Senior work from all areas of the School of Journalism & Broadcasting will be on display in the MMTH Gallery starting graduation day, May 13. A reception with the students and their family will be at noon (after graduation) in MMTH. Come and meet the seniors as they spend their last hours as a WKU student showcasing their work. The show is available for viewing by appointment throughout the summer. Contact Kat Williams at 270-745-4143 to arrange a time.
The 2017 capstone PJ436 Capstone course will be presenting their work for a final review in front of our Professional Advisory Committee all day on Wednesday. Anyone is invited to attend and witness some of the great work our students have been doing this past semester. A new presentation will start at the top and bottom of each hours starting at 9am with a break for lunch at noon. We will wrap up around 6pm. Hope to see you there.
2017 PJ436 Final Schedule
Wednesday, May 13, 2017
MMTH Auditorium, rm 166
8:30 – 8:50
Harrison Hill
http://www.harrisonhillphoto.com
9:00 – 9:20
Matthew Lunsford
9:30 – 9:50
Sawyer Smith
http://sawyersmithstudios.com/
10:00 – 10:20
Josh Newell
www.joshnewellphoto.format.com
10:30 – 10:50
Jing Zhao
http://www.jingzphotography.com/
11:00 – 11:20
Casper Christensen
PDF version only
11:30 – 11:50
Leah Johnson
http://www.leahjohnsonphoto.com/
12:45 – 1:05
Cassidy Mayo and Kendall Norwood
http://www.cassidymayo.photography/
http://www.kendallnorwoodphotography.com/
1:15 – 1:35
Ann Marie Disalvo
https://anndisalvophoto.carbonmade.com/
1:45 – 2:05
Rune Pederson
2:15 – 2:35
Katie Roberts
http://www.ktroberts.com/
2:45 – 3:05
Nick Wagner
http://www.nickwagnerphotos.com/index
3:15 – 3:35
Emilie Milcarek
3:45 – 4:05
Michael Noble, Jr.
http://www.michaelnoblejr.com/
4:15 – 4:35
Sally Wegert
4:45 – 5:05
Alyse Young
5:15 – 5:35
Justin Gilliland
WKU PJ majors (seeking or admitted) and their family members are all welcome to join us at Covington Woods park for some time of fun and reminiscing as we say good bye to the class of 2017. A main course and drinks are provided, you bring chips, salads, desserts or any special dish you may want to share. Be sure to bring frisbees, corn hole or any other fun games.
Ibtisam at the International Center of Kentucky in Bowling Green in April 2017. She is a refugee from Somali, and her family is preparing to move to Ohio on the weekend. The International Center helps hundreds of refugees to resettle and transition to life in America. With one of his first executive orders, Donald Trump cut refugee intake from 110,000 to 50,000. The International Center and many of its programs now face cuts.|Gabriel Scarlett.
Nature meets industry outside of Detroit, MI in March 2017. For decades the Environment Protection Agency has regulated this delicate dance between the two. Under the Trump administration, the EPA’s budget is set to be cut by nearly 30 percent–$2.6 billion–in an attempt at boosting the manufacturing and energy sectors.|Gabriel Scarlett.
Michelle Calnan, 52 of Knoxville, Tennessee sits in her bed after getting little sleep the night before due to symptoms of Benzo withdrawal. “I don’t want to be in this body. I’m tired of seeing the same trees out of the same window feeling the same way,” said Calnan while she wept in her bed. Calnan was prescribed Klonopin ,an anti-anxiety drug for over 20 years that is designed to be used for a maximum of four weeks. She is currently attempting to taper off the medication which is a lengthy process taking anywhere from three to six years.|Michael Noble Jr.
Rosalino Santiago Garcia and his wife, Sabina Garcia Pacheco, wait to have a lasso placed on their shoulders by their sponsors during the couple’s wedding ceremony in Santa Ana, Oaxaca, Mexico on March 25, 2017. The lasso is a staple of Hispanic weddings and symbolizes the couple’s everlasting union. The two were officially married five years prior in a civil union, but it wasn’t until March that they could afford to throw a proper celebration after they saved enough of the money that Rosalino earned as a migrant worker in the tobacco fields of Kentucky.|Nick Wagner
Siena Heights University Asia Gardner sprints to the finish line as she anchors in the second heat of the 4×100 meter race during the Hilltopper Relays on Saturday April 8, 2017 at Charles M Reuters Track and Field Complex.|Shaban Athuman
Indiana Tech’s Jordan Partee falls into the sand pit after jumping 6.64 meters during the Hilltopper Relays on Saturday April 8, 2017 at Charles M Reuters Track and Field Complex. Partee would finish in 8th overall with a 6.74 meters.|Shaban Athuman
**This past Tuesday, WKU students skyped with members of RIT’s NPPA student chapter and exchanged photos for a joint critique session. WKU students discussed and selected the best photos from RIT. They did the same with us. Check out what RIT selected as their top photos from this past week! A big thanks to RIT for making the collaboration happen!
A look into the opinions leading up to the 2016 Presidential Race, documented by WKUPJ students Mie Hee Christensen and Michael Noble Jr.
Using Verse’s, interactive video platform you are able to self navigate the video and dive deeper into a variety of subjects concerning voters in the final days before the election.
To experience the interactive site visit:
https://americadivided.atavist.com/americadivided
Rafey Wahlah of Lahore Bunjab, Pakistan has been in the United States for four years. Wahlah is currently the President of the Pakistani Student Association at Western Kentucky. This association was founded three years ago by students of this nationality. Wahlah stated, “When I first came here there were only four Pakistani students, a year later there were about 30; as I graduate this year, I fear we won’t have many Pakistani students attending this University to continue the PSA organization.”|Ebony Cox
Mariam Athuman, 5, is bathed in the afternoon light at her home in Roanoke, Virginia. Her family moved to the United States from a refugee camp in Tanzania in 2008. She is now a citizen.|Shaban Athuman
Much hangs in the balance for Rafey Wahlah, a senior at Western Kentucky University. Wahlah, the current president of the Pakistani Student Association at WKU, will graduate this spring with a degree in Political Science and hopes to return home to Lahore, Pakistan where his family resides but has also begun to seek out work in the United States while he is still eligible under the OTP student visa work program that allows foreign college students enrolled in US schools to begin their careers in the US for a short time in hopes of being selected for an H1-B visa, the first step in the green card process.|Alyse Young
Freelance photojournalists for the New York Times will be on campus in MMTH room 127 to talk with students about the business of photojournalism.
The John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series presents Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists will be speaking April 3 at 7PM in MMTH Auditorium.
Hearst Journalism Awards program recognized Western Kentucky University as the overall winner in their Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition. This marks the 23rd year that Western as won First Place overall in the prestigious competition.
To win overall in Photojournalism students competed in two competitions, News and Features, and in Picture Story/Series.
In the first competition two students from WKUPJ could enter up to 8 images each. Senior Harrison Hill won 1st place and Sophomore Gabriel Scarlett took 2nd place with their collection of images.
The second competition was Picture Story/Series with Junior Srijita Chattopadhyay taking first place for her story about a mother’s struggle with the loss of her 12-year-old daughter who died from an overdose brought on by bullying at school. Freshman Lydia Schweickart placed 10th in the competition with her story about a mom starting her career as an exotic dancer to support her family after her fiancee lost his job.
Congratulations to our students who competed, along with the rest of our students who push to make our program a success every year. As the WKUPJ family we inspire and challenge each other to do better and in turn we all are a part of our fellow student’s success.