Classes for next year

Here's a sneak peek at classes for next year (if you're able to decipher Bill Loving's board)...

CBF money at work - NASA PSA video

You may remember our post last year that announced we'd give money to two PR students to attend a conference and create a PSA for the team.

The finished project (which I found on Kyle J. Brazil's new portfolio) is embedded below:



Very great concept and well executed! Good job Ashley and Brad and the rest of the NASA means business team.

Welcome back (soon) and good luck catchin' a bus

The oh-so-convenient bus stop outside the graphic arts/journalism building is now non-existent. Apparently, a group of students used student fees one year to pay for the project that entirely closes South Perimeter, making access by car to the journalism building impossible. My big question: How is the Mustang Daily going to order pizza?!

Here are a few important points from Cal Poly PR:

• South Perimeter Road is officially closed to vehicle traffic, and there is now a STOP sign for westbound (incoming) traffic at the California Boulevard entrance to Cal Poly (at California Boulevard and Campus Way).
• South Perimeter Road (between Campus Way and Grand Avenue) closed for good Friday, Sept. 11. Access there is now limited to emergency and service vehicles only.
• Construction vehicles will be allowed to use it until completion of the UU Plaza and Rec Center expansion projects. Cal Poly students voted to pay more fees to pay for those two projects.
• Buses will continue to use stops by the Performing Arts Center on Grand Avenue (outbound routes) and Sage Restaurant (inbound routes) until the new transit stops are complete. The new transit stops by the Library are open. The transit stops at Graphic Arts are closed.

For more information, visit http://www.asi.calpoly.edu/rec_center_project.

New professor offices

PRSSA recently wrote a blog post about upcoming changes to faculty offices. It's useful information so we're highlighting it again here on our blog. It's basically a big game of musical chairs, except faculty offices instead of chairs, and everyone wins:

Students,

Please be aware of room changes in the JOUR department for fall:

CCPR has moved to Room 207 (formerly the GRC office).

Dr. Swanson is moving to Room 222 (formerly Brady Teufel's office).

Teufel is moving to 224 (formerly the Daily editors' office) with the new multimedia professor.

The editors are moving to Paul Bittick's office.

Bittick moves to Teresa Allen's office.

Professor Allen moves to Swanson's old office.

(Are you still with me? When the music stops, everyone has an office!!!)

New members, new money

The Cal Poly journalism CBF committee welcomes three new members and one returning member for the upcoming school year:

1. Lindsay Indermill - new
2. Katie Bohn - new
3. Katherine McIntyre - new
4. Lauren Rabaino - returning

We had our first meeting Friday, June 5 and have already approved money for the following expenditures.

RTNDA

Student Jessica Armstrong submitted a request for $325 for her RTNDA registration, which we approved.

New JOUR 203 class

Because we only planned for 35 new journalism students in the fall, and now have an expected 68, the committee approved funds to support an additional introduction to reporting class, averaging to about $6,000.

Additional supplies

The remaning CBF money (about $4,000) will be spent on equipment and/or supplies. The specifics of the expenditure breakdown are yet to be determined. Department Chair Bill Loving will compile the list on items to be purchased (since he knows best), but the committee will first review and approve the list.

Why are we spending all the additional money? Because it doesn't rollover to next year.

Students heading to broadcast and PR conferences

We recently awarded money to a few broadcast and public relations students heading to conferences in the upcoming months. 

RTNDA Conference

The Radio-Television News Directors Association conference will be held April 12-16 in Las Vegas and more than 1,300 students and professionals are expected to attend. 

These are a few reasons students told us for wanting to attend: 

Attending the conference would allow me to strengthen my broadcasting skills with workshops and would give me insight from experienced professionals about the ever-changing broadcast profession. -Brittney Davis-Pulley, journalism senior

RTNDA attendees have the advantage of networking with industry leaders from around the country. Such opportunities are rare, however, essential in a business where everything depends on "who you know." I strongly feel that making connections and attending workshops will help me see what I can do to improve myself as a digital journalist. -Jessica Armstrong, journalism senior

Amount granted: $150 per student. So far 6 students have requested money, but we're expecting 10. The amount is tentative. If more than 10 students make requests, the amount will go down. If fewer than 10 students make requests, the amount will go up. 

See more requests for the RTNDA conference here. 

PRSSA 2009 National Assembly

Public relations concentration Kelsey Magnusen, a journalism sophomore, attended the PRSSA 2009 National Assembly as Cal Poly's delegate. The conference was March 26-29 in New Orleans. 

As the only delegate from Cal Poly's chapter, she was able to share all she learned with the rest of her PRSSA members.

"I hope to further develop and inspire Cal Poly's PRSSA chapter!" Magnusen said in her request. 

Amount granted: $188

Joint journalism/Grc meeting

The journalism and graphic communications departments are teaming up to host a meeting about the proposed CBF increases. 

Here's the handy poster created by GrC: