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Students serve through communication
Department offers new opportunities for community involvement
Lee University requires under-
graduate students to complete 80
hours of service learning during
their undergraduate tenure.
The department has taken this re-
quirement and infused it across its
curriculum, developing a learning
environment that extends beyond
classroom walls and builds relation-
al intersections between students
and our community. The result is
a transformation of Communica-
tion and the Arts students and our
community nonprofit agencies, our
community residents and beyond.
Nowhere is this more apparent than
in our public relations classes.
Transforming our community
nonprofit agencies
Public relations has always
benefitted from a client-based ap-
proach to prepare students for a
professional career. The addition
of the public relations major in the
fall of 2008, however, provided a
broader platform for service learn-
ing partnerships.
According to Dr. Patty Silver-
man, public relations discipline co-
ordinator, these partnerships give
public relations students the oppor-
tunity to apply the skills learned in
the classroom to real world public
relations situations. In return, non-
profit agencies benefit from public
relations counsel.
For example, one student group
in Dr. Christie Kleinmann’s public
relations writing class partnered
with New Hope Pregnancy Care
Center to assess their public rela-
tions needs and develop public rela-
tions materials to meet these needs.
Students developed a brochure and
a newsletter, in both English and
Spanish, and several news releas-
es to target an audience that New
Hope had previously been unable
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LeeClarion.com melds blog, video and social media
A relatively new competi-
tor among collegiate news Web
sites, LeeClarion.com, the online
edition of Lee University’s stu-
dent news media, is already win-
ning awards.
LeeClarion.com debuted in
2008 to compliment and expand
upon the print edition of the Lee
Clarion by providing easy access
to up-to-date information, a digi-
tal archive of articles and helpful
features including polls and real-
time weather results.
In recent months LeeClarion.
com has expanded to include a
full video gallery, serving as a
news station to the campus, and
a blog operated by the newspa-
per editors.
LeeClarion.com won first place
for the Overall World-Wide Web
Site at the 2008 Collegiate Jour-
nalism Conference in Nashville,
Tennessee.
More recently, LeeClarion.
com was selected as a 2009 As-
sociated Collegiate Press Online
Pacemaker finalist. Competition
winners are scheduled to be an-
nounced this November.
In the first eight months of
operation, LeeClarion.com re-
ceived nearly 60,000 page views
alone.
The Lee Clarion has made a
splash in social media in recent
months, opening accounts on
services like Facebook and Twit-
ter. The result is two-fold.
In addition to providing read-
ers with faster breaking news,
Lee begins
streaming
broadcasts
to reach. Last fall, public relations
students in professor Kevin Trow-
bridge’s planning and management
class developed a donor awareness
campaign for the Cleveland branch
of Habitat for Humanity and an
awareness campaign for the Ocoee
Region Multicultural Services.
“Our client-based service learn-
ing projects cultivate amazing
partnerships in the community,”
said Dr. Michael J. Laney, depart-
At a Glance: Communication & the Arts
TALENT & CREATIVITY: Students and faculty in the Communication & the Arts department use their gifts to serve God.
the social sites have contributed
to the dialogue, enabling read-
ers to participate in conversation
with the Lee Clarion by com-
menting on posts and submitting
story tips.
The Lee Clarion currently has
nearly 2,550 fans and followers
across the two services. Both Fa-
cebook and Twitter allow read-
ers to subscribe to news updates
from the Lee Clarion on their cell
phones for instant coverage.
The Lee Clarion has also used
its Facebook page to show off
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Student Media Lab
evolves to suit
student needs
a L e e U n i v e r s i t y S t u d e n t P u b l i c at i o n
ment chair of Communication and
the Arts. “These partnerships bring
mutual benefit for both students
and community nonprofit entities
that may not otherwise be attain-
able or affordable.”
Senior theatre students are also
involved in client-based service
learning. Recently, Dr. Mark Bur-
nette’s theatre capstone students
partnered with The Museum Cen-
ter at 5ive Points to tell the story of
the award-winning talent of the
Lee University Student Media
photography staff.
During the 2008-2009 aca-
demic year over 9,000 pictures of
campus events and news stories
were uploaded to the Lee Clarion
Facebook page, engaging fans
with high-quality photos.
