On Friday, the J-School celebrated the careers of four professors who are retiring at the end of this semester. Congratulations and best wishes to
Jimmy Gentry
,
Barbara Barnett
,
John Broholm
and
Max Utsler
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Associate Professor Mike Williams
has been elected to the executive board of the Kansas Union Memorial Corporation Board of Directors, and he was re-elected as chair of the University Core Curriculum Committee for academic year 2020.
Congratulations to
Associate Professor Yvonnes Chen
, who is the recipient of the 2019 John Katich Award for Creativity.
The annual Katich Award is given to a tenure-track or tenured faculty member in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications who demonstrates creativity in teaching, research, service or a combination of these areas.
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Research, Publications and Presentations
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Curriculum Innovation Program poster
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Assistant Professor Hyejin Bang
and
Associate Professor Hyunjin Seo
presented the J-School Curriculum Innovation Program team’s poster on transforming the social media curriculum and creating a social media data hub during the Celebration of Teaching hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence on May 10. Other members of the project team include
Assistant Professor Joseph Erba
and
Associate Professor Yvonnes Chen
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Professor Tien Lee
’s paper, co-authored with
Gary Hicks
of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and titled "Learning to be inclusive? Testing the effects of media diet on attitudes toward LGT equality,” has been accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in August 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
Another paper by Lee, titled "Learning to be More or Less Prejudiced? How News Media Moderate the Effects of Ideologies and Partisanship on Attitudes toward Migrants,” co-authored with
Yuki Fujioka
of Georgia State University, also was accepted for presentation to the annual AEJMC conference.
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Student News and Opportunities
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Kansan.com was named best student news website last week in the Tulsa Press Club's Great Plains Journalism Awards. The annual Great Plains awards cover professional and student media in eight states: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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Strategic Campaigns and IMC presentations
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Associate Professor Yvonnes Chen
's Strategic Campaigns class wrapped up its semester on May 7. Students pitched their creative executions to
Azzie Amani-Taleshi
, founder of Pishkesh Market, which offers premium Fair Trade USA certified saffron.
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Students in
Professor of the Practice Angie Hendershot
’s Capstone in Marketing Communications course presented strategic marketing plans to their clients in Kansas City.
Ritz Chatterjee Dasgupta
,
Brenda Poor
and
Tammy Dodderidge
(at right) shared a plan for the future Buck O’Neil Education and Research Center event space to
Bob Kendrick
, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and his staff.
Tim Dodderidge
,
Katie Pike
and
Whitney White
delivered a fund development plan to CEO
Tom Petrizzo
and team at Tri-County Mental Health Services.
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Reduce stress during finals with mindful meditation
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Mindfulness and meditation activities can help evoke relaxation responses and reduce stress.
Mike Thibodeau,
president of the Mindfulness & Meditation Club, and
Associate Professor Yvonnes Chen
have curated digital mindfulness resources to help combat stress during finals week.
During finals week, Stauffer-Flint 312 will be one of the Reflection Rooms available on campus. Other Reflection Rooms are in Anschutz 320L; Burge Union; Danforth Chapel; and Watson Library, level 5.
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Citizen journalism organization seeks program manager
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Stay connected over the summer with JSchool Tech
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Students, help determine workshops and training for JSchoolTech next year!
Complete our survey.
You also can get on the VIP list for JSchool Tech Fall 2019 workshop teams and other events. Email
halawrenz@ku.edu
and you can help set dates, events and get first access to sign up.
Need to boost your Adobe skills?
On campus for summer classes? Sign up for JSchool Tech Topics. These four-week intensives will help you develop basic knowledge in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere. Email
halawrenz@ku.edu
to work out a schedule.
Save the date!
Adobe Creative Jam comes to KU next fall on Oct. 25.
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Find career and work opportunities on the J-School
’
s jobs and internships web page. You can filter by job or internship and full or part time. And don
’
t forget that our career and outreach coordinator,
Steve Rottinghaus
, can help you with your search.
See more job and internship opportunities on the
J-School's website
and check out the
University Career Center’s
job and internship board
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Jobs report for 2019 graduates
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Courtney Gehrke
: KSNT-TV, producer, Topeka, Kansas
Ellen Terhune
: KWCH-TV, weekend sports/news multimedia journalist, Wichita, Kansas
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Delbert Kehr
, 1972 J-School graduate, died Dec. 3 in Aurora, Colorado, at the age of 76.
Read his obituary.
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A book edited by retired J-School
Professor Rick Musser
was a finalist in the 28th annual Midwest Book Awards, regional history category, sponsored by the Midwest Independent Publishing Association. "A People’s History of the Seward Neighborhood," released last December by Nodin Press in Minneapolis, was one of three books on local history recognized by the Association from publishers in 12 states , including Kansas, Iowa and Minnesota. Musser served as developmental editor for the project, which relied on neighborhood writers and locally gathered oral histories to tell the story of a nationally recognized South Minneapolis community — from its pioneer roots to its working class Scandinavians to the East African refugees who live there today.
Musser retired in 2008 and has lived in Minnesota since then. The book is available at
Amazon
and
Barnes & Noble
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Melvin Dunston
, 1998 J-School graduate, is sales manager at PSAV (audiovisual company) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Amy O'Hara
, 2005 J-School graduate, is associate director of communications at Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying used cars, which unveiled its
Kansas City Car Vending Machine
last week.
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May 17:
Last day of finals
May 18:
J-School Recognition Ceremony, 8:30 a.m., Lied Center
May 19:
KU Commencement, 10:30 a.m., Memorial Stadium
June 4:
First day of summer classes
Note: This is the last edition of the Monday Memo for the spring semester. The Monday Memo is published monthly during the summer. The next Monday Memo will be distributed June 17.
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1435 Jayhawk Boulevard
Stauffer-Flint Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-4755
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