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Pengra wins BEA scholarship
Katie Pengra, a SJMC graduate student and Dr. Tim Englands teaching assistant, is one of 10 students nationally to receive a 2012-2013 scholarship from the Broadcast Education Association. Pengra is one of two recipients of the Walter Patterson Scholarship sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters. The other win is a student at Syracuse University. The 2013-2014 competition begins on February 1, 2012. Visit www. beaweb.org for more information

ISSUE NO. 39 Jan. 27, 2012 masscomm.txstate.edu Chuck Kaufman, Editor

NBS students take 7 awards

AUSTIN Texas State members of the National Broadcasting Society won seven awards three rsts, three seconds and an honorable mention at the groups South Central Region Student Production Competition. Caleb Hey won rst place awards in the TV Commercial, Music Video, and the Video Open categories. Mason Robinson, Kenn Zuniga and Jaclyn Doan won second place awards. Robinson won for baseball play-by-play announcing; Zuniga and Doan in TV Features for a Bobcat Update story on the Cephas House Restoration Project. The South Central Region of NBS includes schools from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. A team of Texas State public relations students placed third among 12 teams from six Texas universities in the annual Texas Public Relations Association competition at The University of Texas at Dallas. The competition focused on the use of social media in public relations. TPRA judges praised the Texas State team for using a variety of social media tools in its plan and demonstrated a high level of knowledge in the use of computer optimization and computer analytics to both execute and evaluate their plan. TCU placed rst and Abilene Christian University placed second in the competition. The teams were given a fact situation and 90 minutes to email their plan to the judges. Others teams were from The University of Texas at Austin, Baylor and Texas Tech.

3d place nish at TPRA Contest

(with Melinda Goodspeed), Dr. Judy Oskam has been Images of Tony Gleaton, named director of the School was distributed nationally by of Journalism and Mass ComAmerican Public Television munication at Texas State and has aired on PBS stations University, effective July 1, around the country. Images of 2012. She will succeed Dr. Tony Gleaton received a 2005 Bruce Smith, who will be Bronze Telly Award (Film/ completing his second stint Video-Cultural category). She as School director. and Goodspeed won a 2008 Dr. Oskam has served as Bronze Telly Award for their associate professor and assodocumentary, Barry Lopez: ciate director for Round Rock Working Writer. She served Programs for the School of as the 2008-2009 president Journalism and Mass Comfor the Southwest Educamunication since 2006. tion Council for Journalism She was on the faculty in Dr. Judy Oskam and Mass Communication. the College of Mass ComIn 2009, Oskam received the munications at Texas Tech University for 12 years before joining Texas Alan Scott Rising Star Award from the Texas State University. Oskam has a bachelor of Public Relations Association. An award-winning educator, Dr. Oskam arts degree in Radio/TV/Film from the University of North Texas, a master of science teaches traditional, hybrid and online classes. degree in Mass Communications and doctor- In 2011, she earned the Sloan Consortium ate in Higher Education Administration from Online Teaching Certicate. Oskam conducts Oklahoma State University. Earlier in her ca- workshops and presentations on hybrid and reer, Judy worked in public affairs/outreach online teaching. She serves on the Texas State positions for Oklahoma State University, The University Extended and Distance Education University of Texas System and was a televi- Steering Committee. In making the announcement of Dr. Oskam sion journalist for stations in Oklahoma and Texas. Dr. Oskam has directed various health, to her now position, Dr. Tim Mottet, dean of agriculture and safety public awareness cam- the College of Fine Arts and Communication, paigns and grant projects. Several of her vid- said, Dr. Oskam and I look forward to workeos and television programs have won awards ing with all of you as we continue to build on and recognition. Dr. Oskams documentary Dr. Smiths leadership success.

Oskam takes reins of SJMC on July 1

Choi studies Korean home shopping

Jinbong Chois article, An analysis of persuasive communication in Korean home shopping advertising will appear in the Volume 31 (6) issue of TEXT & TALK Journal, pages 643-659. Choi is the author of six books: Framing North Korea; Media, Culture and Korea; Reading Media; Event PD Guide; Modern Society and Korean Mass Media; and Understanding Christian Communication. He has also published several scholarly articles in refereed aca-

demic journals. He was awarded a Ph.D. from the Department of Communication Studies at University of Minnesota.

Royal: S-H Teacher of Year nalist

Cindy Royal has been named one of ve national nalists for the 2011 Scripps Howard Foundation JMC Teacher of the Year Award. The cash prize and trophy will be awarded at AEJMC in Chicago in August. She now will be submitting a statement about her teaching philosophy for the nal selection committee.