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THE [email protected] WOOD WORD Marywood University Scranton, PA April/May 2010 Entrepreneur to Address Marywood Graduates Inside This Issue CEO William Strickland’s Life is Devoted to Creating Cultural, Educational Opportunities opportunities to students and potter’s wheel. The relationship Corporation has evolved into a adults within an organizational that Mr. Ross and Mr. Strickland national model for education, PRSSA Holds PR Boot culture that fosters innovation, initiated with a revolving mound culture and hope. MCG Youth Camp creativity, responsibility and of clay gave form to the future & Arts and MCG Jazz are integrity. Throughout his vision of Manchester Craftsmen’s both programs of Manchester PRSSA hosts its first annual PR Boot distinguished career, he has Guild. The Guild began as an Craftsmen’s Guild: MCG Youth been honored with numerous after-school arts program in a serves approximately 3,900 Camp, with several speakers giving prestigious awards for his donated North Side rowhouse youth each year through classes students an inside look at the industry. contributions to the arts and the that Mr. Strickland secured while and workshops in ceramics, community, including the coveted still a college student at the photography, digital imaging News, 3 MacArthur “Genius” award. University of Pittsburgh. In 1969, and design art. MCG Arts The past several decades have he graduated cum laude with a gives students a chance to work been dedicated to maintaining bachelor’s degree in American intensively with visiting artists of Focus on Studying, Not successful relationships with history and foreign relations. national and international stature Facebook prominent national foundations The decline of the steel through exhibitions, lectures, and political leaders who share industry created widespread workshops, residencies and school his passion and vision for a unemployment, and Bidwell visits. MCG Jazz is dedicated The Wood Word offers advice to William Strickland will address healthier future. Training Center addressed the to preserving, promoting and avoid procrastinating during finals. graduates on May 9. Photo “Entrepreneurs are, by problem by offering vocational presenting jazz music by bringing Credit: Marketing & Commu- definition, visionaries,” he training to displaced and audiences together with jazz nications. Lifestyles, 5 stated. “The use of art to change underemployed workers. Due to artists at its 350-seat music hall Press Release students’ attitudes is at the heart his successful track record with in Pittsburgh for innovative four- of my vision of education. I MCG, Mr. Strickland was asked day performances and recordings. William E. Strickland see a connection between the in 1971 to assume leadership After 20 years of operation, Scoring Goals, Not Jr., President and CEO of Throwing Gloves creativity instilled by a love of of BTC and guide its transition MCG Jazz has become an anchor Manchester Bidwell Corporation the arts, and the skills needed for to providing skills relevant to of Pittsburgh’s cultural and and its subsidiaries, Manchester business success. Artists are by Pittsburgh’s emerging market community life. Should the NHL ban fighting in Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG), and nature entrepreneurs. They can economy. His involvement in Bidwell Training Center hockey? Bidwell Training Center (BTC), visualize something that doesn’t both MCG and BTC doubled the provides market-driven career will be the keynote speaker exist, to look at a canvas and see strength of Manchester Bidwell education created through strong at Marywood University’s Sports, 7 a painting. Entrepreneurs and Corporation’s ability to help the partnerships with leading local Commencement on May 9. He artists are interchangeable.” community. He envisioned a industries. The center offers will also be awarded an honorary Mr. Strickland grew up template for social change, and accredited associate degree and doctoral degree during the in Manchester, an inner-city began to form relationships with diploma programs in fields as Exploring Hollywood’s ceremony. neighborhood of Pittsburgh. His businesses, government officials, varied as culinary arts, chemical Unrated Age Mr. Strickland is nationally life changed when he became and individuals who shared his laboratory technologies, health recognized as a visionary leader inspired by high school art teacher vision. careers, horticulture, and office Check out a few old-school movies who authentically delivers Frank Ross, a skilled artisan on the Today, Manchester Bidwell technology. < from before today’s system of ratings educational and cultural and censorship. The Wood Word Launches Website Entertainment, 9 By Amanda Toth website. We felt there is no time enhance the physical paper. came to building a successful site, Editor-in-Chief like the present to get started. Sometimes there are