Every time a new album is up-
loaded, readers receive an invita-
tion to view the latest album, tag
their friends, share the pictures
and write comments for others to
see. Instead of keeping Lee’s tal-
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Cleveland and Bradley County. Dr.
Burnette’s students developed a
composite character, Lucy Ratcliff,
to typify life during the Civil War
era and wrote a dialogue between
Lucy and her older brother Luke to
reflect the Union-Confederate ten-
sion found in many Bradley Coun-
ty families during the Civil War
time. The resulting dialogue was
then performed at local elementary
schools to help elementary stu-
ented photographers’ work con-
stricted, the Lee Clarion encour-
ages fans to view the archives
and share the content.
The Lee Clarion recently
launched a video news station
on LeeClarion.com bringing in
well over 5,000 views since its
inception at the beginning of the
2008-2009 school year.
The video gallery encourages
student journalists who are inter-
ested in video news to learn how
to report on-camera and tell a
story through visual means.
By utilizing social media in-
cluding blogs and profiles as well
as finding new ways to deliver
fresh photos and video news re-
ports, the LeeClarion is on the
forefront of the digital media
revolution.
Student journalists at Lee Uni-
versity have an outlet to engage
their talents, in writing, editing,
reporting, designing, or taking
photos for the Lee Clarion.
The student media newsroom
(located at PCSU 104) provides
students working on the Lee
Clarion with a highly-equipped
office filled with the proper tech-
nology and software necessary
to produce quality and award-
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dents visualize Civil War history in
our community. A few years ago at graduation,
Transforming our community an international student walked
residents across the stage with her cell
Area nonprofits are not the phone in her hand so that her par-
only ones being transformed by ents and family back home could
the Communication and the Arts hear the ceremony. In 2009 friends
department’s service learning em- and families will be able to watch
phasis. Individuals in our commu- commencement activities live over
nity are being touched as well. the Internet thanks to a new online
streaming service.
See COMMUNICATION, page 3 The Lee University Video Pro-
duction Center recently announced
the new capabilities to stream live
events as well as archived video on
demand through an agreement with
Multicast Media streaming service.
“Concerts, recitals, special
events and chapels are only the be-
ginning,” said Ron Gilbert, direc-
tor of the Video Production Center,
located in the Dixon Center. “This
new media outlet is a huge gain
for telecommunication students as
well as departments involved in
recruitment, alumni, public rela-
tions, student services, music and
athletics.”
The Lee video streaming website
address is www.leeuniversity.edu/
video. Viewers can choose to watch
in 100k or 500k streams, depending
on their Internet connection speed.
Lee Waller, assistant director of
the Video Production Center who
is responsible for editing, produc-
tion coordination of the studios and
graphics, will manage the stream-
ing operations.
Lee continues its tradition of cre-
ative innovation by being among
the first institutions of its kind to
embrace online delivery of media
on a global scale.
Multicast Media has an impres-
sive client list. Last year they live
streamed an event featuring presi-
dential candidates Sen. Barack
Obama and Sen. John McCain.
Lunch Learn &
May 8, 2009 • 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Communicating The Story
Edna Minor Conn Theatre
Welcome
Dr. Michael Laney, Department Chair
Visualizing the Story
Ron Gilbert, Telecommunications
Relating the Story
Patty Silverman & Christie Kleinmann, Public Relations
Selling the Story
Megan Moe, Advertising & Communication Studies
Staging the Story
Christine Williams, Theatre
Darlia Conn
Centenary Room
Lunch
Sodexo
Publishing the Story
Kevin Trowbridge, Journalism
Proclaiming His Story
The Kingdom Players
Benediction
Joel Kailing
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faculty Students research domestic violence
NOTES
In addition to their priorities
of teaching, department faculty
members are actively involved
in scholarship and service to the
community and the profession.
Ms. Catherine Bradley
was selected to present at the
Association of Theatre Higher
Education conference in August
in New York City. Her paper
explores ways theatre programs
can connect with K-12 pro-
grams.
Dr. Christie Kleinmann,
APR, received a research mini-
grant from the Faculty Research
Committee for research on “An
Examination of the Co-creation
of Gender Meaning in Sport
Communication.”
Dr. Megan Moe-Lunger
received a research mini-grant
from the Faculty Research Com-
mittee to continue the Voices and
Violence program that explores
domestic violence.
