Obinna "Obi" Enechionyia, KLN '18, has been named the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference (AAC) Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
The award is given to a student from one of the 12 universities in the AAC based on athletic performance and academic credentials.
"Education and school have always been important to my family—that's just how I was raised," Enechionyia said. "So to get an award like this, I know it made them proud and it made me proud as well."
Enechionyia is the basketball team's third leading scorer and leads the team in rebounds and blocked shots. He...
At the 79th annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems competition, TUTV was named Best College Television Station out of three other finalists including, Troy University, Western Illinois University and Illinois Media School. Two students, Asad Bokhari, KLN '19, and Cassandra Semyon, KLN '19, also took home the award (now on display at the station) for best news story.
The Intercollegiate Broadcasting System serves as a resource for college radio, television, publishing and podcasts. Their annual international competition took place in New York City from March 1-3, 2018.
TUTV...
The Department of Media Studies and Production (MSP) is introducing a Master of Arts Project Workshop to help graduate students develop their final master of arts creative projects.
Graduate students entering their final semester of courses often construct projects combining theory and practice. The practice portion consists of an artistic production that can be rendered in various forms, including narrative videos, documentaries, websites and music albums. A research paper is also required to contextualize the students' work.
"Since so many of our students do these projects for...
Professor Jean Brodey not only sustained a successful public relations career but also helped guide her students towards top positions in the field. Two Klein College alumni, Danielle Cohn, KLN '95, and Cathy Engel Menendez, KLN '93, are creating the Dr. Jean Brodey Endowed Scholarship Fund to commemorate her life.
For 28 years,Brodey, EDU '79, was a beloved public relations professor at Temple University who was known for editing students' work with her red pen. During her 1998 induction into the Public Relations Association Hall of Fame after 40 years of service, red pens were...
Klein College's Office of Career Services recently conducted an employment survey that collected responses from 91 percent of graduates from August and December 2016 and May 2017. The numbers were encouraging: 89 percent of the alumni who responded reported that they were working in full- or part-time positions or had decided to continue their education. Of those who responded, 70 percent were working full time, and 81 percent of those alumni working full time reported that their positions were related to their majors.
These new numbers are the result of hard work by Lu Ann Cahn...
On Feb. 15, over 500 students attended the fourth annual Klein College of Media and Communication Internship and Career Fair at the Howard Gittis Student Center. Some 75 media and communication employers were also in attendance, including: Comcast, USA Today/Gannett, QVC, Tierney, Brian Communications,iHeartMedia, Philadelphia Media Network and The Philadelphia Phillies. Almost every local radio, TV and newspaper outlet also participated.
"The students that attended the fair were well prepared and engaged," said Michelle Macellaro, a talent acquisition recruiter for Comcast. "[T...
Two teams of Klein College student journalists took home top awards at the recent Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts competition. One team earned an award of excellence in the Student Sports category and a second team was awarded first place in the Long Form Video or Film Documentary category. Student submissions were sponsored by TUTV.
Three Klein College students created a 4-minute video attempting to define Temple University Athletics' slogan "Temple TUFF," which aired on ESPNU during the university's Sept. 15 football game against University of Mass...
Paula Cuerquis, KLN '18, was recently accepted to participate in the prestigious American Association of Advertising Agencies Multicultural Advertising Internship Program (MAIP). The highly selective summer program provides talented advertising students with significant opportunities for professional development.
The 22-week program requires 12 weeks of online training starting at the end of March, followed by 10 weeks of practical experience on site with a company this summer. Cuerquis will be interning as a project manager with Dentsu Aegis Network in New York City.
"The Ameri...
Rachel Schaevitz, KLN '14, was recently elected to Town Council in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Schaevitz follows the record number of women running, and being elected into office following the 2016 presidential election and the Women's Marches across the country.
Schaevitz graduated from New York University with a degree in film studies in December 2001. She moved to China for one year to teach English. Upon returning to the United States, Schaevitz attended Boston University and obtained her master's degree in film studies in 2007. She then earned her doctorate in media and co...
In Professor David Brown's Public Relations capstone course, Marissa Reale, KLN '18, Mary Strehl, KLN '18, Jenny Lynch, KLN '18, Terra Kliwinski, KLN '18 and Kacie Ricciotti, KLN '18, hosted a campaign alongside With Purpose, a community-led organization working to help fight pediatric cancer, which led to a nomination for the Public Relations Society of America's Bateman Award.
"We've been so lucky and fortunate with everything," said Marissa Reale.
The Bateman Competition invites students across the nation in groups of four or five to submit their public relations campaign...
