Check out A (as in Awesome) speakers and looming deadlines

As we roll into April and the final weeks of the spring term, we have some A-list speakers coming to campus and some important deadlines.

Students who will complete 56 credits by the end of this term, must complete an application to apply for Admission to the J-School. If you haven’t done it by now, you need to get it done by April 1!!! This is the J-School, and we believe in deadlines.

This Thursday, Washington Post columnist Marcela Sanchez will be giving the annual Mary Gardner Lecture at 3 p.m. in 145 CAS. Her lecture is titled New Political Realities in Latin America and the Challenges for Press Coverage. Her experience covering Latin and South America for the Post makes her an expert on the region. With Venezuela and its oil reserves, the politics of the region are more important than ever. Don’t miss her!

Also Friday, April 4 is the deadline for undergraduate students who will be seniors in the 2008-9 academic year to apply for the Mary Adelaide Gardner Scholarship. Winning this full tuition scholarship would make life a lot easier next year! Qualifications are as follows:
Must be a journalism major who has completed 90 credits by the end of the current semester.

Must have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher

Must be planning a career in print journalism (reporting or photography)

The Application Package Must Contain:

Resume: Attach a resume listing media-related employment{,} including work for college newspapers, internships, other school activities and other work experience.

Essay: In a 500-word essay discuss your career thus far as well as your goals and ambitions for your future career in print journalism.

Sample Clips: Newspaper or magazine articles that demonstrate your work as a journalist. The clips (3 to 5) must be dated with the publication listed. Photocopies are acceptable.

Next week, Dr. Dianne Lynch, the dean at the Roy Park School of Communications at Ithaca College and the first executive director of the Online News Association will be on campus on April 10 & 11 to talk about the digital revolution in news and what skills you need to learn to snare top paying jobs in this evolving era.