tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107324632009-12-07T21:22:30.557-05:00The Dean's blog for the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College.Dean of the Park Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17290430538296200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger824125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10732463.post-29576159884822514652009-11-30T10:08:00.001-05:002009-11-30T10:10:37.167-05:00

Congratulations to the three IC seniors who have been accepted into the 2010 American Advertising Federation Most Promising Minority Student Program:Stacy Gilbert (TVR/IMC minor)Ata Movassaghi (IMC major)Elizabeth Wolbach (IMC major)In the past six years, a total of 14 IC students have been part of this highly competitive, national program.

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Looking for some specific new skills? A couple of extra credits to get ahead?We have a slate of fantastic mini-courses for the spring -- and you can sign up now. Most of them are 1 credit and are offered on a couple of evenings and weekends. Our mini-courses include:In the area of film and video production:Lighting WorkshopSound Design FundamentalsThe Making of an Independent FilmOf specific

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Freshmen - can you believe your first semester is almost over? I'd love to hear how it's been going.Drop by Park 220 on Tuesday December 1 anytime between 9 and 10:30 for coffee, juice, and bagels -- my treat. Nothing official -- just one way we can get to know each other better.

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Ever wonder what you can do with a degree in communications? Specifically communications management & design (CMD)? Find out this Wednesday night.The Ithaca College chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is pleased to present a special guest lecture from Anthony Hopson, Ithaca College’s recently appointed Assistant Vice President of Community and Government

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MAFIA is a reality game show that tests your skills of perception and deception. Eleven strangers will live together, but two of them are part of a secret mafia. Could you discern fact from fiction while living with ten people you've never met before? If you're up for a once in a lifetime opportunity, then try out for MAFIA! Cast call is November 18th and 19th from 7:30PM to 11PMIthaca Falls

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This past weekend, our students who are taking courses with Professor Kim Gregson on video game design and programming held a 24 hour 'jam'. Paradoxical Irony is a platforming puzzle game governed by 4 rules - You can't walk through walls, you can't touch fire, you can't breathe in water, and you die if you are shot. You have the ability to disable any one of these four rules at a time. This

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Chris Wilson, an'08 Parkie, is working on promoting The Rozatones, who happen to be former IC alums as well. Revi Roza, the band's lead singer was featured live on Good Morning America with her band after winning a contest last year, and now the band is up for another big contest. The Magic Hat Brewing Company is sponsoring a band on tour, and The Rozatones were announced today as one of 10

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Three of our Park School professors have upcoming screenings of their documentary work: FILM: THE JUNGLE’S EDGEThursday, November 12th, 2009at The History Centerfilm screening: 5-6pm Panel discussion: 6-7pm401 E. State Street, Suite 100 Ithaca, NY 14850 www.TheHistoryCenter.netThe Jungle’s Edge is a documentary about daily life in the Jungle, the wooded area near Ithaca's Inlet that for

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Nancy Cornwell, Professor and Chair, Department of Television-Radio has been selected as a 2010 Faculty Fellow by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Educational Foundation. NATPE is a global non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms, across all mature and emerging media platforms. As part

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ICTV was honored as a national winner for Best Newscast and Best Sportscast at the annual National Student Production Competition at the Collegiate Broadcasters Inc. conference held on October 30th in Austin TX.In addition, ICTV was named a national finalist for Best Special Broadcast for ICTV's 50th Anniversary Celebration; Best Website for CITV.org; Best Promo for ICTV.org; Best Live Sports

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Chris Baxter (Journalism '08) had his first professional investigative story run front and center in last Sunday's newspaper, The Morning Call , published in Allentown, PA. It's also featured on the right-hand side of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Web site. Check it out - and congratulations to Chris who's hoping for positive change to come from this.And .... Charles Woodard's (

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We want another Woodie -- so get out the vote!We have less than a week left (voting ends on October 26th) and the Top 25 are about to be narrowed down to the Top 5. The clock is ticking and help from the whole school could mean another huge victory for WICB, the Park School, and Ithaca College. Don't forget...Voting is unrestricted and unlimited so keep on clicking!http://

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(photo, courtesy Dr. Corey Young)For those of us who usually access Park Hall through the parking lot entrance in the morning, it's been a bit lonely this last week. We had gotten used to some enthusiastic quacking and fast waddling of little webbed feet to welcome us when were arrived... and occasionally our greeters even made it into the lobby.Alas, our two Park ducks are no longer with us.

