College of Liberal Arts & Sciences The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication The University of Iowa

Adler Building Dedication:
J-MC/Daily Iowan Seminars

Friday, September 30, 2005

8:30-10:00 - E105 AJB - Journalism Education at a Crossroads

photoWill Norton, Dean, College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Nebraska; Professor Norton became dean at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications in 1990. Education: Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.Div., Garrett Theological Seminary; M.Div., Indiana University; B.A., Wheaton College. PLAY VIDEO

photoCharles Self, Vice President, President, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, former dean Gaylord School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma; B.A. Andrews University; M.A. University of Missouri; Ph.D. University of Iowa. PLAY VIDEO

photoAnantha Babbili, Dean, College of Mass Communication, Middle Tennessee State University; Babbili holds a Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Iowa and an M.A. from the University of Oklahoma. He received undergraduate degrees in biological sciences and journalism from Osmania University, in Hyderabad, India.

photoTed Glasser, professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University. 2002-2003 president of the AEJMC and former vice president and chair of the Mass Communication Division of the ICA. His books include Custodians of Conscience: Investigative Journalism and Public Virtue, with James S. Ettema; Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent, edited with Charles T. Salmon; Media Freedom and Accountability, edited with Everette E. Dennis and Donald M. Gillmor; and The Idea of Public Journalism, an edited collection of essays. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. PLAY VIDEO

photoBonnie Brennen, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at Temple University, former Chair, Journalism, School of Communications and Theatre at Temple. Previously, she served on the faculties of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Virginia Commonwealth University and the State University of New York Geneseo and also spent several years working as a journalist and in corporate communications. She was appointed Vice Provost August 15, 2005. Ph.D. University of Iowa. PLAY VIDEO

10:15-11:45 - E105 AJB - Journalism Practice at a Fork in the Road – Iowa Alumni

photoJohn Soloski, professor and former dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia. Ph.D., Mass Communication, and M.A., Journalism, University of Iowa. From 1996-2001, Dr. Soloski was director of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He was editor of Journalism and Communication Monographs from 1994 to 2002. He is a member of the editorial boards of Newspaper Research Journal, Mass Communication Review, Communication Law and Policy and Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism . PLAY VIDEO

photoRoger Thurow, B.A., 1979, began his career at the Wall Street Journal as an intern in the Atlanta bureau in 1979 and has been with the newspaper ever since. His positions include stints in the Dallas and Houston bureaus and as an overseas correspondent in Bonn, Johannesburg, and Vienna. As a front-page senior writer, he is now based in Europe, writing features for the paper. Roger was a 2004 Pulitzer finalist in the international category for his reporting on "Third World Hunger."  His work on the AIDS crisis in Botswana, Ghana and other African countries is recognized around the globe. PLAY VIDEO

Dean Mills is professor and dean of the Missouri School of Journalism. Mills received his Ph.D. in communications from the University of Illinois. and M.A. from The University of Michigan. He earned a B.A. in Russian and journalism at the University of Iowa. Mills also served as director of the Pennsylvania State University's School of Journalism and then as coordinator of graduate study in communications at California State University, Fullerton. Before entering academia, he was Moscow Bureau Chief for the Baltimore Sun . From 1972 to 1975 he was a Sun correspondent in Washington, D.C., where he covered the Watergate scandal, the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision. PLAY VIDEO

ogitiKirsten Scharnberg,   is a national correspondent for the Chicago Tribune , based in the newspaper's New York bureau. She has been with the paper since 1999, and has spent time working on most Tribune news desks, including metro, projects, politics, national, foreign, features and the Sunday magazine. She has extensively covered the war and ongoing conflict in Iraq, spending more than eight months in Iraq. She also has reported from Africa for the paper. Before coming to the Tribune , Scharnberg was a reporter at the Baltimore Sun and The Des Moines Register . She was editor of The Daily Iowan from 1995 to 1996. PLAY VIDEO

Dana Roberson   is an associate producer for the CBS News program 60 Minutes II . Over a 15 year career at CBS she has produced segments for Face the Nation, Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt/Charles Osgood, Fantastic Journey, Coast to Coast, and Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel . She has covered events from the dragging death of an African-American man in Jasper, Texas and the World Trade Center tragedy to the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan. She is the recipient of two American Women in Radio and Television Awards, a National Association of Black Journalists Honor and an Emmy nomination. She received a BA in journalism from The University of Iowa in 1987.

