It seems we’re just minutes into the new semester and already the calendar is full! For those who’ll be walking at May graduation, it’s the end. The last hurrah. The final countdown (and other cliches). For the rest of us, it’s the start of an exciting spring.
The Center for the Study of New Orleans, directed by Dr. Leslie Parr, the SMC’s own photojournalism professor, kicks off the semester with the third in its 2009-2010 series with “New Orleans in the ’60s: A Time of Change,” on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m., in Nunemaker Auditorium. Marimar Velez is Dr. Parr’s – and the Center’s – intern. Get out your tie-dyed T-shirts and join the crowd on Wednesday night.
The 2010 Bateman team, following in the very large footprints of the national champion 2009 Bateman team, is working diligently on their campaign on behalf of the U.S. Census. Under the direction of Dr. Cathy Rogers, PRSSA and Bateman adviser and PR sequence head, the team includes Jodi Forte, Dominic Moncada, Kate Gremillion, Marimar Velez and Christine Minero (the account executive).
The Ad Team is back in action, with students in CMMN A314 Advanced Advertising Campaigns creating a campaign for the National Student Advertising Competition, sponsored by the American Advertising Federation. Their client is State Farm. Dr. Yolanda Cal, the advertising sequence head, is the team’s adviser as well as Ad Club adviser.
Students in Writing for Public Relations are working with Puentes New Orleans/LatiNOLA to promote that organization, led by Lucas Diaz, a Loyola alum. The team in PR Cases & Campaigns have taken on Episcopal Community Services as their client, working with Arthur Johnson.
The spring also means that Spring Fiesta is coming soon. The SMC celebrates our outstanding award winners, student media leaders, scholarship recipients and other shining stars at the annual spring outing – literally. It’s usually held outside, in Dixon Court, with lots of food and fun.
So, even though the paint is barely dry on the SMC office walls, we’ve hit the ground running this semester. We know it’ll be a great ride.
(Interested in information on Ad Club or PRSSA? Center for the Study of New Orleans or Spring Fiesta? Want to check out the renovations to the SMC office? Stop by room 332 in the Communications/Music complex and ask for details.)
