DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY / CAMBRIDGE MEDIA RESEARCH SEMINAR
‘Virtually Following the Sari Trail: Fashioning Indian Digital Diasporas through Virtual Worlds’
Prof. Radhika Gajjala
Director of American Culture Studies and Professor of Communication at Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Friday 25th February 2011, 12:30-1:30
Venue: Room 606, Centre for Family Research, PPSIS Faculty, Free School Lane.
All welcome
Dr. Louisa Ha was invited by University of Macao’s Department of Communication and Hong Kong Polytechnic University to talk about her research on online advertising on January 17 and January 27, 2011 respectively. She is on faculty improvement leave this spring. Dr. Gi Woong Yun is the acting chair of the department.
TCOMSA Raffle Result
The TCOM Student Association held a raffle to raise money for Student Media Projects, Alumni Weekend, TCOM Senior Banquet, and guest speakers. The results are shown below.
-4 Cleveland Indian tickets: Barbra Glausser
– 10 BGRSO t-shirts: Weber Family, Lisa Conklin, Kohl Frier, Brian Fisher, Alderman Family, Dr. Park, Susan Smith, Alderman Family, Tarole Llyod, Jake Wittmer
– Autographed Dwayne Wade (Miami Heat) photo: Ryan Ray
-WBGU-FM t-shirt: Dr. Rosati
-A Yak Pak tote bag: Jake Wittmer
-YouTube socks: Dr. Ha
-Vinyl Records
1. ABBA Greatest Hits vol. 2: Paul Brodnik
2. Bullet For my Valentine’s ‘Scream Aim Fire’: Cyndi Eckel
3. Young Jeezy presents USDA Cold Summer mixtape (2): Dr. Rosati and Pam
Woznicki
4. The Desert Storm Mixtape (features Jay-Z, G-Unit, Busta Rhymes, etc.):Dr. Yoder
5. Franz Ferdinand Remixes: Dr. Rosati
6. Rihanna’s “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” remix single: Dr. Ha
7. Rush Hour 2 Soundtrack: Jared Moore
– DVDs
1. Born to Ride: Cody Wright: The quest for a world title.
2. Canyoneering: The Colorado Plateau: Introduction to the Sport
3. HBO Film: Taking Chance Documentary directed by Christopher Monger
4. Special Thanks to Roy London: How to Act, How to Live
-CDs
1. Jim Ward: Pam Woznicki
2. Jane Stuart: Weber Family
3. Music for Lovers: Alderman Family
4. N.E.R.D.: Thom Ovcek
88.1 WBGU-FM presents “Knowledge Brewing” a live radio quiz show celebrating 100 years of BGSU trivia!
This live radio show highlighting trivia you may and may not know about the University will take place at the Black Swamp Pub in the BTSU on Monday December 6th at 7 pm. You can play along with our panelists and
win prizes! This quiz show will be broadcast live on 88.1 WBGU-FM and online at www.wbgufm.com. Join us at the Black Swamp Pub for the fun.
As part of the program there will be a special appearance by WTOL 11 News Anchor Jerry Anderson.
“Knowledge Brewing” is sponsored in part by The Baehren Company and Johnny Rockets.
Please share with whoever might find this interesting! WBGU-FM and TCOM3680 – Radio Workshop, are partnering for this production.
“Reducing Global Health Disparities through Collaborative Health Communication Partnerships”
Tuesday, November 30 at 7 pm, 107 in Hayes Hall.
Dr. John Parrish-Sprowl received his Ph.D. in Communication from BGSU in 1983. He is Co-Director of the Global Health Communication Center in the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis School of Liberal Arts. Prior to this position he was Chair of the Department of Communication Studies. He is internationally-known for his applied communication research and project consultancies in Belarus, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, and Thailand. He has been honored with awards from universities in Macedonia and Poland for his work. Currently he is contributing to the Community Health Engagement Program of the Clinical Translational Sciences Institute of Indiana and collaborating with World Health Organization to work with Ministries of Health in developing countries to create better health communication to improve health care access and indices.
