“Lake Land has always been good to me,” Beno (right) said. “It was a tremendous place to work, and I always said that 95% of the time when I woke up in the morning, I enjoyed going to work. I think that really says a lot about the college.” Both Kralman and Beno recall Lake Land’s commitment to students, which continues to this day. Just as Beno expanded the program and Kralman grew in his profession, the Radio-TV program continues to evolve. Beginning
this fall, the Radio-TV program will now be called the Broadcast Communications department and it will fall under a new umbrella of Communication Studies. Also included in this umbrella are the speech courses. Designed to facilitate students’ pathways to success in this in-demand career field, the new structure aligns with university communication majors and provides an opportunity to expand curriculum to reflect the significant impact communication has on many career fields such as social media, television, radio
broadcasting, mass media, writing and many other careers. To learn more about communications opportunities at Lake Land College, visit lakelandcollege.edu/guidedpathways and explore Humanities and Social Science.
View what's changing in Broadcast Communications online at https://blog.lakelandcollege.edu/ blog/post/561392/ communicationschanges
LAKE LAND COLLEGE CELEBRATES THE
2021 RETIREE WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
The Lake Land College 2021 Retiree Wall of Fame inductees Pam Crisman, Joyce Allen and Ken Beno were honored during a virtual ceremony in March. Vice President for Development, Director of Public Relations and Consultant Pam Crisman (below with Dr. Bullock) led the public relations and development office for nearly 30 years, serving six presidents during her tenure. Under her leadership, the Foundation received its largest gift, which provided funding for the new Foundation and Alumni Center.
“I am humbled and honored to be inducted into the Lake Land College Retiree Wall of Fame with this year’s other honorees Ken Beno and Joyce Allen,” Crisman said. “I have the utmost respect and regard for those Lake Land retirees who have been inducted before me. Throughout my nearly three decades of service to Lake Land, I have many fond memories working with many of those individuals.”
established, before we even had a campus,” Allen said. “Lake Land’s famous saying was ‘we are student oriented,’ and that is still true. The students are the ones we were there to take care of, because we knew that’s what education is.”
Psychology Instructor and later Interim Dean of Instruction Joyce Allen (right) helped transition to the current campus, having a lasting impact on student learning as one of the first to implement and advocate for learning objectives. She was the first Lake Land College psychology instructor and was one of the few original female faculty members. “I came to work at Lake Land the second year the school was LAKE LAND COLLEGE ALUMNI s 217-234-5376
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