Annually, The Pen and Pencil Club, the oldest operating press club in America, hosts the Philadelphia Press Awards which recognizes Philadelphia's most talented journalists. Syreeta Martin, KLN '12, was nominated and won the 2017 Freelance Reporter of the Year Award.
"I wasn't seeking recognition, but I appreciate what this says about the value that others see in my work, my voice and the way that I capture the journeys of others," said Martin.
A native of Pittsburgh, she entered Temple University, already a parent, having graduated from high school a year early.
"I've never bee...
Miles Comaskey, KLN'14, enrolled at Temple as a biophysics major, but by the end of his freshman year made a life changing decision and switched to media studies and production, leading to a 2017 Grammy nomination.
Comaskey lived in San Francisco, Boston and Delaware before ending up in Philadelphia to attend college.
"I really fell in love with the city and found my passion for music making there," he said. "So I rep Philly. Except for sports, I will be a Boston Celtics fan forever."
After switching to media studies and production with a concentration in audio engineering, for...
TUTV, home to Temple's student-run slate of television shows, has been nominated for several honors in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) College Awards. The nomination categories include Best College Station, Best Newscast and Best Sports Report. TUTV features more than 60 shows covering sports, news and music, among other topics. Programs including OwlSports Update and Temple Talk have previously won IBS awards.
This time around, TUTV as a was nominated for Best College Television Station. Temple Update received a nomination for Best News Report for its coverage...
Klein College students participating in the Globalization and Development Communication (GDC) master's program are gaining practical experience to facilitate budgets and programs in countries like Afghanistan.
This semester, GDC students working with Dr. Wazhmah Osman and Dr. Andrea Wenzel are collaborating with representatives from the Afghanistan Education Program Organization (AEPO). The students are drafting proposals and helping to raise funding to support radio programs for the network.
AEPO is a nonprofit, non-government related organization that produces radio programmin...
Fred Stein, KLN'72, a Northeast native, directed 22 staff members and 700 city workers to construct the firstever Super Bowl victory parade in Philadelphia's history in less than two days.
"It was a great experience for everyone," said Stein. "Because you're only as good as your last event."
Stein attended Temple originally wanting to become a biology major, but after a few experimental journalism courses decided his passion was in print. He enjoyed reporting for the Temple News, even with little writing experience. Inspired by his professors, he graduated with a bachelor...
"The things [producers and broadcasters] chose to cover has an effect on people's ability to participate in a democratic society," said Klein College journalism professor Dr. Logan Molyneux.
In September 2017, Molyneux published his study, "Multiplatform news consumption and its connections to civic engagement," in SAGE Publications looking into the relationship between multimedia news consumption and civic engagement.
In it, he referred to civic engagement as the broad term used to define "the set of activities that are 'designed to identify and address issues of public...
Colleen Perrin, KLN '00, spent five years completing the master of journalism program at Klein College and another 10 years working for elite global health services organizations like Johnson & Johnson, Cigna and Wyeth. She worked in public relations, internal communication, human resources and organizational communication.
"Temple helped me to prepare for a work ethic that served me well in my current career," said Perrin.
But working full time while pursuing a degree through night classes proved challenging at times.
"I felt that I really needed to improve my writing and t...
When Pam Derderian, KLN '81, started at Klein College, she studied public relations and communications and played for the basketball team. As if she weren't busy enough, during her junior year, she created her own sports marketing company, 15 Minute Inc.
"I knew I wanted to work in sports at the time and I knew I was interested in marketing so I thought about how interesting it would be to overlap the two," said Derderian.
Derderian credits a lot of her initial success to word of mouth, as her early clients praised her high-quality work ethic.
"The only way to get attention was...
Since August 2017, Eli LaBan, KLN '17, has been in Nicaragua exploring and capturing the nation's rich culture on video. He had always considered himself to be artistic, even as a young child, but knew that art school was an intense commitment and applied to Temple as a psychology major.
"I knew I needed to do something creative in my life... so it was a hunch to switch to [media studies and production]," said LaBan. "Luckily, the hunch worked out well."
He discovered the more technical side of the arts and opened his eyes to a world of possibilities. Initially, he dreamed of wo...
Col. David Apt, KLN '86, has led a life of service, beginning with his military career in the 1970s. Since then, he has found numerous ways to connect his passion for the military with his Temple broadcasting degree.
Initially, Apt planned to attend Drexel University on an ROTC Scholarship. Shortly after he accepted, he was offered a nomination from the West Point Military Academy. While he preferred to attend West Point, the school was unable to offer him financial assistance because he had already accepted Drexel's offer. So Apt took a different path. He enlisted in the Ar...
