Request for Donated Media Textbooks

Received this email today:

Dear Professor,
 
We are sorry for bothering you. We would like to introduce ourself to you. We are from Sumedang Student Association for Communications and Media Studies. One of our aims is to facilitate our members to get literature in our discipline. Because, you must to know it, in our region (Sumedang City) books are in a very lacked conditions. Sumedang regency is a remote place in Java Island. Our University is Sebelas April University.
 
But in our shortages, we try to intensify our studies by holding a group discussion. We have a group discussion, that is Sumedang Student Association for Communications and Media Studies. We have an initiative for getting a help for books’ donation from abroad, because we know that it is very difficult to get books donation in Indonesia, especially in english version.
 
We are very grateful if you could donate us books for our studies. we are now trying for building up a small library for our association. We are interested in the themes of COMMUNICATION THEORY, MASS COMMUNICATION, MASS MEDIA, ADVERTISING, JOURNALISM, PUBLIC REALTIONS and other MEDIA STUDIES books.
 
We are very hopely for your donations, because the books will be very important and useful for helping us in getting knowledge more.
 
Here is our mailing address:
 
SUMEDANG STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA STUDIES PMII Warung Kalde Belakang Toko Eiger Kecamatan. Jatinangor Kabupaten SUMEDANG 45363 INDONESIA
 
Once again, thank you very much for your attention and kindness.

Best Wishes,
 
Sumedang Student Association for Communications and Media Studies

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Third Annual Global Forum – United Nations, New York

The Global Forum will convene at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA 6-8 June 2007 and will involve 400 young professionals and college age students from various national and international Universities, Colleges, and Civic Organizations.

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Guest Lecture on Johnny Depp – SB 168 T 30 Jan at 7 PM

The following event is free and open to the general public.  Students enrolled in COM 507 Intro to Semiotics first will meet in KT 245 at 6 PM and have a chance to talk with the speaker, and then attend the lecture.

DEEP DEPP:
Travails of Celebrity in a Global Era
Tuesday, 30 Jan. at 7 p.m.
Science Building Room 168

Film scholar Murray Pomerance explores our fascination with Johnny
Depp, his riddling complexity, and his meaning for our culture.  The actor’s
image is studied in terms of its many strange nuances: Depp’s ethnicity,
his smoking, his tranquility, his unceasing motion, his links to the Gothic,
the Beats, Simone de Beauvoir, the history of rationality, Impressionist
painting, and other ambiguities.  Both deeply intriguing and perpetually
elusive, Depp is revealed as the central screen performer of the
contemporary age, the symbol of performance itself.

Murray Pomerance, a professor in the department of
sociology at Ryerson University, is the author of An Eye for Hitchcock,
Magia D’Amore, Johnny Depp Starts Here, and winner of an O. Henry short story award.

Generously supported by The Department of Communication and The Chapman Fund

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Writing Center Assistance

The IPFW Writing Center, located in KT G19, is open Monday-Friday, as well as Sunday. It offers all writers free one-on-one help in writing papers for any class. Students may come at any stage of the writing process. Appointments are required; to sign up for a consultation, sign up via Tutor Trac at http://www.ipfw.edu/casa/wc/default.htm. You should bring your syllabus and assignment to your consultation. The Writing Center also offers online consulting, free handouts, and workshops on a variety of topics. If you have questions about the Writing Center’s services or want to see if there are openings for same day appointments, call 481-5740.

See this for more details.

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Writing Center Positions Available

The following message is from the Writing Center:

We are keenly interested in hiring students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, and we are striving to increase the general diversity of our staff. Any referrals you could provide would be deeply appreciated. To work in the Writing Center, students need to have completed successfully two writing or writing-intensive courses, and in Fall 2007 they will be required to take English w397/c507, Writing Center Theory and Practice.

I am happy to provide recommendations. Attached is a .

For more information about the position, please contact:

Sara Webb-Sunderhaus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Writing Center Director
Department of English and Linguistics
Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
(260) 481-6770 (Classroom Medical 117)
(260) 481-0124 (Writing Center)
webbs@ipfw.edu

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Now Accepting Applications for Jack G. Shaheen 2007 Mass Communications

Washington, DC | Decmber 7, 2006 | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee (ADC) is now accepting applications for the 2007 Jack G. Shaheen Mass
Communications Scholarship. Jack G. Shaheen, PhD, is the world’s foremost
authority on media images of Arab and the author of Reel Bad Arabs, Arab and
Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture, Nuclear War Films, and The TV
Arab. He established this scholarship through ADC to recognize Arab-American
students who excel in media studies. The deadline for applications is April 16,
2007, and recipients of the scholarship will be announced and presented at ADC’s
Annual Convention

JACK G. SHAHEEN MASS COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION INFORMATION

PURPOSE:
To recognize Arab-American students who excel in Media Studies.