Mr. Jeff Salyer defended his
thesis for a Master of Arts in TV
and Film Critical Studies from
Regent University. Salyer is the
associate director of the Video
Production Center and is respon-
sible for videotaping, editing and
productions including the “In-
side Lee Basketball Sport Show”
shown in 12 states to more than 6
millions homes on Charter Sports
Southeast.
Dr. Patty Silverman, APR,
serves as president of the Cleve-
land Media Association.
Mr. John Simmons rep-
resented Lee University at the
Alabama Clay Conference in
Huntsville. There were several
internationally known present-
ers and it was a very worthwhile
and educational experience.
Mr. Kevin Trowbridge
serves as president of the Public
Relations Society of America
Lookout Chapter. Additionally,
he was selected to participate in
the 2009 New Media Academ-
ic Summit, a collaboration of
Edelman Public Relations and
PRWeek, June 9-11 in Washing-
ton, D.C.
Dr. Christine Williams,
assistant professor of theatre,
presented at the Association
for Theatre in Higher Educa-
tion (ATHE) annual meeting in
Denver, Colo., on ways in which
theatre faculty can utilize social
networking sites such as MyS-
pace and Facebook. Williams
was elected to the At-Large
Committee for ATHE. She also
presented as part of a panel at
the Southeastern Theatre Con-
ference (SETC) discussing new
play development projects at Lee
University. Williams coached
acting students attending the
American College Theatre Fes-
tival Region IV conference in
February. She is currently work-
ing on two articles for publica-
tion in her field of Tudor theatre
history.
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& the Arts • Department established with six • First department-sponsored study •  Student Publications Lab opens • Public Relations Student Society •  PRSSA participates in their first
full-time faculty members, includ- abroad trip travels to London, Paris in the Paul Conn Student Union of America chapter is chartered.
Milestones ing the first full-time art professor. and Prague.
Lee Clarion
Three communication students
recently obtained a Mellon grant
through the Appalachian College
Association (ACA) under the
direction of Dr. Megan Moe, as-
sistant professor of communica-
tion. The grant enables them to
research  women who have been
targets of domestic violence.
Although domestic violence is a
common problem that transcends
socio-economic boundaries and
traditional family structures, many
are unaware of its prevalence, and
the victims are often marginalized
in the United States.   PHOTO-ESSAY: Carly Chaney created an anonymous project using close-ups of abused women.
Carly Chaney, Lacey Stokes and
Rebecca Krese joined Moe to pro-
vide a forum for the women who
have been targets of violence but
who have made the choice to seek
help to leave the situation. Moe
said she hopes the Voices and Vio-
lence research study  will impact
both community and academia.
The research team interviewed
PR major growing steadily since launch
With an economic recession
looming, that first step into the
“real world” for Lee public rela-
tions graduates has become more
uncertain and daunting than in pre-
vious years. With fewer jobs and
stiffer competition, students will
have to be excellent in their field
and prove themselves better trained
and qualified than ever before.
In May 2009 the first class of
public relations majors will re-
ceive their diplomas backed with
client-based projects, internships,
service-learning courses and cross
cultural experiences.
Additionally, public relations
professors who have poured their
lives and talents into these aspiring
new practitioners will watch the
first class of students receive their
B.A. in Public Relations, a major
launched in fall 2008.
“Lee has one of the most excel-
lent public relations programs in the
nation,” said professor Kevin Trow-
bridge, who served as vice president
for communications at the Council
for Christian Colleges & Universi-
ties in Washington, D.C., before
joining the Lee faculty in 2005.
“You won’t find another program
as well-developed that challenges
students to integrate their Christian
faith and service with the practice of
public relations.”
The public relation major has
approximately 100 students and
Shop ‘til
you drop
Theatre gains new
spaces for scenic
and costume design
Over the past year and a half the
Lee University Theatre program
has gotten to develop two theatri-
cal workshops.
The scene shop, where all of the
sets are created and stored, was re-
cently relocated from a space in the
Old Woolen Mill to a closer facility
located in the American Uniform
Factory.
Catherine Bradley, the theatre
technical director, spends most
afternoons in the scene shop and
says that the new location gives the
theatre a dream space for a scene
shop. This new shop is located one
mile from the theatre and has ac-
cess to a great loading bay so sets
can be loaded easily in and out of
the space.
