Commencement on Friday and News Summit on Monday!!!

Looking forward to commencement tomorrow. Dan Rather, Desmond Tutu, and it's not suppose to rain.

Also looking forward to the News Summit "ReThink News: In Search of a New Journalism" on Monday, May 11. Check it out at http://msujrn.org. The public session begins at 1:30 p.m., EDT in Studio E in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. Admission is free, but if you want to guarantee a seat, please email Linda Hartwig at hartwigl@msu.edu. She has full audience info. The event will also be live web cast. The link will be on the web site or you can access it at http://spartantv.cas.msu.edu.

Congratulations to Lou D'Aria and his environmental film students for their latest documentary, Night Shift. Watch it soon on a public broadcast station in your area.

Also congratulations to Focal Point students, their adviser, the J-School's Bob Gould and Troy Hale (another J-School hire!) and his students (both JRN and TISM) for their Emmy nominations.