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3 Er.o m t he.D e..a.n Steven Rosenstone looks to the future, now. 4 Crossing Boundaries, .B..ull dlnq _B.rld..Q..e.s As we face a new century, what's required fo r CLA to lead the way? Faculty, administrators, students, and Twin Cities professionals offer ideas for leadership. C a m p u s._Ule Statistics and grandchildren, the White House press office, and filmmaking in France. College of liberal Arts 12 WINTE R 1998 fa c u J t.y_S.p_ojJJ q.h t VOLUM E 1 NUM BER 1 A faculty member who has contributed Dean mightily for nearly 40 years-after he nearly Steven J . Rosenstone didn't unpack in the fi rst place-and a new Director of External Relations faculty member with an eye to the future. Mary Hicks Coordinator of Communications Eugenia Smith e-mail [email protected] 16 Editor, CLA Today Awards and Accolades Ma r y Gustafson A flurry of unusual recognition for staff, Writer alumni, and students. Ann Roehl Photographers Greg Helgeson, page2 John Noltner, pages 3, 4, 10, 14 1I Sara N. 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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA pean I'll get right to the point. I need your help. These days, our eyes and ears are turned toward St. Paul, where the shape future uses of what is arguably the most profound tool for cultural, Minnesota Legislature is considering $249 million in capital requests social, and political change since the from the University to fund some of the boldest initiatives ever. CLA printing press-electronic communi cation. Graduates of the School of has an enormous stake in the outcome of these requests. Journalism and Communication will be tomorrow's most creative leaders. At the core of the University's requests are innovative For this vision to be realized, the requests that are before initiatives for digital technology in all of its guises-includ the Minnesota Legislature must win approval. The requests ing new media technology. Digital technology has trans include funds for new faculty and staff, new technology for formed nearly every aspect of our lives-from the way we teaching and research, and new programs for students. Also get our news and retrieve information to the way we listen to included in those requests are music, send and receive mail, and view images from afar. the funds needed to refurbish Yet, although the state's economic engine is driven increas Murphy and Ford Halls on ingly by technology, it takes more than hardware and soft the historic Mall with multi ware to keep Minnesota vital. It takes imagination, creativ media, interactive, and digital ity, and bold thinking to dream up new inventions and to classrooms and labs. harness new technologies in ways that improve the well Nearly 60 years ago, con being of our citizens. struction of the first building That's where CLA comes in. in the country dedicated sole The information age is demanding of our graduates a new ly to journalism education set of skills and a new dexterity. Digital technology has cre Murphy Hall-made possi ated a world of instant commerce in ideas, with information ble the creation of a school of flowing across international boundaries in split seconds. It journalism that quickly has revolutionized the production, transmission, reception, achieved national as well as and processing of information. It gives us access to a world international recognition. In of information-words, sounds, and images-at the touch fact, not so very long ago, that Dean Steven J. Rosen stone of a key or a voice. And it has transformed the communica school was the top ranked tion industry, erasing the boundaries not only between con program in the nation. Its graduates are some of the great tinents but also between forms of communication. names in journalism-Carl Rowan, Eric Sevareid, Harry More than ever, CLA needs to prepare technologically Reasoner, Vic Cohen, John Finnegan, Jr., and Otto Silha adroit, thoughtful, creative, and versatile communicators to among them. step nimbly across these disappearing boundaries and man Building on that proud heritage, we need to reinvest in age the ubiquitous, sometimes chaotic, swirl of words, images, the future of communications education and research in the and sound bytes. These are the people who will continue to College of Liberal Arts and create a program that the Uni build the communications industry that is so vital to the state's versity and the people of Minnesota can be proud of. Leg and the nation's economy. islative passage of the University's requests will make pos Enter the School of Journalism and Communication (see sible the facilities, programs, and faculties we need to get article, page 8). ready for the class of 2000. CLA's new school will be in the vanguard of teaching and So how can you help? research in journalism and strategic communication. It will Now is the moment for you to call, write, phone, fax, or Left, reach into the community to build strategic alliances with e-mail your legislators. Ask them to support President Reqents' business and industry. As a nucleus of creativity and inno Yudof's proposed capital and supplemental requests. When Professor vation, it will draw scholars and media luminaries from far contacting your legislators, indicate that you are a voter in Emeritus Dominick and wide to test and stage emerging ideas. It will deliver ideas, their district. To find out who your legislators are and how to Arqento and resources, and talent into the communications industries of reach them, call House Information at 612-296-2146 and Sen Minnesota the Twin Cities, already a major media market and nationally ate Information at 612-296-0504, or find them on the Web at Orchestra Director recognized center of advertising, public relations, film and www.leg.state.mn.us. EljiOue. video production, publishing, broadcasting, and Internet On behalf of the students of the College of Liberal Arts, development. thank you for your help. The school will educate students to understand, use, and -Dean StevenJ Rosenstone CLA Today • Winter 1998 3 CLA Tod•y . Winter 1998 4 Facing a new century, the College of Liberal Arts also faces the challenge of creating leaders in a time of massive change in how business operates, how people communicate, and how technology integrates. Is the University of Minnesota prepared to lead the way? Here's a small quiz for you: If you're in business, do cy? Where does a liberal arts education fit in a world you remember life before the fax machine? If you drive whose pace seems to accelerate each day? What's the the freeways, do you remember when having a con significance of the liberal arts in an economy that versation in the car meant someone else was actually responds minute by minute to a stock market stumble in the car with you, not simply on the other end of a in Hong Kong? cellular phone? Remember when Dolly meant "Madi The faculty and administration of CLA have accept son" and not a cloned sheep? When keyboard meant ed the challenge inherent in the close of one century piano, not computer, and music was instrumental, not and the opening of another: the college is poised to digital? Once upon a time, students even watched film move forward boldly, actively developing initiatives strips! that put students first. Has the pace of life increased? Yes. And nowhere That commitment stretches beyond renovating does it move faster, higher, farther than in the future buildings whose air is a hazard and whose infrastruc of today's and tomorrow's college graduates. Workers ture needs repair. It includes a vision for the future that in today's economy are required to be multi-dimen interweaves technology and innovation with the arts sional, multi-skilled, and intellectually supple. We live and humanities. It is a mission that contains the under in what is being called the "information age," when pinnings of economic growth and well being for the business is changing as fast as tomorrow's technology. state of Minnesota. It draws on knowledge that cross A flexible mind and an ability to handle novelty are es disciplines, transcends boundaries between com attributes in today's offices, factories, and showrooms. munities, and builds links to students who are just enter Management experts such as Peter Drucker and W. ing kindergarten. Edwards Deming have claimed for years that the major The faculty, administration, and current students resource of today's economies is not labor or capital, of CLA have identified key programs that require a but knowledge. At the heart of every great university strategic, if substantial, investment.