“It is large enough for set cre-
ation, furniture storage, construc-
tion, metalworking and props cre-
ation,” Bradley said. “The students
have a safe, close and functional
location to help build their shows.
It’s a perfect fit for our program.”
1999
• A general communication major
is added.
10 women in southeast Tennessee
at local resources agencies. They
asked seven open-ended questions
that gave the women the opportu-
nity to guide the interview. Once
they completed and transcribed the
interviews, they analyzed them for
common themes and patterns.  and active verb choices that the
Krese examined why the women
CALLING AND CAREER: Public relations students pose as reporters and concerned callers
during a crisis drill with Tennessee Valley Authority.
continues to grow every semester.
“We wanted to strengthen our
program to make our public rela-
tions students more competitive
in a tough economic and highly
aggressive marketplace,” says Dr.
Patty Silverman, public relations
discipline coordinator. “We added
more writing requirements, strate-
gically created core foundational
courses and expanded our elec-
tives to include social media, sport
TROJAN SCENERY: Anna Cook sits on a stone basin on the set of Trojan Women, a Greek tragedy performed at Lee last fall.
Most recently a costume shop
was created in the Mayfield Annex
for the Theatre Program. Having a
costume shop allows Lee to create,
maintain and store costumes.
“Previously costumes were
sewn in the Great Room of the
Dixon Center when temporary
2000
to house the Vindagua and Lee • First art history study abroad trip • Drama major is added.
chose to stay in abusive relation-
ships and why they left.
Stokes evaluated the communi-
cative frame that precedes the deci-
sion to leave, looking for common-
alities among the women.  created an anonymous project us-
Moe analyzed the use of passive
women use, to determine if there
communication and crisis commu-
nication, skills needed in today’s
society.”
Coupled with a strong curricu-
lum are the client-based and ser-
vice-enhanced classes that make
the Lee curriculum unique.
Spring 2009 graduate Jessica
Eldridge said, “What I enjoyed
about the public relations major is
the hands-on aspect, working with
clients outside of the Lee campus.
tables were set up during shows,”
Bradley explained.
After receiving a dedicated room
for a costume shop Dr. Christine
Williams quickly added costume
designer to her directing duties at
Lee. She has overseen the orga-
nization of the new space and will
2001
Clarion.
•  Telecommunications major is
added.
are shifts in verb when they decid-
ed to leave the violent relationship.
Chaney, a photographer, partici-
pated in the project by creating a
photo-essay of abused women. She
ing close-up shots of particular
body parts such as feet, hands, ears
and hair to create a unique view of
I believe the public relations pro-
gram has prepared me for life out-
side the ‘Lee bubble’.”
Outside of the classroom, stu-
dents are encouraged to join the
Lee Chapter of Public Relations
Student Society of America (PRS-
SA). Students are not only actively
involved in their campus chapter
but have attended national confer-
ences, developed mentoring part-
nerships with the local Lookout
continue to develop it over the next
year.
Both shops are dedicated to the
creation of quality theatrical goods.
These shops also provide the the-
atre program with the opportunity
to help local theatres and churches
outfit their productions. Lee props
2002
Bateman Case Study Competition.
travels to Italy.
• Studio and computer art minors
are added.
the women.
“I’m excited about it, particular-
ly because of the very real aspect
the research is going to provide,”
Chaney said. “I’m going to use it
to its full potential.”
All students will present their
research at the University of North
Carolina at Ashville on September
25, 2009, at the Undergraduate Re-
search Symposium.
“This in-depth original research
project helps prepare these women
for graduate school.” Moe said.
“They are conducting the type of
original research graduate students
do in their master’s program.”
The Mellon ACA grant also
provides for three playwriting stu-
dents, under the direction of Pro-
fessor Stacey Isom, to participate
in the project. They conducted
domestic violence interviews  and
will use the information to write
monologues. Their production will
be mounted in Fall 2009. 
PRSA Chapter and volunteered
with the nonprofit Ronald McDon-
ald House.
“Attending PRSSA National
Conference in Detroit this past fall
showed me how well developed
and comparable our public rela-
tions major and PRSSA chapter
is to larger universities,” said Ellie
Pfahl, PRSSA Vice President for
the 2009-2010 school year.