articles we but we had to choose something Another reason for going cannot print simply because of that was going to be right for us. Hot Movie Previews Mandy Boyle online is the popularity of online space issues, or because it would We decided to go with Wordpress. Advertising Sales Manager/ news. The newspaper industry not be timely once the paper is Wordpress is an incredibly Entertainment Editor is becoming digitalized. Even delivered. This will no longer be easy-to-use, user-friendly platform Want to see She’s Out of My League that gave us the flexibility we or Avatar? Read our reviews before The Wood Word is proud to needed while still ensuring that you go. announce the coming to fruition our site maintained a professional of a project that has been just a look. As for the technical side Entertainment, 11 proposal for quite some time: The of things, a Wordpress blog was Wood Word is online! simple to set up and something The capstone of the that we felt would transition well Communication Arts Department Obama’s Foreign Policy to future web editors. is Senior Seminar, which So we had the idea and we requires all graduating seniors to had the platform. Next, we went Panelists come to campus to discuss produce a final project, typically to reserve the domain name and the President’s foreign policy when it documentaries or advertising hosting to bring the site to life. comes to the Middle East. campaigns. We chose to make Mandy had some experience with the development of a Wood Word HostGator prior to the site launch website our senior project for Peace & Justice, 14 and was really pleased with their several reasons. interface, not to mention, their One reason is that The Wood great tech support service. So we Word has been trying to do this for After several failed attempts, The Wood Word finally has went with HostGator on a plan that Saying Goodbye quite some time. In fact, the last its own website. gave us tons of space to build our three Editors-in-Chief have looked site, an already registered domain The Wood Word’s graduating editors into some form of a website, college newspapers like Penn an issue, as we can publish these name, thewoodword.org, and all of say goodbye to Marywood and offer including hosting PDFs on the State’s The Daily Collegian and articles online. We can also use the the support we would need to start Communications and Marketing advice to underclassment. The University of Scranton’s website as a way for other clubs to making a site from scratch. Trust Department webpage and a full Aquinas are online. But this is advertise their on-campus events. us – it wasn’t easy. contract with the AP and MTV not to say The Wood Word will be After we decided the paper For those of you who may Outlook, 16 College Networks. With the rise only in an online format; we will should go online, it came time to not be technically well-versed, of easy-to-use blogging platforms continue to print a physical paper. actually sit down and think about building a site is a challenge. We like Blogger and WordPress, it This brings me to a third how we would do it. There were had to learn the vocabulary of a has never been easier to start a reason for going online: it will a ton of options out there when it Continued, Page 19 2 April/May 2010 The Wood Word NEWS The Wood Word [email protected] Q&A With Dolores Nolan SGA What was your experience television. It was show business, like at Marywood University? it was celebrity, and it was fun! Update Marywood was a very Amanda Toth Editor-in-Chief ‘10 special experience. Decades later, What was it like when you By Julianne Szostak I am still talking and breathing first started out in the industry? Staff Writer Marywood. There is something It was the 70s. Women were very special about the experience breaking into the industry. As With the end of the there that has resulted in enduring a woman, I felt empowered. semester approaching, the Alison Trautmann friendships. Probably because For me, I found the industry Assistant Editor-in-Chief ‘12 Undergraduate Student the student body was smaller welcoming and that I was always Government Association is compared to many other schools mentored by everyone I ever continuing to make progress and you never felt lost in a crowd. worked for. I still have good through all intended goals for You had personal relationships relationships with many of the the year. Mandy Boyle with your professors. people I worked with. Again, the We are at the moment Advertising Sales Manager/ internship was key. It launched Entertainment Editor ‘10 making gains in working What made you choose me into the industry. with I-Tech Services to allow Dolores Nolan addressed the Marywood? students to have a quota Communication Arts Depart- Marywood always had a What lessons did you learn for printing and copying on ment at its first Communica- great reputation and it was always early on? their student ID cards and Courtney Baro tions Week.