Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 6-2002 UA11/1 Echo, Vol. 12, No. 2 WKU Public Affairs Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons Recommended Citation WKU Public Affairs, "UA11/1 Echo, Vol. 12, No. 2" (2002). WKU Archives Records. Paper 2001. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/2001 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ..... ill WESTERN KENTUCKY . UNIVERSITY VOLUME 11, NUMBER 1 I MAY / JUNE 1001 Editor's Note Th e staff of Echo magazine congra tulates th e fa culty, staff and administrat ors of Western Ken tucky University on another successful academic year. De­ spite the challenges of seemingly end less co nstruc­ lUetf!; -jute- tTl. ,1I1.. a;;11 ••1 ...,... ... tion and record student enroll ment, and the fear and confusion ca used by the Sept. 11 attacks, employees r:tww~UO<tdufq'lufhCJA., of WKU remained foclised on the stud ents, and how best to se rve them under such tryin g circumstances. 'Ccllettthuc1:o1'li umllt4. <f On behalf of the entire Echo stafT, I wish all of you a happy and productive summer. ?,-A'mlmOttt ,d~:ro ;'~ l d l 1a m pleased to announce th at beginning in Au­ gust, Echo will become an exclusively electronic publicat ion. This change will allow us to delive r in­ terestin g news and information about the people and programs at WKU with improved timeliness and efficiency. Echo online will be published monthly, a vast improvement over the current schedul e of fi ve times a yea r. We will be able to fea ture more of the remarkable people and departmen ts at WKU throughout the course of th e yea r. Echo online will be distributed via an all faculty, all staff e-mai l co ntai ning a link to th e Echo web site, www.wku.edu/ echo. The e-mail will also be sen t to the all retired list. Readers who are not on these e-mail lists but w ish to receive an e-mail noti ­ fication of when a new issue of Echo online is posted should e-mail me, kimberly parsle,y(fl wku edu, with your request. We will be working throughout th e summer to crea te a content drive n, user-friendly, appealing website that supports th e kinds of comprehensive stories to whi ch Echo readers have become accus­ tomed. As always, I in vit e you to submit story ideas and profess iona l activi ties. Your suggesti ons are critical to making Echo a publica ti on th at is truly for and about the faculty, staff and friends of Western Kentucky University. Kimberly Shain Parsley ACADEMICALLY SP EA KING 2 Focused on Storytelling By Tommy Newton 4 Western Works to Bring Girls 2 Science By Miranda Wilemon 9 Building a Tradition of Success By Tommy Newton ON CAMPUS 6 Conserving Energy-A Bright Idea By Kimberly Shain Parsley 8 While We 're on the Subject By Kimberly Shain Parsley PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 12 EDUCATION NEWS 13 IN RETROSPECT 14 Voices from the Past 8y Sue Lynn Stone STAF F SPOTLIGHT 16 Changing the Face of Kentucky's Teachers By Kimberly Shain Parsley FACULTY FOCUS 17 Jooyong Ahn-Just Call Him Maestro By Kimberly Shain Parsley 19 Making Music the Old-Fashioned Way By Miranda Wilemon COMMENTARY 21 It's Economic Development, Stupid! By Aaron W. Hughey INVEST ING IN THE SPIRI T 23 Cangemi rewards fellow faculty in Psychology Department 8y Carol Cummings NEWS & NOTES 24 .DUCATION PAYS Focused on Stontelling New building, new technology won't change photojournalism program's emphasis on content By Tommy Newton The images flash onto the screen. Smoke rising In thi s multimedi a prese nta ti on , the images, sou nds from the New York skyline. Tears flowing down and writing come together to tell Ihe story of people af­ fected by the attacks on America . "I'm proud of my stu­ of those people's cheeks. Candles burning in memory dents and my colleagues. I've never been prouder," said killed at the World Trade Center. James Kenney, coord inator of Western Kentucky Pi ctures, however, tell only part of the story. There's University's photojournalism program. "Il's a real lesti­ sound. Sounds of grief. Sounds of hope. Sounds of despair. mony of the spirit of our program." Sounds of music. Sounds of family and friends sharing The presentation. produced by WKU students and fac­ their stories of those lost when the buildings collapsed ulty. is th e latest chapter in the story of the nation's pre ­ Sept I I. mIer Journalism and broadcasting program . This fa ll, Sounds and pictures, however, tell only part of the WKU 's School of Journalism and Broadcasting will add an story. There's text Words and numbers provide additional emphasis in new medi a to its photojou rnalism sequence. context and informati on about the sights and sounds. 