Dr. Louisa Ha was invited to serve on the National Science Foundation grant reviewer panel for the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). She will be in Washington DC on Nov 18-19 to join other reviewers to review NSF grant applications.
Ed Niemi, a 1996 TCOM alum and Chair of the TCOM Alumni Advisory Board’s Development Committee, will give a talk to the TCOM4630 Telecommunications Programming class this Tuesday 11/16 at 9:30 a.m. WH018 on his experience in launching the Sportstime Ohio Network in Cleveland and careers in sports cable networks.
Ed Niemi is the Vice President of Affiliate Relations & Distribution for SportsTime Ohio (STO). STO is a regional sports network and the TV home of the Cleveland Indians. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ed is responsible for all aspects of the Affiliate Sales Department including negotiating distribution contracts and developing and maintaining strong relationships with STO’s cable and satellite affiliates. Ed has been in the cable industry since graduating with a BA in Communications, working in local ad sales for Cablevision and affiliates sales and marketing for Fox Cable Networks. While at BGSU, Ed was a member of the Men’s Golf Team.
Bob Braunlich, VP of ESPN Event Operations, and a 1976 TCOM Alumnus, will speak to Dr. Liggett TCOM4390 class in Olscamp 213 this Wednesday Nov 10 at 4:30 on his career path and work at ESPN. All TCOM students and the public are welcome to attend.
Below is a biography of Braunlich:
At BGSU for Grad School from Fall 1974 to Fall 1978. Masters degree and work towards Doctorate. Extensive work at WBGU radio and WBGU TV, plus was a TA for undergrad TV Production classes. January 1978 to Dec 1981- on the faculty in the Broadcasting Dept at Central Michigan University. Taught classes plus managed two campus radio stations and a campus CATV operation. Started a company with 2 other gentlemen at that time doing industrial and PR oriented video. Also worked for regional CATV company. Packed up and moved from Michigan to NYC in March of 1982. Started at ABC network in April of 1982 as a Production Manager. Did mostly in-house studio type wrap shows for first 2 years, then did field work as a PM for 8 years. Hit over 150 days annually on the road and decided to jump to management side when an opportunity arose. Became a Production Executive at ABC Sports. Involved in the planning and execution of events from idea through completion- Above and below the line. In 2003 became VP of Remote Operations for ABC Sports. In 2006 Disney merged ABC Sports into ESPN. Became a VP in ESPN Event Operations. Now based out of Bristol, Connecticut (ESPN’s headquarters) rather than NYC. Past shows include- 2 Olympics, Pan Am Games from Cuba, Auto Racing, Monday Night Football, 2 SuperBowls, Horse Racing, College Football, Baseball, NYC Marathon, Golf. Present shows under my watch include- College Football, Basketball and Baseball. BCS Bowl Games, College GameDay, Horse Racing, Entertainment events, Golf and any show involving air on ABC.
The 48 Hour Film Festival is a competition that is all over the
Country. The point of the competition is to make a film in 48 hours and
it competes against fellow filmmakers. All the winners of the selected
cities get their movies shown at Filmapalooza in Miami, Florida for a
chance to win the grand prize. This competition is fun and great
practice for all filmmakers. You can find about the Festival on these websites ( http://www.48hourfilm.com/cleveland/ , http://www.48hourfilm.com/filmapalooza/ )
Rewa Hage and her film was a mockumentary about a croquet competition to
win a scholarship to Balls State and the two men who are on two
different sides of the social ladder trying to win it. The film was
written filmed and edited in 48 hours. The rules of the 48 Hour Film
Festival was that you had to randomly pick a genre and the judges would
pick everyone a prop, line and challenge that needed to be incorporated
into the film. Our genre was mockumentary, our line was “I want to try”
the prop was flowers and the challenge was a character who was a
waiter/waitress named either Jill or Jack Hildebrand.
Their Film In It To Wicket can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xoqp6QhrOg
Veronica Pinciotti, General Manager of Local Stations,
Buckeye Cable System in Toledo, will speak to the TCOM4630 Telecommunications Programming class next Tuesday 11/2 at 9:30 a.m. The class is in WH018. If you are interested in a career in local cable, an internship in BCSN or WT05, you should attend this session.
