THE MAN BEHIND THE SCENES

SCD technology coordinator honored by Wolf Pack Athletics

By Arianna D’Antonio asdanton@my.loyno.edu

The technology coordinator and instructor for the College of Music and Media, Albert F. Dupont, Jr., was given the “St. Sebastian” award by Wolf-Pack Athletics, to which, one of his student employees, Julia Porcari said, “it’s about damn time.”

The St. Sebastian award is given every year to an individual who exhibited outstanding efforts on behalf of all Loyola athletes. Dupont said he was honored to receive the award this year.

“I really enjoyed helping the athlet- all of their games live, and the Saints and Pelicans hire hundreds of people for the network broadcasts and in-arena show.

Dupont said he wants students to know they can be a part of that, and that he has had success with former students working live events.

Porcari, an English writing senior, said Dupont took her under his wing, and walked her step-by-step through production, teaching her everything she needed to succeed.

“I was a freshman music major. I had nothing to do with communications or broadcasting or any experience with camera work,” Porcari said. “Not only did experiences was the production process after Hurricane Ida, Dupont said.

“We had to be portable with our productions,” he said. “We had to play the home games in various locations, and it gave the students the experience of working in different environments, not just our athletic complex.” hearted and stress-free,” they said.

Dupont said he hopes to see his students grow through challenging experiences like these, where they are forced out of their comfort zone.

“Producing live sporting events can be somewhat stressful, because you really never know what’s going to happen once the game starts,” he said.

Andrews also said that Dupont was an attentive supervisor, and made sure that all of his employees were trained and ready to do their jobs.

The care Dupont has for his employees even goes beyond the skills at their job, Porcari said. She said that Dupont always checks in to make sure his workers are mentally able to work a shift, and notices when they are too burned out.

“You can tell how much Albert loves and knows about production because it really shines through in the work he does,” Porcari said.

The work Dupont did with Wolf-

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