Park School Interim Dean and Professor of Strategic Communication Diane Gayeski was the keynote speaker at the US Coast Guard Training and Human Performance Conference in Williamsburg, VA on September 24.  Her presentation, "What Makes Nexters Tick?" covered critical social and psychological factors impacting the design of training for young adults.

Dr. Steven Seidman, associate professor and chair of the Department of Strategic Communication, presented a paper, "The Obama Poster Explosion," on October 9, at the  41st annual conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA). http://www.ivla.org/ in Chicago.

Three IC students minoring in International Communications, Daniel Haack ('10), Susannah Faulkner ('12) and Joe Bagliere ('11), in collaboration with Dr. Katalin Lustyik (Assistant Professor, TVR) will present a research paper titled "Disney, Al Jazeera, the BBC and the Global Children's TV Landscape" at the Global Media and Communication (GlobalFusion) Conference taking place on October 16-18 at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Lustyik will also present her study "Transnational Children’s TV in the Global Media Landscape: The Case of Nickelodeon in the South Pacific."

The Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts Department presents a lecture by Jason Fulford, photographer and co-founder of J&L Books. Mr. Fulford will give a presentation about his photographic work and publishing endeavors beginning at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 13th in Park 220. The lecture is free and open to the public.

On Sunday, November 1, at 10:30 p.m., Syracuse PBS affiliate WCNY-TV will screen an hourlong program of Ithaca College student documentaries.