services and External Affairs
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Felicia Russell
Newsletter Editor
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