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8 Thz CoagAas tvsaieseay. Ocaooer 21.19S2 New Chair of LL&C Dept, happy to be a Vike; eager to work with students in news media By Brace Copeiad ‘'I w$Tt 10 mate a dmierence'said Dr. Lnda Hcrer^e CaOahan. the new actn^ chair of nest's DepartineiitofLangaage.Liientijre..and Cccnmvca tnv Callahan, a rettre of H3bboro^^ V.C, repiaced Dr. Ame Hendason. who r«ired the past strnxner atter serving as the depaitinent's chair §or 2S v’ears. CallaJian coines to ECSU mxn Oliio State Lr»versit}>', >*i>ere she owrses wv iourrelism and pi±ik; rdatiar& Only a months ntto her lam Callalwt a]read%' vt'ants to irmks seme changes. She said she hopes to get more c3XTfuiers ior the tacnh>' and students, more irwemshtps far stukiems. and more equi|3u>3*kjrtliedepann'Eiit.5t^»»culd aisD He to see stukients beaxre nwe inwairod m ECSU'sdifearfcd oraariza- tionsw pama^arS' these reined to stu dents'respectrv® maicrs. “in order to en ounce their maiketafaie skiBs.' For smdens zTerested m News Me dia, Oblahsi hopes toorzanczea student chape- of die Naticrtal Association of BSa^ knmaicts. She w% adrtsor and orgaroer 01 the African Anerran Xtedia .Asscvscon at Ohio Stale. Callahan. v»-hose SferaSty is aotnmu- racatKTB and neiw’s racha. srrteri rrsasaers and dcooraie degrees m ccm- mcncatxx’. atOhio Stae. 3ie adints to a Sfetsre 3Uerest r. cocmjnicaljpns and news rredsa. “rTer.25 2 and washed and bssred t the ne%*’S." s^said. CaSajtiT. sakd she is ecited bv the oc*- rcro2*t\ t with students “m\ ev ery aspect ot cotmxmicaaccK." 3ieisa^enip\'3ish«nga memrerof tiv \Tkin£ tamAv. s*a^ stadeits and «imir;^ tratxT! have Deer, cordial arkd snpporave r. me to the Lzixersitv",*' she sa»d addme that ^ s esoeaalS-hapCT’ to rv part of a IistoricaS%" biack imrrer- 9t>'. *H9CVshawa sraziaZ nission. Thev" cans »*-ho w-^jed to nirtJe- thes- edu2- tton but ^•’ere not aBow^ to do so n *i-hne ui»\gsaje&. >iow d« while cst vtviduab ieei *at HBCJ^ i«E «? k»^ rtisded, ButdeaoseroeotTfflO/swc^ be a rnjTT seori KT dexTtnmcdtes r. ^■■hich the irrTs^raEies are locasd, aixJ hcnier the prepress of African- Arrerr- care.' T^cla\'HBCLsarecKEjer^; rsscLxcES Kr stndaics of £ races to receive a :yaJ- TtY echxatior_* CaSahai sa»-! 'Tl« 5 e^'oeD0Bd K- the £ac that staters wlr zrscnaie GTGv ri9C^ proGrsrsarevyrv must make sure that African-Americans, par ticularly young ones, know' their history, such as the struggle of African-Americans to gain voting rights” Dr. Linda Florence Callahan Ck.iJTEx.,alanar.TeTe»» cnarartieZtiDatireniG#_arnua3e Jerairei ^-r-r-iri- caaor =ornes c ECSU tor Or» Sta»e anc ajoic •gacns. crmpetaive ki the lot* maricet and it graiuae and pr?*sssiona] sciwi.*’ Caiahan be^^ aS students shxdd aiw'are of the detrsreia! cnpact erf radtsm and shcuid ase that krc%»iedae to ti>-to rrate sod^ a beaerr%a3ein %»4«h tolK^ Ca5ahan said she has had to deal witfi ra:^. arvl sedsr. fcwt *ids. 