National Student Leadership Conference
Journalism, Film & Media Arts Session 1: June 15, 2014 – June 25, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014 Monday, June 16, 2014
10:00am–3:00pm Registration Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group
12:00pm Tours of American 7:30am‐8:15am 7:30am‐8:00am 2:00pm University Campus Breakfast Breakfast
8:30am 8:15am 12:00pm‐2:00pm Lunch Discover the World of Board Buses
Communication 9:00am‐11:00am 1:00pm‐4:00pm AU Credit Class* Welcome Ceremony Neat Attire Casual Attire American Film Institute
Power of Documentary Films 9:00am‐12:00pm Neat Attire 5:00pm‐6:00pm Dinner The Tavern Discover the World of Communication Classes 11:15am 6:15pm‐7:00pm NSLC Opening Ceremony Entertainment Comm Board Buses Music Entertainment Professional Attire *Lunch on the bus Script/Video Sports Writing/Broadcast 12:30pm 7:15pm‐8:00pm COMM Opening Ceremony 35mm Photography Media for Social Change Discover the World of Professional Attire Neat Attire Communication Welcome Ceremony 8:15pm‐8:40pm Reception 12:00‐1:00pm Forman Theater Casual Attire Lunch Neat Attire
8:45pm‐10:00pm TA Meeting 1:00pm 1:30pm‐4:00pm (See Chart) Board Buses Discover the World of
Casual Attire 1:30pm‐3:30pm Communication Classes
American Film Institute Acting for the Camera 10:05pm‐10:20pm RA Meeting Backpack Journalism Power of Documentary Films Broadcast Journalism Floor Lounges Neat Attire Directing for the Camera Investigative Journalism 10:30pm RA Check‐In 3:45pm Video Game Design Neat Attire Board Buses
4:15pm‐5:45pm Leadership Session: Myself as a Leader TA Group (See Chart) *AU Credit Meetings are for enrolled AU Credit students only. Neat Attire
6:00pm‐7:00pm Dinner
7:15pm‐8:45pm Communication Workshops (see rotation schedule) Neat Attire
9:15pm‐10:15pm Ice Cream Social Casual Attire
10:30pm RA Check‐In
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group
7:30am‐8:45am 7:00am 7:30am‐8:45am 7:30am‐8:345am Breakfast Board Buses Breakfast Breakfast *breakfast on bus 9:00am‐12:00pm 9:00am‐12:00pm 8:30am Discover the World of 8:00am– 11:00am Discover the World of Board Buses Communication Classes Challenge Course Communication Classes Entertainment Comm University of Maryland Entertainment Comm 9:00am‐11:30am Music Entertainment Ropes Course Attire Music Entertainment Script/Video Script/Video Newseum Fieldtrip Sports Writing/Broadcast Sports Writing/Broadcast Neat Attire 35mm Photography 11:15am 35mm Photography Media for Social Change Media for Social Change Board Buses 11:30am Ropes Course Attire *Lunch on the bus Neat Attire Board Buses 12:15pm 1:00pm‐4:00pm 12:00‐1:00pm Board Buses Discover the World of Lunch 11:50am‐12:50pm *Lunch on the bus Communication Classes Lunch Acting for the Camera 1:05pm 1:00pm– 4:00pm Backpack Journalism Board Buses 1:00pm‐4:00pm Broadcast Journalism Challenge Course Directing for the Camera Discover the World of University of Maryland Investigative Journalism 1:30pm‐4:00pm Communication Ropes Course Attire Video Game Design Newseum Field trip Acting for the Camera Ropes Course Attire Backpack Journalism Neat Attire 4:15pm Broadcast Journalism Directing for the Camera Board Buses 4:15pm Investigative Journalism Video Game Design Board Buses Neat Attire