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This just sent by alum and film director Bill Carraro (left) - on the set with Matt Damon and Park student Greg Dunbar (right).

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This just in from Mexico:Professor Patty Zimmermann presented the keynote: "The Open Space Project: Towards a Collaborative and Relational Theory of International Documentary" with Helen De Michiel, from the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture at the Quinto Congreso International de Teoria y Analisis Cinematografico, convened by Sepancine in collaboration with the Festival Internacional

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When I talk with prospective students and families, I tell them that the Park School offers them the "Three C's" that will prepare them for a great future: concepts, confidence, and connections.An incredibly important part of the connections is our very loyal group of alumni -- now over 5,000 strong. Last week, our Park School National Alumni Board was with us on Thursday and Friday, visiting

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Félicitations!The students chosen to go on the study trip to France in May are:Emily BritzCaylena CahillZaneta ClarkeRebecca CoffmanAlexander DeanDeanna DeanoJacqueline DongAlyssa HumeCharlotte HymanNiko MasonKevin McCallKevin MetzSarah PaolantonioMatthew RakowSarah ReichleAlana SawyerJacquelyn SimoneT.J. SlipkoMary WiluszStephanie WisniewskiThe Five Alternates (in case any of the above cannot go

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Ithaca College's major strategic initiative for this year is to promote integrated learning across disciplines. You may have heard of this as the IC2 (I.C. squared) project -- Ithaca College - Integrated Curriculum. Six projects proposed by faculty and students were chosen for funding by the president this year, and one of them is IC Studio.The project is open to all students regardless of

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Over the years, we've had many students interested in documentaries -- and many alums involved in this area. Now the Park School is the only undergraduate program in the East to offer this degree.It's also our first undergraduate degree that's not based in any one department -- it includes courses from TV-R, CPMA, and Journalism -- and it prepares students for the many emerging roles in this

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For those of you who have been following this blog, you'll know that one of my themes for this year -- and for the Park School -- is INNOVATION. ICTV and WICB-FM recently created a 'first'. ICTV videotaped a performance of the band Hubcap while it went out live on radio.As Kelsy Franklin, Assistant Producer of the TV show Panorama said:"This is why Park is the best school of communications--

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Another great Park School perk: Twenty students will be selected to receive free tuition, housing, and food for two weeks of museum tours, media visits and lectures, and cultural events in Dijon and Paris this May. Here's the scoop: The Park School has a partnership with the Burgundy Business School in Dijon, France. Under the terms of the agreement, a Burgundy student receives tuition

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Both our radio stations are in the running for the mtv-U Woodie Award for Best College Radio Station.Thanks to amazing support last year, WICB won the first-ever Woodie Award. The award—a big chunk of wood with a wedge & sledgehammer—is on display in the window outside the radio newsroom. The win was a huge morale boost for the entire radio operation, and naturally, we'd like to

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Bring your current student ID (college, graduate and high school), be one of the first 50 students to show up at Cinemapolis no later than 6:30 on Friday September 25, and score a FREE ticket to the Ithaca premiere of THE COVE, the 2009 Sundance Audience Award winning film about dolphins, slaughter and suspense. Screening starts at 7 p.m. at Cinemapolis downtown on Green Street. Afterwards, be

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Can we fit any more awards in the Ithacan display case?Way to go, Ithacan staff ! The Ithacan has been named a Gold Medalist for both Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's annual college newspaper critique. Each year the CSPA evaluates member papers on overall content, news, depth reporting, features, opinion/editorial, sports, arts/entertainment, editing/

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Explore the life and work of one of the most honored writers in television. Rod Serling was a key player in the “Golden Age of Television” (1950’s), creator of The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, and author of many screenplays (Planet of the Apes, and Seven Days in May). Serling had a profound influence on American television, and you'll get a chance to learn about his struggles over

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