ougar Cry
Volume 27 Number 5
April 18, 1997
Phi Theta Kappa Attends
Regional Convention
By Sandy Sheets
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Wilkes Community College Phi Theta Kappa students and advisor win
distinguished honors at regional convention. Front row, left to right:
Amanda Trivette; Joanna Barelski; Monica Whitworth; and Sherry Van
Etten. Back row, left to right: Dr. Barbara Holt, Phi Theta Kappa advisor
who received the Distinguished Advisor Award; Beth Blevins; and Dr.
Gordon Burns, WCC president, who expressed congratulations from the
college family.
The Wilkes Community College Alpha
Kappa Omega chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society walked away
from the 1997 Regional Convention with
eight awards. Phi Theta Kappa is an
honorary scholastic fraternity for
community, junior and technical colleges.
Its purpose is to recognize and encourage
scholarship among two-year college
students. To achieve this purpose. Phi
Theta Kappa provides opportunity for the
development of leadership and service, for
an intellectual climate for exchange of
ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for
scholars, and for stimulation of interest in
continuing academic excellence. But Phi
Theta Kappa is more than a social club or
a list of names. Its members enter into an
intellectual and cultural fellowship that
extend beyond a particular campus to
regional and national networks. Through
the achievement of these goals, Phi Theta
Kappans continue to enrich themselves,
their communities and society. For these
reasons, to be recognized through awards
at the annual convention is exceptionally
rewarding for these students and a great
source of pride for Wilkes Community
College.
The Five-Star Awards Program
recognizes chapter progress toward goals
the chapter sets as a group. WCC’s
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Action!
By Allison Leeds
How are the soaps, sitcoms,
documentaries and nightly news shows
created? What gives those authoritative
anchors and animated D.J.’s their
composure and stage presence? Wilkes
Community College RTV students know!
For over two decades WCC has answered
these questions through intensive
training in the Radio and Television
Broadcasting Technology program, or
“RTV” as it is known. Originally under
the direction of the late Dr. AI Stanley,
students have since landed satisfying,
lucrative broadcasting careers.
Today’s RTV program is more valuable
than ever! Doug Smith, instructor, talks
the talk and walks the walk of the
broadcasting industry due to years of
experience: four years of college radio
while doing undergraduate studies in
Vermont; three years in technical and
supervisory TV positions at WNNE in
White River Junction, VT; and another
three years in television as Program
Director and Operations Manager at
WGME, Portland, Maine. Additionally,
he has completed two years of graduate
school at Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale. Clearly, we can boast about
professional staffing in the RTV
program! Doug’s insights, coupled with
studio quality equipment, afford students
the knowledge and skills needed for a
wide variety of employment
opportunities.
An estimated three-quarters of a
million Americans are employed in the
electronic media field. To meet job
requirements, the RTV curriculum
includes hands-on technical training in
the operation of editing, lighting, camera,
and control board equipment. Students
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