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LOOKING BACK
LOOKING AHEAD
HUBBARD SCHOOL TURNS 100
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WINTER 2022 DIRECTOR
LOOKING BACK
Elisia Cohen
EDITOR
Amanda Fretheim Gates
DESIGN
Jeanne Schacht
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Erica Bouska, Elaine Hargrove, Scott Memmel
LOOKING AHEAD
PROOFREADER Katie Dohman
ALUMNI RECORDS Kaylee Highstrom
Kelli (Theiler) Brady, president Michael Schommer, secretary Alexa (Trussoni) Cushman McKenna Ewen Riham Feshir Maggie Habashy Suzy (Hart) Langdell Shreya Mukherjee Jenni Pinkley Karen Schultz Emee (Drews) Strauss
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NEWS FROM THE DIRECTOR
2 AROUND MURPHY HALL
Three New Books Published by Faculty................. 2 Give to the Max Day Supports Careers................... 2 Murphy Hall Renovation Begins ............................. 3 New School Merchandise Available ....................... 3 PATRICK O’LEARY
2021-2022 HSJMC ALUMNI SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS
2 100 YEARS OF THE HUBBARD SCHOOL
Why We Give.......................................................... 4 Brief History............................................................. 6 Timeline................................................................... 7 Memories.............................................................. 15 Covering HSJMC.................................................. 16
18 EVENTS
Documenting a Reckoning.................................... 18 25th Annual Silha Lecture..................................... 20
22 TEACH
Faculty News......................................................... 22
25 LEARN
Undergraduate Student News.............................. 25 Meet a Grad Student............................................ 26 Graduate Student News....................................... 27 Meet a Student..................................................... 28
29 ALUMS
Alumni News......................................................... 29 2021 Donor Report............................................... 31
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Because the stories in this issue only cover a small percentage of what makes up our history, we plan to share even more memories throughout the year, so watch your inboxes, our social media channels, the next Reporter issue and join us for several centennial events. We also want to hear your stories. Share them with us at z.umn. edu/HubbardStories. In working on this issue of the Reporter, we learned that the 1918 flu pandemic stalled the creation of our program at the University. And here we are again, a century later, managing through another pandemic. Last year was perhaps one of the most challenging years for the School and its programs. But we persevered with our fall plans to offer a robust schedule of classes—nearly 90 percent of our classes met in person—despite the challenges of the Delta variant that occasionally forced an instructor to pivot a class for a week to an online/remote modality. We hope to find similar success this spring with a campus community that is vaccinated, boosted and wearing masks to facilitate continuity. One of the most important pandemic lessons our students, faculty and staff have learned is how to work together to ensure collective resilience, and we couldn’t have done it without our alumni, donors and community friends. On page 4, we pay tribute to some of our biggest supporters of the last 100 years, and on page 31 we honor those of you who were generous in 2021 and beyond. Last year we even saw an increase in giving, which made such an impact on our programs and for our students. As the School enters its 100th year of instruction, our goal is 1
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to offer even more best-in-class programming and operational support to give back to the community that has supported us during these challenging times. As we enter 2022, inspired both by pandemic necessity and our interest in meeting our community wherever you reside, we will open our conference center as a flexible event space with the latest technology to enable simultaneous remote gatherings. We are excited to now have a space that will allow local and distant audiences to engage in our centennial programming. The technological investments in this space also help us plan for our multimedia news and content production labs scheduled for renovation starting in May (see page 3). The Regents approved a $4.2 million renovation plan to help our physical infrastructure match the ambitions and possibilities for learning we see in our future programs. We are so grateful for our donors, whose recent gifts ensure our shared spaces for students will include all the specialized materials, technology and staff support they need.
"From the dedicated leadership of our first director, Ralph Casey, and the expansive and brilliant faculty hires to the growth and innovation of our programs and the steadfast support of our community, the School has advanced as a leader over the last 100 years."