2 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY ' JUNE 1001 A(AD EMI(Al l Y SPEAK ING The new media emphasis "increases ou r experti se to when Mike Morse took optional retirement. Morse, who ensure that our graduates will be knowledgeable of best has been with the program since it was established more practices in the field ," sa id Jo-Ann Albers, director of the th an 25 yea rs ago, remains on board in a part-time ro le. School of Journalism and Broadcasting. The school's Ce n­ Joe Imel, chief photographer for the Daily News, also is a ter for 21st Ce ntury Media is Western's second program of part-time instructor. distinct ion. Tim Broekema and Jeanie Adams-Smith are the new­ "II's interesting that before we get started that we've est full-time faculty members. Broekema returned to West­ produced a piece that is representative of what we want to ern last fall after serving as director of photography at the do with that program," Kenney said. Ka lamazoo (M ich.) Gazelte. Adams-Smith, who was a Th e Sep t. I I DVD "is almost exac tly the kind of thing photo editor at the Chicago Tribune and a Knight Fell ow at we wa nt to do but under different circumstances," he sa id. Ohio University, began her duties this se mester. "We want to take an issue and bring toge th er several ele­ "I fee l really bl essed to have such a grea t group of ments of media and produce it in a way to distribute in a people on the faculty," Kenney said. "The talent and en ­ digital format." ergy we have here is tremendous." But taking this latest step into the digital age doesn't Another change for the program will be the move into mean the photojournalism program is going to lose sight the state-of-the-art Media and Tec hnology Hall. of its mission or its tradition. "With the new building, the photojournalism program "Content - telling stori es - is what we've always been is gaining a showcase location on the first floor, an addi­ about," Kenney said. "That has not changed, should not tional studio and electronic imaging lab, extra office change and will not change. We may be using different space, a gallery that it will control and greatly enhanced tools but the result is the security for equipment sa me. We are storytell­ and labs," Albers said. ers." The building also will No amount of high­ include a darkroom. Al­ tech equipment or com­ though the use of dark­ puter editing software rooms has been reduced ca n hide the lack of con­ in the digital age , "we tenl in a story, he sa id. feel there's still a va lue While economic and in it as a teaching tool," production issues forced Kenney sa id. "It makes the newspaper industry our students better to to move more quickly ha ve a taste of it. " into the digital era, That's why th e pho­ Western'S move has ~_ tojournalism program's been more gradual as the tradition of excellence, department blended tra­ <!'" producing quality stu- ditional darkroom tech­ ~ dents and teaching vi ­ niques and digital imag­ ,. sua I storytelling skills ing systems. ~ won't change in a new "We didn't want to building or with new abandon what has taken technology, he sa id. us this fa r," Ke nney sa id. "We have fought hard not to let "The new building is a sign of a job well done," Kenney technology become the star of the program. Our students said. "Many people before me - people like Mike Morse, are th e stars of the program. That won't change." Jack Corn , Dave laBelle, Suzi Post, David Cooper - worked That emphasis on student success has increased en­ really hard in less th an ideal conditions and accomplished ro llment in Western's nationally recognized photOjournal­ much." ism program. In recent years the program has had t20 to Kenney also recognized others outside the photojour­ 130 students; last fall the number rose to about 180. nalism program - Albers; David Whitaker, former depart­ ''I'm sure the Western Kentucky photojournalism pro­ ment head ; David Lee, Dean of Potter College - who have gram is mentioned in anyone's short list of schools to rec­ been supportive and allowed the program to fl ourish.