Communications
	Awards and Honors Five Ithaca College productions received national recognition at the annual convention of the National Broadcasting Society, held in Chicago April 9-12. The Day Room, written and produced by Gabriel Lewis '97, David Nadelberg '97, and Russell Tucker '97, won two grand prize awards for comedy program and comedy script. Four entries received honorable mention: The News Tonight, produced by Scott Kachmarik '98, Jonathan Fink '98, and Gary LaPlante '98; Officer Padula's Funeral, by videographer Matt Tomlin '99 with reporter Carrie Czarnecki '97; Winner Takes All, a dramatic film by Lee George '98, produced for a fiction film class; and Kicker Interview, a WICB-FM audio entry submitted by Adam Ellick '99 The Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film invited professor of cinema Patricia Zimmermann to deliver the keynote symposium speech, "History and Theory of Amateur Film," at its annual congress, held this year in Cartagena, Colombia. Headquartered in Brussels, FIAF is the international organization for all the film archives around the globe. Zimmermann was also appointed to the national board of directors of Women Make Movies, the oldest film distribution company for women's film in the United States. Associate TV-R professors John Rosenbaum and John Hochheimer were selected to participate in the 1997 German Studies Seminar, "Communication Sciences and Media in Germany." The seminar was conducted by the Fulbright Commission from June 10 through July 4. In addition, Rosenbaum was elected newsletter chair of the international division for the Broadcast Education Association. Sara Eolin '98 was chosen as one of 19 fellows from a national pool of more than 500 applicants to receive a summer fellowship from the International Radio and Television Society Foundation. She worked in the commercial production department of Grey Advertising in New York City. Sandra L. Herndon, professor and chair of the graduate program in communications, was one of 18 Americans in communications to participate in an international delegation to the People's Republic of China in May. The two-week program was sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International. She visited Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing, meeting Chinese educators and business leaders. Herndon plans to do a colloquium this fall that will integrate what she experienced into her communication classes. It was a record-setting weekend for this year's 106-VIC "Fifty-Hour Marathon." DJs Ethan White '97 and Andy Mule '97 stayed on the air from 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 21, through 6:00 p.m. Sunday, March 23, for the station's 11th annual community fund-raising event. Station staffers "sold" hours of the marathon to local businesses and campus organizations to raise a record total of $2,678 for the Emergency Food Pantry of the Tompkins County Economic Opportunity Corporation. The event was highlighted by nine remote broadcasts from around the country and nearly total staff involvement in planning and coordination. Assistant professor David W. Shapiro and two corporate communication graduate students, Lynn Usack and David Sternala, will be working on a yearlong interactive multimedia pilot project for Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell. Shapiro will be acting as education and media consultant, while Usack and Sternala, both of whom received fellowship funds through BTI, will create the Web-compatible multimedia programs that will translate BTI's research on environmental stress to plants for use in secondary school and college classrooms. Park Fellowships The first five Park Graduate Fellowships have been awarded for 1997-98. These fellowships, made possible by the Park Foundation, provide up to $40,000 to pay for tuition, books, supplies, and a stipend for living expenses. The fellows each have a minimum of three to five years of relevant work experience, a superior academic record, and a clear idea of how they will apply their research interests to their professional goals. The recipients are Tracy Craig, previously a writer/editor in Ithaca and public affairs specialist for the city of Falls Church; Amanda Harris, most recently an independent management consultant and previously employed in communications positions with TRW, Ryder System, Merck & Co., and Xerox Corp.; James Kennedy, previously employed as a strategic facilitator for Ontario County, an instructor for both Ithaca College and SUNY at Albany, and a director for the Ontario County Office for Aging; Steven McIntosh, previously the manager of media services at Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital in Syracuse; and Alvin Nall Jr., previously employed for 13 years as a photojournalist/editor/production technician for WTVH-TV in Syracuse. All the fellows began the graduate program this summer. Guest Speakers Many thanks to our alumni who so graciously offered their time this past semester guest lecturing to our students: Robin London '86, freelance fashion photographer; Joe Iadanza '93, freelance photographer; Adam Riesner '87, photojournalist for the Free Press in Burlington, Vermont; and Duane Degler '82, M.S. '88, communication and information consultant. Upcoming Events Thanks to the James Pendleton Endowment, Ithaca College will host the annual Robert Flaherty Film Seminar in October. The Flaherty's mission is to nurture exploration, dialogue, and introspection into the art and craft of the moving image. With "Exploration in Memory and Modernity" as its theme, the seminar will offer a chance to explore the landscapes and places forming independent media at the dawn of the 21st century. Artist guests include Erik Barnouw, Daniel Reeves '77, Anne-Marie Duguet, Thierry Kuntzel, Branda Miller, and Reginald Woolery. In addition, Reeves, an internationally acclaimed video artist, will stay on at the College as the first Skip Landen professional in residence. He will speak in classes, hold workshops with students and faculty, and premiere his new film. In connection with this residency, the Handwerker Gallery will exhibit Reeves's video/sculpture installation Eingang through the fall semester. Professor of cinema Patricia Zimmermann is programming these events. New SPJ Chapter Ithaca College started a Society of Professional Journalists student chapter this past fall with 38 new members, making the Ithaca chapter the 17th largest in the country. The four officers are Christine Peterson '99, Philip von Platen '00, Kelly Burdick '99, and Jason Miller '99. Assistant professor Mead Loop '88 is the chapter founder and adviser. In October he and the four officers will be attending the national SPJ convention in Denver.