SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND THE ARTS

Volume 28. April 2005

STUDENT PORTRAIT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Important Dates

Summer brings transitions, be sure to either change address in GENISYS or let Suzanne Morton suzamor@regent.edu know where you will be over summer. Keep your contact information current so you don't miss out on anything!
Summer Registration
Register by April 29 and by eligible for winning a $50 gift card to Best Buy! On-line registration>
Fall Registration
Before you leave for summer remember that Fall Registration opens in the first week of June. Watch for the Fall schedule to be posted on the school's website in early May.
Graduation Banquet: Calling all Graduates! Join us for a celebration of your works and accomplishments at the Graduation Banquet on May 6 at 6:30 PM. Contact Audrey O'Grady aogrady@regent.edu to sign up.
Needed: Commissioning participants who are willing to be the leaders, as in "follow the leader," i.e., for the Commissioning Rehearsal on Wednesday, May 4 at 3:00 PM in the Main Theatre. Let Suzanne Morton suzamor@regent.edu know if you would like help.

Student Activities

Mark your calendar for the next meeting for Regent's Leading Ladies this Sunday April 17 at 5:30PM in Room 322. Regent alumna and spouse of Prof. Doug Miller will be speaking on "Can you really have it all? Part II." Don't miss it as all the ladies present last time were greatly blessed. For questions or comments please contact Lauran Holton laurhol@regent.edu
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Introducing Crystal Woodall:
Crystal Woodall took a leap of faith last year when she left her hometown, Hyattsville, Maryland, to attend Regent University. Her previous jobs and undergrad education at University of Maryland College Park prepared her for life in finance, but God revealed a different plan.

With no formal training in news-style writing, Crystal entered the Regent journalism program feeling intimidated and nervous. But it didn’t take her, or the rest of the students and faculty, long to realize that she is a remarkably gifted storyteller.

She admits that reading and writing has always been a passion, but it wasn’t until Regent that she learned how to utilize some of the same tools in broadcast scripts as she did in writing feature stories.

Crystal is a second-year student on the verge of graduating. Although she has no immediate plans for her career, she hopes to write feature stories for the 700 Club. Inspired by novelist Francine Rivers, Crystal also dreams of writing Christian fiction novels. - Andrea Hicks

UPCOMING EVENTS...

DEPARTMENT NEWS

April 16 OTIS FILM FESTIVAL
April 26-28 Zero Gravity, Adobe After Effects Workshop
April 29 Guys and Dolls Premiere

TECHNOLOGY TIP

WEB BROWSERS

Several new web browsers are competing with the all present Internet Explorer. Many offer great and useful features, such as pop-up blockers, tabs, search bars and increased security. Try any of these (at your own risk of course :-)

- FIREFOX
- MAXTHON
- AVANT BROWSER

Com news

- Valerie Smith presented "The Rhetorical Workings of a Moral Crusade: C. Delores Tucker Attacks Gangsta Rap" at the Western States Communication Association Convention in San Francisco on February 21.

Journalism

- Last weekend students escaped to a Journalism retreat which encompassed reevaluating and analyzing the program, brainstorming ways to strengthen the program, and of course bonding and strengthening relationships.

- For top stories in news, entertainment, religion, style, opinion and the latest iVoice News tune into The Standard Report.

Theatre

- Regent's biggest musical, Guys and Dolls, is hitting the main stage April 29. More than 100 costumes are being made for this production! For more information and tickets visit the Theatre Home Page >

- Spend your summer nights under the lights! Summer Nights, Theatre camp for grades 6-12 will be held at Regent July 23 - August 14. Summer Nights is sponsored by Regent and Home School Plus, enrollment begins April 18. For more information contact Jill Szoo, Artistic Director.

Cinema-Television

- Congratulations to Syn and Heart of Saturday Night, two Regent films that have been honored with Aurora Awards. Syn won the Aurora Platinum Best in Show award and Heart of Saturday night won the Aurora Gold award. For more information on the films or Aurora Awards see Regent News.

- Attend the OTIS FILM FESTIVAL! Saturday, April 16th at
7:00 PM Main Theatre. Your vote counts to determine first, second, third, and the annual Malendoski Award!
For our Distance Students: Watch the first OTIS LIVE VIDEO STREAM presented by ReelGood.TV

- If you are interested in learning Adobe After Effects 6.5,
Zero Gravity is hosting an workshop April 26-28. Be sure to register by April 11!