4:30pm‐6:00pm Dinner & Free Time 5:00pm‐6:00pm Dinner Games on the Quad Anyone? Relax, Have fun! 6:15pm‐7:30pm Leadership Session Interpersonal Communication 6:15pm‐7:15pm Leadership Session Facilitator: Robert Pruitt Personality Matrix – Group Dynamics Neat Attire Facilitator: Robert Pruitt Neat Attire 8:15pm‐10:15pm Casino Night Casino Attire 7:30pm‐8:30pm Communication Trivia McDowell Formal Lounge 10:30pm RA Check‐In Neat Attire
8:45pm‐10:15pm Newsroom Prep: Press Conference Neat Attire
10:30pm RA Check‐In
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Thursday, June 19, 2014 Friday, June 20, 2014
Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group
7:30am‐8:45am 8:00am‐9:00am 7:30am‐8:30am 7:30am‐8:30am Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
8:00am‐9:00am 8:00am‐9:00am 8:00am‐9:00am 8:00am‐9:00am AU Credit Class* AU Credit Class* AU Credit Class* AU Credit Class* Neat Attire Neat Attire Neat Attire Neat Attire
9:00am‐12:00pm 9:00am‐10:00am 9:00am‐12:00pm 9:15am Discover the World of Leadership Session Discover the World of Board Buses
Communication Classes Public Speaking Communication Classes Entertainment Comm 10:15am‐11:15am Entertainment Comm Ward 202 Music Entertainment Music Entertainment Neat Attire USA Today Script/Video Script/Video Sports Writing/Broadcast Neat Attire Sports Writing/Broadcast 35mm Photography 35mm Photography 10:15am‐11:15am Media for Social Change Media for Social Change 11:30am TA Meeting Neat Attire Neat Attire Board Buses (see chart) Neat Attire 12:15pm 11:45am‐12:45pm 12:15pm‐1:45pm Board Buses Lunch Lunch 11:30am‐12:30pm *Lunch on the bus
Lunch 2:00pm‐3:00pm 1:15pm‐2:15pm 1:00pm‐4:00pm TA Meeting 1:00pm‐4:00pm USA Today Discover the World of (see chart) Discover the World of Neat Attire Communication Classes Neat Attire Communication Acting for the Camera Backpack Journalism Acting for the Camera 2:30pm 3:15pm‐4:15pm Broadcast Journalism Backpack Journalism Board Buses Directing for the Camera Leadership Session Broadcast Journalism Investigative Journalism Directing for the Camera Public Speaking Video Game Design Investigative Journalism Neat Attire Neat Attire Video Game Design Neat Attire
4:15pm‐5:45pm Communication Workshops 5:00pm Board Buses (see rotation schedule) Neat Attire
7:00pm‐10:00pm Baseball Game 6:00pm‐7:00pm Dinner Nationals vs. Braves Nationals Park 7:15pm‐8:45pm Communication Workshops Dinner at the Stadium! (see rotation schedule) Casual Attire Neat Attire
11:15pm RA Check‐In 9:00pm‐10:00pm Newsroom Prep (see chart) Neat Attire
10:30pm RA Check‐In
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Saturday, June 21, 2014 Sunday, June 22, 2014
7:30am‐8:45am Breakfast 7:45am‐9:00am Breakfast
9:00am‐1:00pm Newsroom Simulation 8:00am‐9:00am AU Credit Class* Casual Attire Casual Attire
1:15pm Board Buses 9:00am‐10:00am Leadership Session *Lunch on bus Art of Communication Facilitator: Dr. Paul Lisnek 2:00pm‐3:30pm Arlington Cemetery Neat Attire 3:15pm Wreath Laying Ceremony Casual Attire 10:15am‐11:45am Leadership Session Wreath layers in Professional Attire Commitment in Action Facilitator: Robert Pruitt 3:45pm Board Buses Neat Attire
5:00pm‐8:00pm Baltimore Harbor 12:00pm‐1:00pm Lunch Dinner on your own Casual Attire 1:15pm‐2:45pm Communication Workshops (see rotation schedule) 8:00pm Board Buses Neat Attire
