This Week at Greenlee: Case competition + job openings

Nov. 29, 2021

Greenlee News and Updates

The Right to be Forgotten: Forget About It

The internet makes connecting with each other convenient -- and permanent. Our online postings help us celebrate the good times, but they also create a record of every mistake, action, and unkind word. Should there be a way to erase this history? Do Americans have a Right to be Forgotten? Join honors student Eva Newland as she shares her research on the Right to be Forgotten and why such a concept is likely incompatible with the First Amendment. The talk also will be streamed on YouTube.

Part of the First Amendment Series, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication.

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 172 Hamilton Hall.

Public welcome. Refreshments provided.

Washington Media Scholars Case Competition Info Meeting

Calling all students interested in politics or advertising or public relations or strategy! Sign up for the 2022 Washington Media Scholars Case Competition.

Greenlee students have earned top spots in five of the last six years of competition. The 2021 team of Colton Boyd and Lydia Wede won the national championship, and the 2020 team of Kylie Kost and Avery Grundy were first runners-up. Both teams participated virtually due to COVID-19. We’re expecting the finals to return to DC in 2022 for a week or networking and the competition..

An interest meeting to organize teams will be held Wednesday, Dec. 1 from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hamilton 172 and via Zoom: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/6458567449. Students can also contact professor Jay Newell at newelljj@iastate.edu for more information.

BREAKING NEWS: Greenlee students can take JL MC 201 Reporting & Writing sooner

Advertising, Journalism & Mass Communication, and Public Relations majors can now enroll in the required JL MC 201: Reporting & Writing for the Mass Media course before completing ENGL 250. The ENGL 250 pre-requisite has been waived for Spring 2022, leaving the only pre-requisite of concurrent or past enrollment in the one-credit JL MC 110 Orientation course.

The change allows Greenlee students to jump ahead in their coursework. JL MC 201 is the required gateway course for all three of the Greenlee majors. Students must earn a C+ or better in JL MC 201 to enroll in many upper-level courses.

Seats are open in several sections of JL MC 201. Students can enroll via Access+.

ADVRT 436: Advertising Portfolio Practicum

Prereq: Minimum of C+ in ADVERT 334, non-majors with instructor permission.

Advanced advertising writing and design for students seeking a career as a copywriter or art director. Focus on the creative process and developing advertising campaigns for a multitude of clients in various media (digital, television, print, out-of-home, etc.). Finished projects featured in an online portfolio developed as part of the course. Online portfolios critiqued by creative professionals in the advertising field.

Prep week and finals resources

Prep and finals week is coming up. Check out these resources to keep the stress under control and finish the semester strong.

The library will be open 24/7 during Finals Week. The following resources will also be available during prep and finals Week:

Barks@Parks from noon-3 p.m., Monday-Friday. Follow the paw prints.
Coloring pages and books, puzzles, and games.
Mindfulness Room, Room 297, is available during library hours.
Chair massages will be offered noon-3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Free coffee will be available in the library at night during prep and finals weeks.

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Student support website.

Mental health resources.

Women of Achievement Scholarship

YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to one female undergraduate or graduate student at Iowa State University. Half of the award will be distributed during the Fall 2022 semester with the other half being distributed during the Spring 2023 semester. A student can be nominated or apply for the scholarship.

Scholarship requirements

Applicant must be a female student who has completed at least one semester at Iowa State University prior to Jan. 1, 2022.
Applicant must demonstrate activity and achievement in one or more areas of the YWCA mission. YWCA membership is not required for nomination or selection.
Applicant must register at Iowa State University for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Applicant must be in good academic standing with Iowa State University.

Student podcast producers wanted

LAS Multicultural Student Success is seeking Greenlee students to produce a new podcast titled “Black and Brown at the Cardinal and Gold”, focused on profiling students of color within LAS. This interview series will be hosted by Arnold Woods, Director of Multicultural Student Success for LAS, and will highlight the brilliant multicultural students within the college and their stories of how they came to Iowa State. The series will provide a space for LAS students of color to reflect on their journeys, share what inspires and motivates them, and speak on relevant and important topics.

Producers will be responsible for planning, editing and promoting the podcast. Producers should be knowledgeable, or willing to learn, audio producing and editing. Those skills would include recording in a studio and editing files to put together an engaging, educational and entertaining podcast. The producers will also be involved in promoting the podcast, including interacting with a hosting site, delivering the podcast to popular aggregators and creating additional materials such as show notes and background information.

Interested students can APPLY HERE. Questions can be directed to Arnold Woods (aawoods@iastate.edu) or Kelly Winfrey (kwinfrey@iastate.edu).

Greenlee front desk assistant position

This position will primarily answer phones, welcome all guests, and make appointments for advisors. Additional duties will include but are not limited to: reserving conference rooms for meetings, helping students complete University forms, faxing, scanning, copying, printing, filing, and shredding items.

This semester we only need students who are available Monday, Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Fridays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the fall semester. Once you are hired, hours will change every semester.

Job Location: On Campus
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Schedule Type: Ongoing + Part time + Flexible Hours
Schedule or # of Hrs/Wk: Not more than 20 hrs per week
Application Method: Send resume
Job Begin Date: Jan. 18, 2022
Job End Date: Ongoing
Number of Positions: 1

Please send your resume to Kris Angaran at krisa@iastate.edu.

Internship spotlight: Molly Blanco

The importance of being a local news reporter

"My internship experience offered incredible hands-on experience in the news industry, especially because I was able to report about such a wide variety of topics. I gained new skills and improved existing ones while producing valuable work to display in my portfolio. The internship was incredibly rewarding and valuable, especially since it was my first time working in person with other journalists. The experience of interviewing a source in person or collaborating with colleagues was taken away by the pandemic, but I finally got the opportunity to experience journalism in person this summer."