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Adjunct Professors bring Expertise and Experiences

by Caroline Hau
We need adjuncts to cover extra classes, says Dr. Kathy Menzie, Associate Professor and Chair of the mass media department at Washburn University, so we have adjuncts with specific expertise that they bring to the department and the students. Washburn University currently has six adjunct professors, teaching two to three classes per semester, since the full time faculty staff can only cover 20 hours of classes. Adjunct teachers bring a depth of experience to the students, says Menzie, when you only have one teacher, you have only that teachers experience. Eugene Williams, the general manager of KTWU Channel 11 Television station, is currently teaching advertisement, but has taught everything but finance and accounting. He has an undergraduate degree in broadcast and film, went to engineering school and got an associate degree, and also earned a MBA in business. Teaching is really an art form, there is a lot of science to it, you have to do research, he says. Everybody can tell a story, but it has to be intellectually, scholarly and entertaining. Those are some of the basic things you need; thats what makes it an art form. Washburns Euguene Williams, teaches Adverstising and works at the KTWU Television station. diverse student Photo courtesy of Eugene Williams body brings different challenges to the classroom. I love to have a mixture of students, young to old; my oldest student is 81, Williams says, That really challenges the instructor. Lisa Coble-Krings, an adjunct professor who teaches the online section for the mass media boot camp class agrees, and also works at the Topeka public library. I love the student body, they are made up of students from lots of different back grounds, like age, socio-economics, military , some have family, and some dont. You are challenged with a diverse student body. As a teacher this is really eye opening, because it reforms your perception of what a college student is, she says. It is something you dont get everywhere, and it makes me think about how to be an adult educator, not just a professor at a college. Coble-Krings has a background in web production and content creation, and she brings experience in social media for PR and marketing, as well as editing to Washburn. She has been teaching at the university from 2009 through 2010 and then again from August 2012 to the present. I push myself as far as a full-time professor, because thats what the students really deserve. Teaching is anxiety provoking, because the standards you have Lisa Coble-Krings teaches Mass Media Bootcamp online to live up to, and all the and works at the Topeka professors at the mass media Public Library. department really raise the Photo by Kelsey Wagers bar pretty high, she says. Coble-Krings received her masters degree from Kansas University. Mike Merriam, a 1st amendment lawyer, teaches Mass Media Law. Beth Davis, a graduate from Washburn University teaches a writing class and advertising. Jim Allen, the general manager for KTPK-FM radio station, has expertise in PR and advertising and also supervises the interns. Sarah Van Dalsom, who works for the Washburn foundation, has gone through the entire mass media program at Washburn. Additional teachers bring greater depth of experience to the students, says Menzie. Just as Washburn has a diverse student body, the adjunct professors add a diversity of their own to the mass media department, through their back ground and experience.

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will provide the means for Student Media to use the information learned from the conference to create a training module for students in the future to utilize. There are various forms of WTEs and Student Media utilized the cultural WTE and each student had to participate in a cultural aspect on their New York trip. Kayla Norton went to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Tricia Peterson ate at various New York restaurants, including one in China Town. A group of students went to the Empire State Building. Kelly Hurla, senior mass media major and arts and entertainment editor, attended various comedy clubs. It was a great experience, said Hurla. I loved getting to see several comedians in each show. While I didnt find every one to be particularly funny, I wouldnt change it. It was all about putting yourself out there and being confident. The group attended various sessions that will aid them in training other members of Student Media. Blogging daily was required as part of the WTE and here the group outlined the sessions they attended and the activities they participated in. To check out more detailed information about what they did while in NYC, go to the blog, newyorkcityrocks2013.blogspot.com/.

Tricia Peterson (back right), Abby Mies (front left), Fatima Oubaid and Kayla Norton (front right) visit Carols Bakery, the location where the reality television show Cake Boss is filmed. Photo by Fatima Oubaid.
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Joe Cool (back left), Fatima Oubaid, Kayla Norton (back right), Farai Harreld (front left) and Abby Mies (front right) in front of the Empire State Building while on their trip to NYC for the College Media Association conference. Photo by Fatima Oubaid.

WTE helps students attend NYC conference

by Tricia Peterson
Student Media experienced a transformation this spring. Using a Washburn Transformational Experience the group was able to go to the College Media Association conference in New York City. Eight members of student media, plus their adviser Regina Cassell, took the trip to the Big Apple. The conference featured media professionals from around the country, high-level executive keynote speakers and thousands of students from colleges across the country all in the heart of Manhattan. There were 250+ unique sessions planned for two days and the students

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learned a great deal of information to help them in their media careers. My favorite part of the trip was what I took away from it, said Farai Harreld, writer for the Review. I loved how all the speakers had a visible passion for the work they were speaking about such as how to be self-sufficient as a freelance writer or how your online presence affects your chances of being hired by future employers. The group utilized one of Washburns Transformational Experiences in order to afford the trip. The program

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Sabbatical Leads to Published Book

Maria Stover, associate professor in the mass media department, shows a chapter in her upcoming book Women, Politics and Meida from Emerging Democracy. The book is planned to be out in spring 2014. Photos by Jessie Salmans

by Lauren Doherty Associate Professor of the Mass Media Department Maria Stover is writing a book on women in politics. For seven years, Stover has been researching female politicians and noticed that many of the books published focused on the western hemisphere rather than the whole world. She wanted to learn more about women in politics in countries like Egypt and South Africa that do not have an established democracy. The West needs to know about these emerging democracies, said Stover, giving another reason to write the book. The title is Women, Politics and Media from Emerging Democracy. Since August of 2012, she has been working on the book. Stover sent out an email explaining her project and wondering if scholars would suggest topic ideas for additional chapters. She received many responses with some emails coming from all over the world like Turkey, Romania and India. The ability to connect from different backgrounds from all over the world was amazing, said Stover.

Her plan is to include as many countries and emerging democracies as possible. The book is already said to be long due to having 23 chapters. Stover has published chapters in books such as Women in Higher Education by Marian Meyers; and Gender, Sexuality/ies and the Media by Karen Ross. Through her experiences she has learned that it takes two years from the time of writing to getting published. She is working with Bloomsbury Publishing. The projected time of publication is spring of 2014. Chair of the Department of Mass Media, Kathy Menzie, said, It is a privilege to work with Maria Stover. She is knowledgeable, scholarly and has experience of being around the world. This book will be a reference for many, many scholars, said Menzie. Though the project is time consuming, Stover enjoys finding information. I love research, I have passion for research, said Stover.