AWARD AMOUNT:
$1000

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Juniors, Seniors, or Graduate Students

Must be attending college in the 2007-08 academic year.

Must be majoring in Mass Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television, and/or
Film

Must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. citizen of Arab heritage

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS–DEADLINE: APRIL 16, 2007:
Applicants should send the following to the ADC Research Institute:

A one-page statement stating that you are a US citizen, explaining your goals
and why you merit the scholarship

Copies of articles, videos, films, etc.

Official academic transcripts including your GPA

Two letters of recommendation from Mass Communications professors

Permanent home address, phone number, email address; also address, phone number,
and email address during the school year

Awards will be announced and presented during ADC’s Annual Convention in
Washington, DC.

SEND APPLICATIONS TO:
Attn: Nawar Shora
ADC Research Institute (ADCRI)| 1732 Wisconsin Ave, NW | Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202-244-2990 | Fax: 202-244-7968

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Withers Scholarships

Withers Scholarships provide full tuition for one year for academically deserving (GPA of 3.3 plus) students.  The number of scholarships awarded depends on how well the stock market has done this past year.   Information and an application form is on the Department of History website.  See http://www.ipfw.edu/hist/Scholarships/Scholarships.htm

The deadline for application this year is February 9.

Upcoming Women’s and Gender Studies Conference

The following email is from Linda Fox, director of the Women’s Studies Program at IPFW:

It is my pleasure to announce  that IPFW’s Women’s Studies Program is the host for the 19th annual “Celebrating Our Students” all – IU Undergraduate Women’s and Gender Studies Conference. We hope to have students from all 8 campuses and some faculty as well.  The one-day conference  will be Friday April 13th from about 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include a keynote by Layli Miller Muro, who helped champion the first successful legal case based on gender asylum in the US, a continental breakfast and buffet lunch, and a closing theatre piece, in addition to several rounds of concurrent sessions around the theme of “The Global Community of Women.” This theme is broad enough to allow for a wide variety of research or creative work by your students, and I hope as you read and evaluate term papers and projects, you will identify the best ones and recommend that the students participate in our conference.

We will have an on-line submission form and a link to the conference information  from the Women’s Studies page,  beginning in late January. Deadline for submissions will be March 3 (just before spring break).  It is particularly helpful to identify students from this semester since many will not have a completed project or paper by early March from the spring 2007 semester.  Please ask your students to see me for more details.
I hope that the IPFW contingent of presenters will be large, since we are the host campus this time and do not have to travel!

Please help to make this a most memorable conference by encouraging your best students to contribute!

Thanks for reading this.

Linda Fox

Linda C. Fox, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of Women’s Studies
Indiana U.- Purdue U. Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.,
Fort Wayne IN 46805
email: fox@ipfw.edu
tel.: (260) 481-6895
fax : (260) 481-6985

International Radio and Television Society Foundation Fellowship Program

The International Radio and Television Society Foundation Fellowship Program runs from 3 June – 4 Aug. in New York City.  It covers travel, housing, and living expenses.  Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate students are eligible.  Deadline for applications is 15 Dec. 2006.  For more information, visit www.irts.org

SoapU College Soap Opera Contest

From Disney Corp:

November 8, 2006

Welcome to the Envy League. SOAPnet is pleased to announce open enrollment for SoapU this fall! Original soap operas have been running for years on campuses across the country and SOAPnet is offering your students real-world experience in one of entertainment’s most fast-paced genres with its SoapU College Soap Opera Contest.

Students who fulfill all entry requirements as outlined in the Official Rules may submit up to 10 minutes of original footage related to the soap opera genre to SoapU from October 16th through December 31st, 2006 to get started. One grand prize winner will receive a trip to LA and an opportunity to pitch original programming ideas to SOAPnet and SOAPNETIC as well as a budget of approximately $20,000* to produce a piece of original content for SOAPNETIC, SOAPnet’s broadband video platform.

SOAPnet is reaching out to professors and academic officials who may take an active interest in our program, spread the word to their classes, or even offer SoapU as an extra credit project.

For more information and Official Rules, please visit www.soapu.com.

Best,

Erin Weir
Director of Promotions
SOAPnet
818.569.7630.
erin.weir@disney.com

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE 50 U.S. OR D.C.,18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE AT THE TIME OF ENTRY AND WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE 50 U.S. OR D.C. AND HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AS OF 10/15/06. CONTEST ENDS 12/31/06. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS APPLY. CLICK HERE FOR OFFICIAL RULES.

Parental permission is required if Contestant is a minor. For the purposes of this Contest only, Administrator has determined the applicable age of majority is 18 years of age in all states of the United States except Alabama (19), Nebraska (19) and Mississippi (21).*Subject to compliance with all terms and conditions throughout the production process, approximately twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) will be available for use by the winner in producing an original program for SOAPNETIC.