50Th Anniversary

th Anniversary 50 Special Edition Contents 2 Letter From The Department Head 3 50th Anniversary Edition 4 Through the Decades 4 1964 to 1975 8 1976 to 1985 12 1986 to 1995 16 1996 to 2005 20 2006 to Now 24 Alumni Information 27 Clubs and Organizations 30 J. & Mass Comm. Faculty 32 Senior Shining Stars 34 Donation Information 36 The Scoop Family page28 page17 page21 page9 Letter from the Department Head Hello all alumni, faculty, staff, and future alumni: This year’s edition of The Scoop is very special because it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the journalism department. In Korea, being 50 years old is called “knowing your fate given by God.” This department has been the best in the area on educating students preparing them to work for the mass media industry. Looking at the past 50 years, we have had many ups and downs. In particular, 2005 through 2010 was the most diffi- cult time for us. During that time, we lost our TV and radio stations, some faculty, and many students but we hung in there with the support of our alumni. Without your support, I don’t think we could make it through tough times. We get significant support, including financial support, from alumni. I have heard from many university administrators that journalism graduates are the ones willing to help the department and the university. For instance, we have had many scholarships provided by alumni in the last few years. I’d like to give my deepest appreciation to those who have supported this department. Because of these losses, faculty decided to go in a new direction to be competitive. Since 2010, we have devel- oped new curriculum, created a new media center, hired more faculty, launched a new online magazine/newspaper, revamped News22, and introduced Noticias22. Believe it or not, this was accomplished within 5 years. As a result, we are getting more students. We still have a long way to go, but I am confident that we will get there soon. Due to these changes, I am hearing a lot of compliments from students, parents of students, and alumni. This shows how much you all care about this program. This is the main reason that I think this department has been doing the work given by God, as our fate, “educating students to be ready to work for the media industry.” I have never seen a mass media program like this department. This department, to be honest, is the best in the country. Because we have had those devoted to education, this success has been possible. I think the people who have worked for this department deserve to get all the credit. I’d like to give my second biggest thanks to the faculty and staff who have worked very hard to revive this department. In this special issue, we will review the past 50 years of history from students’ perspectives. You will see the amazing things we have gone through and the wonderful things we have accomplished during all those years. Students voluntarily spent a lot of time to prepare for this special issue. Without them, this wouldn’t be possible. I’d also like to give my thanks to the students who have worked on this special issue. I want to finish this letter with one sad story. We lost one of our biggest supporters of this program, Dean Christa Slaton, while we were making this special issue of The Scoop. She was the main reason we were able to re-create this program in 2011. She was the one who knew the value of this program for students, for the com- munity and for the university. She was the one who didn’t hesitate to support our plan for this department and to invest on this department based on our plan. She brought in lots of money from alumni to help our department. I, personally, want to thank Dean Christa Slaton for what she has done for this department and hope she enjoys her new position at New Mexico State University. 2 Thank you and hope you all see the next issue of The Scoop. About this Year’s 50th Anniversary Edition of The Scoop Journalism is a mode of communication that has ternet, with the current landscape of journalism em- spanned centuries and continents, with the genesis of ploying the use of multimedia as a preferred platform of journalism occurring before the time of Jesus. communication during the new millennium. Early records of news publications date back to the The journalism department has continued to adapt to Roman Empire in 59 B.C. The beginning of journalism the evolution of modern media, with faculty consistently in America can be traced back to a single is- imparting the most recent and efficient pro- sue newspaper in Boston in 1690. fessional knowledge to students while For New Mexico State Universi- also making efforts to provide the ty, journalism began in 1965. latest technology that can be af- It began with Harvey C. forded. Jacobs being appointed by The timelines included in the university president to this edition of The Scoop create a journalism de- illustrate how each decade partment. After a year of has brought new changes planning, Jacobs became to the journalism depart- department head and ment and its accommo- founded the program, dations. The addition of kicking things off with new equipment, renova- 25 students enrolled and tions to the building, and 12 majoring in Journal- changes to the curriculum ism and Mass Communi- have consistently occurred cations. throughout the years, in ad- In this issue of The Scoop,50 justment to the needs of the we invite alumni to revisit the years profession as well as the needs highs and lows of the journalism of the department. department as we celebrate the last 50 Professors have come and gone, de- years of its existence. partment heads change from decade to de- Ever since the advent of journalism in ancient times, cade, and students come as freshmen, excited to learn, one might say the methods in which news and con- and leave as graduates, ready to face the world and follow tent are spread throughout the world have been as ev- their dreams. er-changing as the ocean’s tide. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Without continu- Journalism began with word of mouth and progressed al growth and progress, such words as improvement, to the printing press around 1440, with newspapers used achievement, and success have no meaning.” as the main vehicle for news stories. Magazines entered With all of the growth and progress that the journal- the picture during the 1600s as journals, and the practice ism department has seen over the past 50 years, in tan- of printing photos in publications began in the 1800s. dem with the field of journalism as a whole, the world During the 20th century, journalism found new and can be assured of its success as well as its achievements, exciting ways to captivate audiences when it branched in past years and in the years to come. out into radio and and television. With new technological advancements came the in- -Christie Bartholomew The Scoop: 2015 3 Left:Because Milton Hall was the old student union, when it became the home of the Journalism Department a new student union building was needed. This was found in a new building now known as Corbett Center Student Union which was built in 1968. Photo Courtesy of NMSU Photo Archives 1965 1967 1969 1964 1966 1968 The Sixties and Seventies The late sixties and early seventies were a time of change and expansion for NMSU. The College of Business Administration and Economics (BCAE) became the fifth college of NMSU and registered its first 600 students in 1964 with Gwynne Leland Guthrie as its Dean. The 1970 men’s basketball team lead the Aggies to the Final Four. The new student union building was built in 1968. The large sundial that remains on campus to this day was built at the top of the Horseshoe in 1974. The NMA&M Con- science was created in 1968 and ran for two years as an underground bulletin which dealt with campus, local, statewide, and even national news about the Vietnam War, statewide censorship, and racism. This time in NMSU history was incredibly im- portant for many here at NMSU, but it was espe- cially so for students of Journalism because in 1963, a man named Harvey C. Jacobs found himself in a Above: Leonid Meteor Shower, November 17, 1966; new place. He spent his life working in journalism, taken at New Mexico State University Observatory, Las and then ended up here, at the behest of the univer- Cruces, N.M. about 1140 Universal Time, (Greenwich sity president, to create a journalism program. Time). 10 min. exposure, camera mounted on a After a year of learning the culture and environ- telescope tracking at sidereal rate. ment of Las Cruces, he founded the Journalism Photo by by Scott Murrell and Mass Communications Department in 1964. He was responsible for undertaking the creation of many of the programs we students still cherish 4 today. -Rebekah Baca Right: Alumni gather at the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum for a combined class of 1946, 1956 and 1966 class reunion dinner. Photo by Darren Phillips 1971 1973 1975 1970 1972 1974 Below: A massive sundial rests on permanent display outside Hadley Hall. The sundial was constructed in 1974, and was a gift of Elsie Rave Rigney Carr, class of 1936, and Jesse Lawrence Carr.

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