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RSVP by November 2 to Nancy Twohey - twohey@mailbox.sc.edu
Cost is $35 per person. Alumni, faculty and friends are welcome.
Alumna Receives SCLA’s Outstanding Librarian Award
School of Library and Information Science alumna Pamela
Davenport, ‘95, was recently awarded the South Carolina
Library Association’s Outstanding Librarian Award at its
annual conference held in Myrtle Beach. She is the director of
the State Library’s Talking Book Services.
The award recognizes and honors a librarian who has initiated or developed an imaginative or creative program, service, or work of enduring value, for the effective use of or increased interest in libraries or a particular library. Such contributions include excellence in leadership, significant professional writing, instrumental role in building programs, or promotion of the profession through teaching or influence.
Davenport recently opened the third annual unveiling of the Talking Book Services Student Art Gallery. Columbia mayor Steve Benjamin spoke of the importance of the arts and thanked the students and State Library for their involvement.
The gallery features artwork from students who are blind, visually impaired, and physically handicapped from around the state. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located at 1430 Senate Street, Columbia. For more information about the State Library and its Talking Book Services program, please visit www.statelibrary.sc.gov.
Gamecocks on the Green
We hope you’re making plans to join former classmates, faculty and friends for Gamecocks on the Green, our college's Homecoming celebration and our tradition since 2005!
We'll gather on Gibbes Green near Davis College on Friday, November 5, from 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Rain location: Campus Room in Capstone House, 900 Barnwell Street.
Library and Information Science alumna Amanda Brewer, ’06, will tell stories and play music with her acoustic guitar. Brewer is a reference librarian at Beaufort County Library.
RSVP to Elaine Taylor - taylorem@mailbox.sc.edu - by November 3. Bring the kids.
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ALA Spectrum Scholarship Raises Awareness
The Spectrum Scholarship Committee of the South Carolina Library Association raised more than $700 in contributions for the scholarship fund during a wine and cheese fundraiser and awareness event at its annual conference October 21. Those in attendance, both conference participants and vendors, enjoyed food and fellowship as they learned about the importance of the Spectrum Scholarship in encouraging increased diversity in the library profession. The American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship seeks to meet the changing needs of an evolving society by providing libraries with a new generation of culturally diverse librarians. The graduate scholarships for under-represented groups target individuals with financial need and a desire to make a positive impact as community leaders. Mentorship, career placement and leadership development are included in the Spectrum Scholarship Program. To support the scholarship, please contact Nonie Price at nonieprice@yahoo.com.
Call for Alumni Writers
Are you interested in showcasing your writing skills in an upcoming publication of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies?
The college is seeking alumni writers to contribute to various publications. Also, if you have a blog, we’d like to know about it. We will be featuring alumni blogs in future eNews issues. If you are interested, please contact Julie Scott (julie.scott@scchamber.net) or Mandi Engram (mengram@columbiaauthority.com).
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Keith Kenney
By Katie Haswell, SJMC Student
Dr. Keith Kenney, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications visual communications sequence, has been named project director for a $750,000 federal grant for graduate-level international exchanges over four years.
The grant will establish a partnership between SJMC and the
Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management (CSJMM)
in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Department of State grant allows six
of our faculty members to each teach one semester at CSJMM
and three CSJMM doctoral students and one masters student to
complete part of their studies here.
USC is one of 36 universities in the U.S to offer doctoral programs in journalism. Although the students from Georgia will not receive their doctoral degrees from SJMC, they will take classes here and have the opportunity to defend their dissertations through Skype to a faculty panel here.
Although he pursued the grant mainly for academic reasons, Dr. Kenney also has a few selfish reasons. One of them is to experience Georgia for the first time.
“In Georgia there are these 90-foot medieval towers, some of the oldest in the world, and it only takes about $3,000 to restore one. I have a vague dream of raising the money to restore one of them,” he said. Dr. Kenney said that he wants to video tape the restorations to boost interest and tourism to Tbilisi and other parts of Georgia.
“I enjoy working and teaching overseas. I once taught in India and had a wonderful opportunity to work with a faculty member who was assigned to me. I wanted to shoot a video of Indian puppeteers and she went out that day and found them for me. That is something I would never had the opportunity to experience as a tourist. Sometimes I find myself far off the beaten path and I meet someone who opens a door that I never would have known existed.”
In his spare time, Dr. Kenney has created a portfolio of pictures from his travels that mask the whiteness of his office walls. If students have never been to Dr. Kenney’s office, he or she has not experienced the stunningly real pictures of Ugandans that hang behind him. These pictures are just one example of the passion that Dr. Kenney will bring to his role of project director in the coming years.
“I like photographing people doing things, National Geographic-type pictures of culture and visual anthropology,” he said.
Dr. Kenney, who earned his Ph.D. at Michigan State University, has been teaching at SJMC since 1988. He will teach at CSJMM as one of the six J-school faculty members when the program begins in fall 2011.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Gamecocks on the Green
Friday, Nov. 5
4:30 – 7 p.m.
Make plans to meet your former classmates, faculty and friends for our annual Homecoming celebration on Gibbes Green! SLIS alumna Amanda Brewer will join us as our musician again this year.
Amanda Brewer and Cocky entertained Gamecocks of all ages at the 2009 Gamecocks on the Green.