9:00pm‐10:00pm Dyadic Encounter 3:00pm Board Buses (see chart) Casual Attire 3:30pm‐5:15pm The Holocaust
Memorial Museum 10:30pm RA Check‐In Neat Attire
5:30pm Board Buses
5:45pm‐7:30pm Historic Georgetown Dinner on your own Neat Attire
7:45pm Board Buses
8:30pm‐9:45pm Leadership Session Conflict Resolution Facilitator: Robert Pruitt Casual Attire
10:30pm RA Check‐In
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Monday, June 23, 2014 Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group Morning (AM) Group Afternoon (PM) Group
7:45am‐8:45am 7:45am‐8:45am 7:30am‐8:30am 7:15am‐8:15am Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
9:00am‐12:00pm 9:00am‐10:15am 9:00am‐12:00pm 8:30am Discover the World of Leadership Session: Discover the World of Board Buses Communication Classes Community Build Communication Classes Entertainment Comm Neat Attire Entertainment Comm 9:00am‐12:00pm Music Entertainment Music Entertainment Script/Video 10:30am‐11:30am Script/Video Capitol Hill & Sports Writing/Broadcast Sports Writing/Broadcast The Smithsonian 35mm Photography TA Presentation 35mm Photography *Lunch on your own Media for Social Change Communication: From Media for Social Change Casual Attire Neat Attire Yesterday to Tomorrow Casual Attire
Neat Attire 12:15pm‐1:00pm 12:15pm Lunch 12:15pm 11:45am‐12:45pm Board Buses Board Buses
Lunch 1:15pm‐2:45pm 1:00pm‐4:00pm Leadership Session: 1:00pm‐4:00pm 12:30pm‐3:30pm Discover the World of Community Build Discover the World of Capitol Hill & Communication Neat Attire Communication Classes The Smithsonian Acting for the Camera *Lunch on your own Backpack Journalism Acting for the Camera Broadcast Journalism 3:00pm‐4:00pm Backpack Journalism Casual Attire Directing for the Camera Broadcast Journalism TA Presentation Investigative Journalism Directing for the Camera Communication: From 3:30pm Video Game Design Investigative Journalism Yesterday to Tomorrow Casual Attire Video Game Design Board Buses Neat Attire Neat Attire 4:15pm‐5:30pm Leadership Session What I Discovered 4:15pm‐5:15pm TA Presentation: Facilitator: Robert Pruitt Casual Attire College & Beyond
Neat Attire 5:45pm‐6:45pm Dinner 5:30pm‐7:15pm Dinner 7:00pm‐9:00pm Discover the World of 7:30pm Board Buses Communication Final Presentations 8:00pm‐10:30pm Washington at Night Professional Attire WWII, Jefferson, FDR Memorial Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean War Mem. 9:30pm‐11:00pm Correspondent’s Ball Iwo Jima Casual Attire Casual Attire (walking shoes!)
11:00pm RA Check‐In 11:15pm RA Check‐In
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
7:15am‐8:15am Breakfast
8:30am‐9:30am Closing Ceremony Casual Attire
9:45am‐11:00am Final TA Meeting (see chart) Casual Attire
11:00am‐5:00pm Check‐Out Any Attire You Want!! (within reason of course)
12:00pm‐1:00pm Lunch
5:30pm All Students Must Vacate Dorms
Airport shuttle times will be posted on Tuesday Night. Look for lists posted on your floors and in the elevators. Please see the office if your information is incorrect.
All students must be checked out of the program by 3:00 pm and must vacate the dorm by 5:00pm. Shuttle times will be posted in elevator and in hallway. Please be in the lobby 20 minutes prior to your departure.