12:00-1:30 - E105B AJB - Journalism Credibility: The Business Side

photoTom Duncan, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, Ph.D., in mass communication, University of Iowa,   M.A., in advertising, Northwestern University; B.S. in journalism with an advertising major and a marketing minor, Northwestern University. Tom Duncan founded the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) graduate program at the University of Colorado in 1993. He now teaches at the Daniels College of Business (University of Denver) where he is directing the first MBA in IMC program in the country. PLAY VIDEO

photoMike Beck is originally from Leavenworth, Kan. Mike worked for the Fort Scott (Kan.) Tribune , the Topeka Capital-Journal , the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press , and the Ithaca (N.Y.) Journal . Mike has taken home numerous journalism awards at the state and national levels, including the Robert F. Kenney Journalism Award . He is also a two-time winner of the President's Ring , the highest honor for an editor awarded by Gannett Co., parent company of the Press-Citizen. He is president and publisher of the Iowa City Press Citizen. PLAY VIDEO

photoJoe Hladky III, was born March 20, 1940, and attended public schools in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the University of Iowa -- graduating in 1962 with a B.A.  Hladky worked for the Bank of California, 1962-1963; Cedar Rapids Gazette , 1963-present, where he served varying periods in the Circulation Department, Display Advertising Department, and as Production Manager.  President and publisher of The Gazette Company since 1980, publisher of the Gazette newspaper. The Gazette Company's other subsidiaries are KCRG television and radio as well as a software development firm -- Decisionmark. PLAY VIDEO

Liz Mathis. is currently president of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Professional Advisory Board. Liz has been appearing on Eastern Iowa television for almost 25 years. She's been at KCRG-TV9 since 1998 as co-anchor of the five and six o'clock news. Liz graduated from the University of Iowa in 1980 with a BA in journalism and mass communication and broadcasting and film (double major). Prior to going to KCRG, she was the Communication Arts Department Chair at Wartburg College, teaching broadcast journalism and First Amendment law classes. Her broadcast career has taken her to places like Nicaragua and the Philippines, three National Political Conventions and disaster sites across the Midwest. She has written thousands of general assignment stories throughout her broadcast career. PLAY VIDEO

Art Slusark is Vice President of Corporate Communications and Government Relations for Meredith Corporation.   Before joining Meredith, Art was the Director of Public Information for Baltimore (MD) Gas & Electric Company.   Prior to BG&E, he was Director of Public Relations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland.   Earlier in his career, Art was a staff writer and editor for several newspapers, including The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Times . He has a Master's of Administrative Science degree from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a major in business management.   His undergraduate degree is from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, with a double major in journalism and political science. Art's daughter, Jane is currently attending the University of Iowa, where she is a Daily Iowan scholar and is majoring in journalism and business. PLAY VIDEO

Nancy L. Green is Publisher of The Courier in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa and Vice President - Circulation at Lee Enterprises, Inc. Before joining Lee in December 2000, she was a vice president in the University System of Georgia. Previously, Green was the assistant to the president/newspaper division on the Gannett corporate staff and publisher of two Gannett newspapers- The Springfield (MO) News Leader and The Richmond (IN) Palladium-Item. Before joining Gannett, she was the general manager of student media at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kentucky. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, she received BA and MA degrees in journalism from the University of Kentucky and Ball State University and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. She serves on the board of directors of the INMA North American Division, the NAA Circulation Federation and the Student Press Law Center. She is a member of the NAA Postal Committee, Readership Advisory Group and Diversity Subcommittee. PLAY VIDEO

1:30-2:00 - Dedication Ceremony - Plaza of AJB

2:00-4:00 - Self-guided tours of AJB

5:00-7:30 - J-MC School/Daily Iowan Reunion and Cookout

Saturday, October 1, 2005:

CLAS "Saturday Scholars" - 10:00 a.m. - E105 AJB - This event will showcase work from the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature

Time TBA - J-MC/Daily Iowan Tailgate - All J-MC School alumni and former DI employees will be invited to this event

Homecoming Football Game - Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Illinois Fighting Illini - time TBA