Local television station offers students ‘real world’ experience
Future CMU broadcasters will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a professional position while they are still attending school.
CMU’s School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts and WWTV/WWUP- TV in Cadillac have expanded their current five-year partnership, in order to train students as producers for the stations newscast. On top of training, students will receive valuable work experience, the station will pay them for their work, and possibly eventually hire the students as employees, according to a news release.
“The idea is that they’ll become staff members if they are successful and if positions are open,” said CMU BCA faculty member and adviser to the school’s nightly newscast “News Central 34” Rick Sykes.
The station’s news director, Kevin Dunaway said CMU students work hard and are ahead of most students when it comes to looking for future employees.
“CMU has a great broadcasting program and CMU BCA students typically have better hands-on experience than most other places we draw our interns from,” Dunaway said.
To learn more about CMU’s School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, you can visit http://www.bca.cmich.edu.
Neuroscience expands to offer foundation for future doctoral students
Mentorship and a more individualized curriculum will be keys to help students entering CMU’s new neuroscience graduate program be successful.
The program is the foundation for the doctorate of philosophy in the neuroscience program. Students who earn a master’s degree in the program will have the opportunity of working with a mentor of their choice to build research and write a paper and a dissertation under the guidance of the mentor, according to a news release.
“The major objective of this program is to provide students with the academic background, technical skills and hands-on research experience that will allow them to successfully compete for neuroscience-related jobs in the private and public sectors,” said Gary Dunbar, psychology professor and director of the CMU neuroscience program.
The doctorate of neuroscience program is being considered an interdisciplinary program. Under this program, research and clinical opportunities will come from three CMU colleges and several departments, including biology, chemistry, health sciences, communication disorders and medical sciences, to name a few.
More 100 students have expressed interest in the program and there are currently six students who have come to CMU with the intention of transferring to the neuroscience graduate program.
Want more information? Check out http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/psychology/default.shtm
PHOTO: CMU neuroscience director Gary Dunbar, far left, guides CMU seniors Bart Roland of Saginaw, center, and Matt Bombard of Commerce Township through research in one of CMU's neuroscience laboratories.
Art students think outside the box on ‘diversity’
CMU art students stepped up to a challenge forcing them to think outside of the box earlier this year.
The challenge was to promote diversity without using the actual word “diversity.” Students in Art 449: Advanced Typography were challenged by Professor David Stairs to submit posters of their ideas, and students approached the assignment from a variety of angles, according to a news release.
Some of the posters took a more serious approach to the topic, while others used humor or irony to convey thoughts or messages. Selections were judged by CMU faculty and staff.
The posters were on display for commencement ceremonies in Rose Center/Student Activity Center. Currently, 10 posters are on display on the first floor of the Park Library. Five additional posters will make an appearance at the Multicultural Education Center exhibition and discussion, which will take place during the fall 2008 semester.