Check‐Out To‐Do List:
Pack Belongings (check all drawers and closets) Clean Your Room. Place trash into the hall trash cans located outside the floor lounges. Place linens and towels inside your pillow case and put outside your door. Leave pillow and folded blanket on the bed. Check‐out with NSLC staff member on the floor. Return key/card to AU staff at Check‐Out Sign‐out of the program with a NSLC staff member downstairs in the McDowell Lounge
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Guest Speakers & Professors
Dr. Paul Lisnek
Dr. Lisnek is a multi‐Emmy Award winning television host, radio host, nationally recognized speaker, communications and negotiation trainer, and author. He hosts “Politics Tonight,” a nightly LIVE television talk show seen in Chicagoland on CLTV( the 24 hour sister news station to WGN‐TV). Dr. Lisnek also anchors “Newsmakers” on Headline News Channel, hosts “Political Update with Paul Lisnek,” (for which he received the 2009 Beacon Award for Best Political Program and the 2009 CableFax Award as Best Host of a Political Affairs series). He has interviewed Presidents, Secretaries of State, Governors, Senators, and other leading political, social and entertainment figures.
Scott Zucker, Sports Assistant Managing Editor for Enterprise and Investigation
Scott Zucker is USA TODAY Sports' assistant managing editor for enterprise and investigation. Scott's covered the NFL and Major League Baseball for USA TODAY and USA TODAY Sports Weekly.
Sarah Menke‐Fish, Professor Asst. Professor Sarah Menke‐Fish is a master teacher in the School of Communication. She serves as associate director for the Center for Environmental Filmmaking, launched and directs Discover the World of Communication, a summer program that brings high school students from around the world to AU and U.C. Berkeley for intense, hands‐on courses in environmental communication, video production, screen writing and journalism. Prior to joining the SOC faculty, Menke‐Fish coordinated Montgomery County Public Schools' Humanities and Communication Magnet Program. She has won numerous awards for educational documentaries produced with middle school and high school students, including CINE awards for If You Change Your Mind and Remotely Science. She and her students received the Presidential Environmental Youth Award for Trash: What A Waste, a comprehensive look at recycling. In 2005 she was selected Faculty Member of the Year by the AU Student Confederation; in 2002, she received American University's award for Outstanding Teaching in an Adjunct Position. Ned MacFadden, Professor
Ned MacFadden was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated in 1993 with a degree in Visual Arts from University of Maryland–Baltimore County. He teaches Media Productions at Eastern Middle School's Humanities and Communication Arts Magnet in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has freelanced as a cinematographer, worked as a portrait photographer, and taught animation workshops at the Capitol Children's Museum. This will be Ned’s sixth summer teaching Screenwriting and Video Production for DWC. Ned’s work has been shown at Maryland Art Place, Theater Project, Homebody, Good Love, The Great Frame Up, Left Bank, Coldwell Banker, Dumbarton, Touchstone Gallery and the Oregon Ballet Theater. He lives in Olney, Maryland with his wife, Melanie, and daughter, Lauren.
Alison Raffaldt, Professor
Alison Raffaldt is an MFA graduate of the School of Communication’s Film & Media Arts Program at American University. She worked from 2001‐2004 as producer, writer, and editor for the weekly television program, “The Environmental Journal,” in Saint Paul, MN. From 2004‐2008 she owned a production company in Kannapolis, NC that produced documentaries on subjects such as “Community Theatre,” “Buddhism,” and numerous short “vanity” documentaries.
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Patrick Flynn, Professor
Patrick Flynn is an award‐winning filmmaker and playwright from Wilmington, Delaware. His films have been shown in L.A., his plays have been staged in New York, and he spent a week in Paris one night. Now he primarily makes the best web content around with actors from 30 Rock, Chuck, Parks & Recreation, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scrubs, FlashForward, Lie to Me, and the E! Network. Patrick was the first student selected by American University to be mentored by Academy Award‐winning director Barry Levinson. He is represented by Abrams Artists Agency’s New Media department.
Greg Smith, Professor
Greg Smith has worked as a producer, director, sound designer and post‐production editor on more than 60 live action and animated feature films, documentaries and music videos for companies including IMAX, Lucasfilm, Paramount, Warner Bros. and National Geographic. He currently owns and operates Pros from Dover Productions, a film and music production company based in Rockville, Maryland. As a journalist, Greg has held senior staff positions at National Public Radio and CBS News and is a staff recipient of two of journalism’s highest honors: the George Foster Peabody and Alfred I. duPont awards. On the music side, Greg has written and recorded six solo albums of original music, theme music for a number of programs on NPR and CBS, as well as several film soundtracks. Greg is an adjunct professor of film at the American University and a seminar instructor for the Montgomery County School System in Maryland. In May 2010, he earned a Master’s Degree in Film Production and in May 2012 he earned his MFA, both from American University.
