Student Activities and Honors

Lawrence Guyot ’99 and Robyn Meyer ’99 both received CBS Minority Scholarships for the 1997–98 academic year.

Radio station 106-VIC AM/FM earned second place in the National Association of College Broadcasters Student Radio Awards for its 1996 50-hour marathon. The award was announced at the NACB’s national conference, which took place November 7–10 in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Ithaca College Television production "Cornell vs. Brown Men’s Basketball Game" won first place in the play-by-play category of the NACB Student TV Awards competition. Those responsible for the show were producer Andrew Milanese ’98, director Adam Kranitz ’97, announcers Scott Kachmarik ’98 and Dorian Lauer ’96, and engineer Jonathan Solomon ’97.

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has awarded the Ithacan gold medalist certificates for both the spring 1996 and fall 1996 semesters in its in-depth annual critique. Founded in 1925, the CSPA is the nation’s oldest continuous student journalism association.

In individual honors, Kelly Burdick ’99 was one of six winners of the On-Site Photo Competition sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Advisers. The competition was held at the 1996 National College Media Convention in Orlando, Florida, November 21–24. The theme of this year’s shoot-out was "Shopping at Disney Village," and Burdick’s photograph may be included in Disney World publicity materials at a later date.

Faculty in the Community

Gossa Tsegaye ’76 of the television-radio department taught a six-week course in television production at Boynton Middle School this past fall. The course was part of the after-school enrichment program and was so successful that plans are to continue the program.

Students in corporate communication professor Gordon Rowland’s Designing Learning Systems course this fall learned a great deal and had much fun preparing their pocket science investigations for the Sciencenter of Ithaca. "It was a joy to watch the students strive to generate and develop ideas for teaching concepts to Sciencenter visitors," said Rowland, who feels that the collaboration between the Sciencenter and Ithaca College provided a rich, authentic context for his students.

At its annual meeting in December, the National Advertising Review Board honored its members who had served on the board over the past 25 years. Associate professor Howard Cogan was honored for his prior two terms as a board member. Begun in 1971, the NARB is the self-regulating body for the advertising industry.

Guest Speakers

Many thanks to our alumni who so graciously offered their time this past semester guest lecturing to our students: Peter Platt ’86, senior production technician, Saatchi & Saatchi Business Communications; George Pine ’72, president, Interep Radio; and Jeff Selingo ’95, environmental reporter for the Wilmington Star News.