As we reflect on our 100th year, I hope that you continue to be #UMNProud to see the breadth and depth of the Hubbard School’s activities. I also hope to see more of your faces, either in person or virtually, in the coming year as we join together to celebrate all we have accomplished, as well as dream of what the next 100 years may bring. Sincerely,
Elisia L. Cohen, Director
PHOTO BY CHRIS COOPER
FOR 100 YEARS, journalism and mass communication education at the University of Minnesota has prepared students for career success. You can’t read the stories, profiles and memories in this issue (beginning on page 4) without feeling a sense of pride for where we were a century ago and how we’ve developed as a School. From the dedicated leadership of our first director, Ralph Casey, and the expansive and brilliant faculty hires to the growth and innovation of our programs and the steadfast support of our community, the School has advanced as a leader over the last 100 years.
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THREE NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED BY FACULTY Assistant Professor VALÉRIE BÉLAIR-GAGNON, with Nikki Usher (University of Illinois), co-edited “Journalism Research That Matters,” which was published with Oxford University Press. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the most pressing and exciting areas for journalism research, from news and data literacy to changing news audiences to shifting business models for news. It includes contributions from academics and journalists to understand the most critical problems facing the news industry today and provides a blueprint for overcoming the research-practice gap. Associate Professor SID BEDINGFIELD, with Kathy
Roberts Forde (University of Massachusetts Amherst), co-edited “Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America,” which was published by the University of Illinois Press. The book centers the press as a crucial political actor shaping the rise of the Jim Crow South. The contributors explore
the leading role of the white press in constructing an anti-democratic society by promoting and supporting not only lynching and convict labor but also coordinated campaigns of violence and fraud that disenfranchised Black voters. They also examine the Black press’s parallel fight for a multiracial democracy of equality, justice, and opportunity for all—a losing battle with tragic consequences for the American experiment. Associate Professor MATT CARLSON, along with Seth Lewis (University of Oregon) and Sue Robinson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) wrote “News After Trump: Journalism's Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture,” published by the Oxford University Press. It provides a book-length account of Donald Trump and far-right politicians' relationships with the mainstream press and offers the most comprehensive scholarly accounting to date of the Trump presidency's relationship with the press. The book examines the precarious place of journalism within a much larger, rapidly shifting media culture and adopts a forward-looking position that supports journalism's role but is critical of how journalists approach political news. The book helps readers understand the possibility of a future in which journalists can reassert their relevance and reclaim public trust through developing a moral voice in place of a detached objectivity.
GIVE TO THE MAX DAY SUPPORTS CAREER READINESS ON NOV. 18, 2021, THE HUBBARD SCHOOL participated once again in
the annual Give to the Max Day fundraiser, along with many other departments and units within the University of Minnesota. This year the School raised gifts for its career readiness initiatives, including internships, mentorships, scholarships, technology, special events and more. Thanks to generous supporters, the School raised nearly $3,000. And because of alum and donor Lynn Casey’s (M.A. ’80) matching gift, the total topped out at nearly $6,000.
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NEW SCHOOL MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE IN HONOR OF THE SCHOOL’S CENTENNIAL, an expanded line of new merchandise is now available.
MURPHY HALL RENOVATION BEGINS THIS SUMMER TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF 21ST-CENTURY DIGITAL
innovations and help students prepare for life after graduation, the School is expanding the Sevareid Library and lab space from a digital resource center to a working digital innovation hub. There, students can conduct digital media research, develop digital tools, and learn how to create business plans to innovate and collaborate in creating the future of journalism and communication strategy under the guidance of the School’s professional fellows and faculty. The renovation will include brand-new lab spaces, a new broadcast studio space, integrated digital and media library services and so much more. Visit hsjmc.umn.edu/SupportMurphyHall to find out more about the renovation and how to support the School's next 100 years.