Public relations is in the relation-
ship business. It’s those student-
faculty relationships that also make
the public relations major at Lee
unique and special.
“My professors in public rela-
tions have had such an impact in
my life. They have nurtured and
cultivated gifts that I didn’t even
know I had,” said Amy Maddox, a
May 2009 graduate.
Alex Noll, a rising junior said,
“A great strength of our depart-
ment is the passion of our profes-
sors. Each public relations profes-
sor cares deeply about the field
of public relations and even more
deeply about their students.”
With a mission “to prepare
students to fulfill their calling as
public relations professionals who
think critically and creatively with
a biblical worldview,” Lee public
relations May graduates will begin
their next step into the real world as
practitioners as they take their last
steps as students at Lee University.
and costumes are often rented, or
loans at no cost to local artists and
recent theatre graduates.
“As the Lee University Theatre
Program increases its own stock,
it directly impacts the surrounding
theatrical community,” Bradley
said. “It’s a win-win.”
•  Christians in the Visual Arts is
formed.
• Dr. Michael Laney is appointed
department chair.
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Lee Clarion
Special Edition alumni
This edition is produced to
showcase the Department of
& student
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Communication & the Arts at
Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.

EDITOR
Kevin S. Trowbridge
The achievements of students
DESIGNER and graduates are evidence to the
Harrison Keely caliber of the Communication &
the Arts program at Lee. The fol-
WRITERS lowing are highlights from some
Catherine Bradley recent graduates.
Mark Burnette
Joel Kailing Alumnus Jordan W. Lee
Christie Kleinmann (2007) was awarded an EMMY
Michael Laney for Outstanding New Approach-
Megan Moe es – Short Format for his involve-
Patty Silverman ment with the design of a proj-
Christine Williams ect for ESPN. “No Love Lost”
(http://tinyurl.com/nolovelost)
PHOTOGRAPHERS was designed to present a cen-
Janchai Montrelerdrasme tury of Chicago Cubs baseball in
Carly Chaney a new and innovative way.
Shashank Shrestha
Patty Silverman After serving in the sports
department at the Chattanooga
© 2009 Lee University Times Free Press, alumnus Jor-
dan Conn (2007) is now en-
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT rolled in the magazine program
The Department of at the Berkeley Graduate School
Communication & the Arts of Journalism. He was selected
offers one of the most versatile for an internship at Sports Illus-
academic programs at Lee trated in New York during Sum-
University. Students can mer 2009.
choose from multiple majors
and academic emphases Michelle Bollman was ac-
as well as numerous co- cepted for a competitive intern-
curricular opportunities ship with the Washington Times
to gain experiences that during the summer of 2009.
will hone their abilities as Following the
communication professionals. summer experi-
ence, Michelle
MAJORS will return to
• B.A. Communication – campus as the
Communication Studies managing edi-
Emphasis tor of the Lee
• B.A. Communication – Clarion.
Advertising Emphasis
• B.A. Communication – Students from Dr. Patty Sil-
Journalism/Media Writing verman’s Crisis and Risk Com-
Emphasis munication class participated in
• B.A. Public Relations a crisis drill with the Tennessee
• B.A. Theatre Valley Authority Wednesday,
• B.A. or B.S. Telecommunications April 29, 2009. Students played
• B.A. or B.S. Telecommunications the roles of reporters and pan-
– Church Media Emphasis icked community members fol-
lowing a fictionalized tornado
MINORS hit at a nuclear plant. The rou-
• Art – Studio Emphasis tine simulations give TVA offi-
• Art – Computer Design cials the opportunity to test their
Emphasis crisis response plans.
• Communication
• Theatre Jonathan Cutrell won a
• Telecommunications silver Student Addy in the In-
OPPORTUNITIES teractive Design category of the
• Alpha Psi Omega American Advertising Federa-
• Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society tion-Chattanooga Addy Com-
• Lee Clarion petition. The award recognizes
• Lee University Theatre Jonathan’s personal website,
• Public Relations Student jonathancutrell.com, which fea-
Society of America tures videos, designs and origi-
• Vindagua nal photography.