'I let deser me fr;xn trying to »*i»t I led 5 the ri^ thine to ix'^ -■^^*Er cknfcae rrarrrr^ n iMrahsir. and radto. lelevtsion. ar»i nvtxn pic tures at UNC-C--p«? FEl m 19-4 Ca^h^. w'critsd as a repoTEr 3rd saff ■''"nler tor . « Tb^es rew'SMre- 1576. She tie', nwed to Charfctte and >-’CTied at \%’SCC-.AM Ne*.^ , \nSOC FM arc WA’^S radto ^ a rews rejcr-sT and editor. While m Chariotie-she also »»X3rked as a s*as wraer XX me C-irixa and tit and prxhKO-of a pwNic atfaiiri CTvVrarr. ** PuNfc: Teifviaon. SJt w^ ako dv«ctor of F\it4ic Keii- tore. Uimvrstj Kelatw at C LTw\^rsit> hvvn to l«^v As >a«ctor. imi^vrsa^- cvxwvhna*ed oHenW jivi exter nal oxnmunicittore; srtoiiwunh^ratN ^ ptvvhx-«d u«5«x C l.T»\i5isrt>- SJv>»*\:atse“ a ^\vkh r*jk» prrer*TiaKxK tf^i»u\vTsat\ on three axmwcwl statKx^ m theOuj- 'tottea:^^ '^Jj^ahan left OttrV«tie to en»v^ « CSL v^aliahar. w*s edj*or ot (he d«v»rt- nvnta! and \ a IVMVXV»|\ dtstr*- Jted eiKtn:«fc: r>ewN*e«eT, ^ fM-AxtorMtNte^^v s*»t' rxiS ic speaking and English compositioii CExsses at .Aiafaacia A & M University jj Hnntsv'ile, Ak. she ioired the SchooJ of Journalism fac- al^'. In addkton to other re^jonaijili- tes at Ohio State, she designed and de- \.ieioped a course. 'Diveisity in the Me dia." CaSahan has recErred more than two dozen horns and av»3rds, indudingthe USXT Leadership Av»-ard, the Colum- Iws Assodation of BUi foumalistsSer- vioe Awwd, The ONo State Univeisity Co«er kr Teada:^ BuDeOence Awaid, s»d theI9?l Ctestatviir^Facully Award, prsseraed to te-by the OSU Blade Greek Coonci. Ci3ar£r>c& r^er. ictiv’einprofiessional JTgangafiocs. such as the .■\ssodationlor Educaaors in «xinulisn and Mass Conv mgacadocv tie CoOegp News Associa tion of the Carotirucs. The Public Rda- tions Scxietv of America, and the Na- tiixal Asscoation of Black Journalists. She 15^ number and past presi dent 0* tie Ouriotle Slack Media Asso ciation and the Cohimfcus Assodation of CTTT^&sts. CaLahar. sa5d she is distuibed 1^ the rxirrier of wximen at the top level of cornrncnicatiotB. TTere w^ie v^\’iie**’ \»x>meninconv nicricatioRS wien I nrst started, to’ xre leavns ire »»ith almost no one to kvituptointheneid. Today, there are cxTssiJerativ rrcre women, but they tend so ccrvHrstriKd r. the k)v%'er level po- SlCtotB^' C^er p2str*5] corcems inducte the 5TsihWilv ot good child care, the iadt of esni^hsES put on de family, siid tfe smil ncrri«- of Afncan-.Ainencaiis wie know desr histotj-. *^Ve nussf rrake sure that .AfncaH' Anericans^ purtkruiarh- >-oung ones, krv^'thesr hsiorv-.sochas ^ strugje® AiricjuvAner»careto^m''0ii^n8J'*^ Catahar. said sie '* ^ ~::fvrant for i*'hiles to know the hKsJorv' scrts^^essKicxttrSTutionstnadc b^- Axrican Aneiians. The knowledge shcwkJ hdp tti'”' pccwrskze reiaaorek" she saki. Cj*ahar credits her rdigknis back- gromd tor rrucncainir^ control durr'8 t=re ot sc«s> and dimcultv'. T pr«\ a lot' she said. Cur.einh CaSaJantsbusih'By®’^ »*m *> triiich as she can about die ^^Vparrrrent and the L Tih^rsitv-. She she ts aiwuN's ofvn to suggestions nndrK nw eaectnv and emdent wa, of {S'ttsr^ done. CaSaKan ts nwuried to Dr- CaSaKar. I\recior of 3ai»is at ha\^ a d»ve-j«ar-oki son nan*'’ Vs«»?
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