Inventory will continue to change throughout 2022, with jackets, sweatshirts, T-shirts, hats and socks at the ready, and candles, doggie gear and housewares added, too, for extra fun. All the merchandise is made by University of Minnesota alumni-owned businesses, so showing your School pride supports fellow Gophers. Pick out your favorite at z.umn.edu/ HubbardMerch.
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WHY WE GIVE 100 YEARS OF SUPPORT The Hubbard School wouldn’t be what it is today without a century of generous giving from alumni and local media giants. COMPILED BY AMANDA FRETHEIM GATES
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THE HUBBARD FAMILY The Hubbard family has been transforming media for 100 years, ever since a 26-year-old named Stanley E. Hubbard launched a tiny Twin Cities radio station with little more than hustle and grit. That small seed grew into a media giant. The Hubbards have been making ground-breaking advances in media and journalism for nearly a century: Stanley E. Hubbard developed the first-ever advertising-supported radio station, and decades later, his son, Stanley S. Hubbard anticipated and developed major opportunities in satellite newsgathering. Today, Hubbard family members run portions of Hubbard Broadcasting, which encompasses dozens of radio and television stations, along with other ventures, including the cable network Reelz. In 2000, the Hubbard family made a transformational gift of $10 million to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the School’s largest-ever gift. The gift made a difference to every student who’s been through the School since then. Hubbard-funded scholarships and fellowships have supported many undergraduate and graduate students. The Hubbard support has been a rare and precious type of philanthropy: restriction-free. That flexibility has allowed the School to invest in faculty retention packages, set up packages for newly hired faculty, match other donor gifts, and make infrastructure improvements.
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WILLIAM J. MURPHY William James Murphy bought the Minneapolis Tribune in 1891. He revised its business management as well as its editorial methods; he brought it through the financial crises of 1893 and 1907, as well as a disastrous fire in 1899. He modernized its equipment, bringing to Minneapolis the first Mergenthaler typesetting machines and other innovations. Under his management the three Tribunes—morning, evening and Sunday—developed with the state and the Northwest, and maintained a leading voice in the public affairs region. At his death in 1918, Murphy provided in his will for the “W.J. Murphy Endowment Fund for a School of Journalism… for the establishing and maintaining… of instruction in journalism” at the University of Minnesota. In 1940, Murphy Hall opened as the School’s home.
JOHN COWLES, SR., AND ELIZABETH BATES COWLES In 1976, the Cowles endowed $2 million to the School to be used for a Cowles Chair, the Minnesota Journalism Center, and a mid-career fellowship program for journalists interested in media management. Cowles, the retired chairman of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, said at the time of the gift that he hoped it would “strengthen the University’s role in journalism and journalism education … and elevate the standards of journalism in Minnesota and the nation.” Cowles bought the Minneapolis Star in 1935 and turned it into the largest of the three Minneapolis evening newspapers within a half decade. Elizabeth Cowles was the founder of the Maternal Health League, which became Planned Parenthood in Iowa in the 1930s and was a life member of the NAACP. At the time, the Cowles gift was one of the largest single gifts to be presented to the University of Minnesota.
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RAY AND DORIS MITHUN
DON AND CAROLE LARSON Don and Carole both graduated from the School—Carole as an undergrad with a B.A. in journalism and Don with a master’s (and a B.A. in economics). However, they didn’t meet until after they were both out in the newspaper world. The two were introduced through a friend and became partners in life and business, going on to own more than eight Minnesota newspapers, plus newspapers in Iowa. They were also joint owners of Sun Newspapers—with newspapers that covered more than 15 suburbs around the Twin Cities—in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Don and Carole have been long-time supporters of the School, having previously established the Don R. and Carole J. Scholarship. After Don died in February 2016, Carole knew she wanted to do something significant in honor of him, and learned of the need for more journalism professors. The Don R. and Carole J. Larson Endowed Professorship was developed with Carole’s generous $1 million gift.