Communication
Continued from page 1
Communication and telecommunications
seniors in Dr. Joel Kailing’s capstone classes
worked with Bradley Healthcare & Rehabili-
tation Center to chronicle the life stories of
many of its residents in what was termed the
Heritage Video Project. Student groups inter-
viewed and videoed residents who told their
personal stories and shared memories of life
in Bradley County. Each story was chronicled
as a personal memoir on a DVD, and a copy
was given to each resident’s family. The
unique element to this project, like many of
the department’s service learning endeavors,
is that this initiative required distinct commu-
nication and telecommunications skills.
“These projects require specific skills our
students learn in the classroom and then are
informed by faith and given as an act of be-
nevolence in service to others,” Laney said.
Service learning is not only for depart-
ment seniors. Students at every level of the
curriculum participate. For example, com-
munication students in the traditional pub-
lic speaking course put their newly learned
public speaking skills into practice outside
classroom walls. Each fall, Dr. Megan Moe’s
freshman communication students conduct a
public speaking workshop at Michigan Ave-
nue Elementary. Last fall, more than 90 com-
munication students presented a program on
public speaking do’s and don’ts to 4th grad-
ers and then volunteered as personal coaches
for the elementary students. The workshop
SERVICE LEARNING: Rob Entsminger and Samantha Rader present a creative
public relations campaign proposal to their client, the Boys and Girls Club.
gave Lee students the opportunity to use
their public speaking skills to help others.
Also this fall, fifteen theatre students from
Dr. Christine Williams’ costume and make-
up design class and technical director Cath-
erine Bradley’s scene and set design class
partnered with the oncology center at T.C.
Thompson Children’s Hospital. Children at
the oncology center often spend long peri-
ods of time at the center, and these theatre
students wanted to make the children’s stay
a little more fun. Working with the center’s
child life specialist, Lee students dedicated
the entire semester to developing and build-
ing a puppet theater and designing and cre-
ating puppets for the children. A dragon, a
horse, and a king are just some of the fairy
tale puppets that children can now choose to
play with while at the oncology center.
“The project not only benefitted the chil-
dren at the oncology center, but taught our
students how theatre can be used in service,”
Laney said. “Our students learned that the-
atre is more than entertainment and can re-
ally make a difference in someone’s life. It is
an incredible opportunity to learn and serve
simultaneously.”
Even student clubs in our major partici-
pate in service. For example, the Art Club,
under professor John Simmons, offers Art
in the Park every fall as a family activity for
community residents to enjoy an art show,
children’s activities and seasonal delicacies.
Transforming our community and beyond
The department of Communication and
the Arts connects the unique strengths and
abilities of our students and faculty, class-
room study and service to transform our
community; yet, the department’s influence
isn’t limited to the Cleveland/Bradley Coun-
ty area. For example, four telecommunica-
tions students produced a video for Faith on
Wheels Racing. This Atlanta-based ministry
combines faith and motorcycle racing and
approached professor Mary Dukes’ telecom-
munications students to produce a video
about their program. The telecommunica-
tions students shot footage of a motorcycle
race in Atlanta and developed a complete
branding video for the group.
“The Faith on Wheels Racing team was
amazed at the professional quality of the
production and that is, in large part, thanks
to the instruction that our students receive
in the classroom,” Laney said. “But it also
speaks to the life experiences our students
gain outside the classroom.”
“Our department strives to do more than
just pay lip service to the merits of service,”
Laney said. “We intentionally fuse faith and
service into the learning experience, and it is
exciting to be part of a department, and an in-
stitution like Lee University, that is committed
to transforming students, alumni, our commu-
nity and our world for the glory of God.”
 Shuntrece
Noel Byrd was
selected as one of
only 14 students
nationwide to re-
ceive a $5,000
Most Promising
Minority Student Scholarship
from the American Advertising
Federation’s Mosaic Center on
Multiculturalism and the Home
Depot.
Dr. Christine William’s In-
termediate Acting class conduct-
ed an Acting workshop at the
Boy’s and Girl’s Club. Fifteen
students taught acting exercises
and concepts to the children par-
ticipating in the Boy’s and Girl’s
Club afterschool program.
Oluwanifemi Afelu-
mo, Cedric Chalmers, Em-
ily Steele and Joshua Warlick
were awarded scholarships
by the American Advertising
Federation of Chattanooga in
2008-2009. Each year the AAF-
Chattanooga presents four schol-
arships to deserving students in
the field of communication.