Josh Barr, Professor
Josh Barr has worked for The Washington Post since October 1995. He is a 1994 graduate of Lafayette College, where he majored in American Studies. Before coming to the Post, he interned as a reporter at The Express‐Times in Easton, Pennsylvania, and was a reporter and sports editor at the Journal Messenger in Manassas. At the Post, he has written about the Redskins, Capitals and Wizards; covered the Orioles, Navy football and University of Maryland football and basketball as well as NASCAR racing. He
currently writes about high school sports and college recruiting.
David Ruck, Professor
David has been involved with numerous documentary and feature film productions. He holds an MFA from American University in Film & Electronic Media, works with for‐profit and non‐profit clients, and is committed to high‐quality work and education. David has filmed Maoists in the Himalayas of Nepal, rocket launches at Kennedy Space Center, documented the polluting practices of a nefarious chemical company, dove on the oldest shipwreck in the Great Lakes with an international team of archeologists, and had his images featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wall Street Journal, among others. Currently, David is in the early stages of promoting his documentary film "I want to be an Astronaut", which had its debut aboard the International Space Station on March 20, 2014. The film will premiere in a public venue in the spring/summer of 2014. He plans to continue to produce documentary films while teaching at the collegiate level. His expertise lie in media, journalism, documentary, producing, and production.
Gemma Puglisi, Professor
Gemma Puglisi is an award‐winning media strategist and producer with more than 25 years of experience. During her career she has worked in broadcast news, public relations, entertainment and the financial sector, where she was a market reporter/media relations specialist for NASDAQ. Her SOC classes have won recognition from the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Washington Mystics of the WNBA and other organizations. Puglisi is often sought as an expert on crisis public relations, media issues, and women in communications. In 2006, she received the Order of the Star and was knighted by the Republic of Italy for her contributions to education and promoting Italian language and culture.
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Iwan Bagus, Professor
Iwan Bagus was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He began his career on the other side of the camera, working as a model in South East Asia for more than 10 years. While modeling, he received a B.A. in Economics in Jakarta and before he moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue his education further. He earned his MS in Engineering from George Washington University and MA in Film Production from American University.
Jan Schaffer, Professor
As SOC's Entrepreneur in Residence, Jan Schaffer helped to launch the school's MA in Media Entrepreneurship program for working professionals. She teaches MAME's Seminar in Media Entrepreneurship. She is also executive director of J‐Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and one of the nation’s leading thinkers in the journalism reform movement. A former Business Editor and a Pulitzer Prize winner for The Philadelphia Inquirer, she left daily journalism in 1994 to lead pioneering journalism initiatives in the areas of civic journalism, interactive and participatory journalism and citizen media ventures. She launched J‐Lab in 2002 at the University of Maryland’s College of Journalism to help newsrooms use innovative computer technologies to engage people in important public issues. As a federal court reporter, she helped write a series that won freedom for a man wrongly convicted of five murders. The stories led to the civil rights convictions of six Philadelphia homicide detectives and won several national journalism awards, including the 1978 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service. Ann Timmons, Professor
Ann Timmons (http://www.anntimmons.com/) has more than 30 years' experience as a professional stage and screen actor, voice‐ over talent, and corporate spokesperson. Ann has been an assistant professor in the Theatre and Speech Communications Departments of the City University of New York, the University of the District of Columbia, and American University. Currently she leads acting workshops for adults in Arlington, Virginia. Ann consults as a valued speech coach to several private clients, non‐ profits, and businesses. She won a number of grants and commissions for her original plays, and has directed many of the Washington’s finest professional actors as well as students in public and private schools. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wellesley College, Ann received her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Illinois.
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