Improved Vision

Production Studio Manager Greg Vandermause (left) talked with students in the new production control room.

BY LANCE SCHWARTZ • CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER

New production control room provides great experience

A state-of-the-art video production control room was recently added to the Thomas Kuster Media Center at Bethany. The control room is the new video streaming home for Bethany athletics, graduations, conventions, Minnesota State University Hockey, studio shows, podcast videos, and so much more.

The production room replaces the former control center housed in a customized media trailer that would be transported to various events. Now, instead of hauling expensive gear in the trailer, live events are fed via the internet to the control room and produced on campus inside Honsey Hall, which allows communication and media arts students to focus more on the basics of production helping them to grow their experiences while at the same time improving the quality of Bethany video events online.

The planning and construction of the room was a team effort. The control room was designed by Bethany alumnus Jonathan Sehloff (’19) who now works with St. Thomas University’s Division One athletic broadcasts. Studio staff Seth Grabow, Greg Vandermause, IT staff members Todd Marzinske, John Sehloff, and student summer workers Franklin Selvey, Besa Sharra, and Job Wosmek also helped throughout the project.

The former media trailer (above) served as a mobile production control room prior to its decommissioning in early 2021.