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• Broadcast Audio Lab opens.
• Two studio cameras, pedestals
and teleprompters are added.
• Drama scholarship is established.
• Student chapter of the American
Advertising Federation is formed.
• PRSSA Bateman team wins
fourth place nationally.
•  Telecommunications adds 25
prosumer digital video cameras
and tripods, six professional digital
cameras and tripods, four lighting
kits and editing equipment.
•  National Advertising Federation
student competition is added.
•  Lee Clarion Online (www.lee-
clarion.com) launches and wins
top award at BP Excellence in Col-
legiate Journalism Conference.
• Public Relations major added.
• Student Media Lab updated with
new 24” iMacs.
• Lee Clarion Online named a fi-
nalist in the Associated Collegiate
Press Online Pacemaker Competi-
tion.
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Creativity soars in media lab Watch news

The new area quickly came to feel like videos online.
home for the publication staffs with a
large space divided between newspaper
and yearbook. Each publication editor
had a small private office and the faculty
adviser’s office was also onsite making
Only at
supervision much more natural and con- LeeClarion.com

grow
sistent. The 16 student computers in the
instructional area of the lab were regu-
larly occupied with the kinds of special-
ized classes that the department had not

HANDS-ON: A state-of-the-art media lab empowers students to create
multimedia projects with the latest hardware and software.
Walk past the Student Publications
Lab on the lower level of the Paul Conn
Student Union any time of the day and
you will find it buzzing with activity.
Inside the lab, student editors meet Lee
Clarion deadlines and design Vindagua
yearbook spreads while Communication
& the Arts faculty teach courses in desktop
publishing, journalism, media writing and
different aspects of graphic design. The lab
is so essential to the functioning of the de-
partment that it is easy to forget how far our
technology has come in a short time.
Prior to the establishment of the Com-
munication & the Arts Department in
1997, student publications were supervised
by a variety of people on campus, most of-
ten English faculty from the old Language
During that period, the publications
lived a nomadic existence on campus,
occupying at least four different houses
that had come along with the school’s
property acquisitions. As each in turn
was demolished to make room for new
construction, the publications moved
until they finally landed on the fourth
floor of the Walker Memorial Building
in 1999. The highlight of that period for
the yearbook was the replacement of the
aging original computer with four new
ones. The low point came when thou-
sands of Vindagua yearbooks arrived
ahead of schedule and had to be carried
box by box up all the stairs.
As the Paul Conn Student Union was
being planned, the publication advisors
up.
been able to offer in the past, particularly
in graphic design. Every discipline in the
department, including telecommunica-
tions and theatre has used the lab as a
classroom at some point.
Now that the lab has become such an
integral part of the department, faculty
and students are looking toward the future.
The student computers in the front have
recently been upgraded to state-of-the-art
iMacs. Video editing software is being
added because 21st century media cannot
function without an online and multimedia
component. The Lee Clarion has already
been recognized for the quality of its online
presence, LeeClarion.com. Both publica-
tions have developed into consistently high
quality, award winners, regularly published
by a student staff that continually seeks to
keep raising the bar of excellence. A course
on social media is one of the most recent to
be developed and taught in the lab.
“The Department of Communication
& the Arts cannot imagine functioning
without the Student Publications Lab and
is grateful to the University and Dr. Conn It’s easier than you think.

Arts Department. Dr. Donna Summerlin
was the main sponsor of the yearbook
in 1994 when it became the first publica-
tion to go electronic with the purchase of
one computer and an early version of the
were offered the opportunity to provide in-
put about a more permanent space for the
newspaper and yearbook. Melton came up
with the basic idea for the current layout,
which consists of a teaching space in the
for generously making the space and
funds to equip it available,” said Dr. Joel
Kailing, professor of communication.
As technology continues its pace of
rapid change, the Lab will do everything
Lee University can equip you with the tools
to grow up intellectually and spiritually.
Have the opportunity to make a difference,
stuby abroad, and face new challenges.
For more information,
visit www.leeuniveristy.edu

PageMaker software. Dr. Matthew Melton front and a newsroom-style workspace in possible to keep up with it. More than So grow up. We’ll help.

brought the newspaper, then called the Lee the back, surrounded by storage and office simply a publications lab, the area will be
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