Division of Communication, Fine, and Performing Arts 2002-03

COMMUNICATION ARTS

Varnell Lee

Member:

• Society for Professional Journalists

• Board of Trustees, John Will Scholarship Fund

• American Advertising Federation

New course development:  LDR 350 Leadership in Historical Perspective -- created lectures, assignments, readings, and other materials

Worked with Dr. Patricia Mark to implement the Integrated Communication concentration;  have identified several problems and will be recommending changes to solve the problems

Created a web page

Tom Loehr [Division Chair]

Completed the Joe Langan video, which has been shown publicly twice and will be shown again in the Fall;  will attempt to get it on Alabama Public Television

Awarded:

• Sabbatical for Fall 2003

• Teagle grant to complete the Langan video

• Teagle grant to prepare new course (Visual Communication) required of all communication arts majors 

Attended:

• Jesuit Communication Conference, Denver, Colorado

• Teaching and technology conference

• All-day workshop in web design using Dreamweaver

Continued to videotape and edit the Mass for Shut-Ins, aired every Sunday morning on WJTC Channel 44

Field Production class shot an 8 - 10 minute video promoting the Foley Center (at the request of Kathleen Orange and Ron Ferreri) and worked on another project for the Mobile Police Department

Helped one senior obtain an internship in which she completed a 15-minute video for a group of missionary sisters working in El Salvador

Works in progress:

• Major screenplay that I will complete during my sabbatical

• Compiling still images for my photographic series in which I combine several negatives on one sheet of photo paper, thus creating fabricated landscapes

• Preparing to teach the new Visual Communication course in Spring 2004

• Enhancing and strengthening technology skills (advanced video editing, advanced Photoshop)

Patricia Mark

Awarded:

• Teagle Curriculum Development Grant to develop the new Integrated Communication course for Fall 2003

Attended:

• Public Relations Council of Alabama State Conference

• SHC Fall 2002 faculty development workshop

Member:

• Student Life Committee, SHC Board of Trustees

• Mobile Chapter, Public Relations Council of Alabama:  Chair of Community Service

As part of the course requirements for CMM 499 Public Relations Writing and CMM 462 Integrated Communication Case Studies, worked with professionals from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, the Museum of Mobile, the John Will Scholarship, and the Elevator/Escalator Foundation to develop public relations plans for each organization

New course development:  CMM 265 Mass Communication Research

Works in progress:

• Paper for the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Communication Conference 

• Developing the new Integrated Communication course

FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS

Ruth Belasco

Exhibits:

• Invited to give a one-artist exhibit:  "Maps and Instructions," SHC Eichold Gallery

• Gave artist's talk at the exhibit opening

• Selected to participate in "Umbrellas," an exhibit of reconstructed umbrellas at First Night Mobile; after being exhibited at the Saenger Theater, the work moved to Gulf ArtSpace in Fairhope for two months 

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Member:

• Art History Technology Consortium (now affiliated with the College Art Association)

• Used a summary of my experiences in the wireless classroom for my Modern Art History course

• Mobile Art Association

Participated with area artists in a figure-drawing group

Taught a studio course (using computers) to a severely disabled student

Involved in changing Medicaid law:

• Testified before the Alabama Senate Health Committee

• Spoke several times about the need to change Medicaid law:

• to the Alabama Respiratory Therapy Association annual convention 

• to other advocates at The Association of the Severely Handicapped annual conference

• on the nationally syndicated radio program "On a Roll" (three times)

• interviewed by Joseph Shapiro for a piece about Nick's Crusade on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered"

• Letter to the editor of the Mobile Register appeared as a "special" independent column on the Sunday editorial page

Made changes in ART 102 Drawing I:  Allowed students to contribute to the design of the course;  posted student drawings done at the beginning and the end of the semester as "pre-tests" and "post-tests"

Works in progress:

• Preparing review materials for an exhibit at a new gallery in Nashville, Tennessee

• Developing works for the Jesuit residences

• Planning the continuation of the "Maquette" series presented at my "Maps and Instructions" exhibit

Steve Campbell, S.J.

Research, design, production, and direction associated with public performance of two plays at SHC:

• Tales of the Lost Formicans, by Constance Congdon

• Beauty and the Beast, adapted by Laurence Boswell

Member:

• Grounds Committee, SHC Board of Trustees

Graphic design work for the graduate program in theology and for the Fine and Performing Arts Department

Director of SHC Honors Program

Works in progress:

• Learning Quark Express and Illustrator to refine skills in computer graphics

Janden Richards (half-time)

Revised ART 220 Graphic Design I, ART 320 Graphic Design II, and ART 420 Graphic Design III to eliminate repetitive work and create appropriate levels of distinction between the courses

Graphic design students created logos, designs, and ads for several outside organizations:  Historic Blakeley State Park, Mobile Bay Estuary Program, and Andree's Wine and Cheese

Arranged for students in ART 302 Illustration Techniques to work with the Mobile Botanical Gardens to create azalea illustrations for display in the Gardens' Festival of Flowers booth 

Senior Seminar students created an SHC Graphic Design website

Students designed logos for the SHC Bookstore and collaborated with the SHC Communication/Public Relations Office to design black-and-white ads for SHC 

Works in progress:

• Developing new graphic design courses as the major grows

• Upgrading technology skills by attending an Advanced Photoshop class