Raymond Mithun (B.A. 1930) was 23 when he co-founded Campbell Mithun with Ralph Campbell in 1933. Just 20 years later, it was the largest advertising agency in Minneapolis. In 1987, Mithun gave $500,000 to support the School’s advertising program. That gift was matched by the University’s Permanent Fund. Mithun’s hope was for the gift to assist in not only drawing well-established faculty to the School, but to also prepare students to enter the local advertising industry. Faculty members who have been named Mithun Chairs include Bill Wells (1992-2000), John Eighmey (2003-2015), and Jisu Huh (currently).
OTTO AND HELEN SILHA In 1984, Otto and Helen Silha gave $350,000, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune gave $100,000 in honor of Otto Silha, to establish the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, which leads the School's interest in the ethical responsibilities and legal rights of the mass media in a democratic society. An alum of the School, Otto was the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company’s business manager, general manager and vice president. In 1968, he became executive vice president and publisher, and in 1973, he was elected president. He served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the company until 1984. He served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and was a trustee and senior vice president of the University of Minnesota Foundation. Helen was also a University of Minnesota alum, with a degree in education and was active in many arts and educational organizations throughout her life.
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throughout the next two issues and learn about the people, places and events that shaped the Hubbard School, Murphy Hall and all those who filled its halls. BY AMANDA FRETHEIM GATES & ERICA BOUSKA
DIRECTORS Ralph D. Casey: 1930-1958 Robert L. Jones: 1958-1978 F. Gerald Kline: 1978-1985 Dan Wackman: 1985-1986 (interim director) Mary Ann Yodelis Smith: 1986-1989 Dan Wackman: 1989-1995 Robert Smith: 1995-1998 (acting director) Al Tims: 1998-2017 Elisa Cohen: 2017-present
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The Hubbard School couldn’t have asked for a more dedicated and innovative first director. Ralph D. Casey served from 1930 to 1958 and built a program that would last for generations. Casey got his start at the University of Washington with a B.A. in journalism and political science. He taught at Washington and the University of Montana as a journalism professor before coming to the U of M. Casey was determined to design courses and create a program that worked with the College of Liberal Arts. He developed and produced a relationship with the College that was essential to integrating the journalism curriculum with diverse classes, something Casey thought vital to being a good journalist. “The heart of journalism instruction occurs in the Midwest because of the land grant college tradition,” he said in an interview in 1967. “It wasn’t the New England liberal arts concept. It was the concept of a university that had broad support from agriculture clear to zoology with all of the techniques and disciplines between.” To him, the press has to relate to social institutions in society, and journalists have to know things like press law, freedom of the press and international and foreign press. He argued that they should be trained as diversely and thoroughly as lawyers and doctors. He also worked with Professor Mitch Charnley to create TV and radio programs. Outside the School, Casey continued his commitment to the field. He edited the Journalism Quarterly for 10 years and even took a trip across Europe with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after World War II to help reestablish lines of communication and build up the press, radio and film industries. After he retired, he lectured across the country and served on the faculty boards for the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Stanford. Casey and his wife moved back to Seattle in 1961 and lived out the rest of their lives there. Nevertheless, Casey remained connected to the School and visited it and his many friends until his passing in 1977.
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The Regents authorized a new home for journalism in 1938. The four-story building, with its auditorium, library, classrooms and a basement home for three student publications, became a model for other journalism schools. Ground was broken in 1938, faculty and students moved from Pillsbury Hall to the new building in February of 1940, and the building was dedicated in May of that year. The unit was designated a School in 1941.
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RALPH D. CASEY
ED EMERY
Edwin “Ed” Emery touched many people, places and publications during his 39 years as a journalism professor at the Hubbard School. Emery started at the School in 1945 after earning his Ph.D. in history at the University of California at Berkeley. Before moving to Minnesota, Emery worked at multiple news outlets, like the San Francisco Examiner, where he covered World War II. Emery wrote 11 books during his lifetime, including 1954’s “The Press and America,” a leading text in mass media history, translated into four languages. Additionally, he co-wrote “Introduction to Mass Communication,” which co-author William Agee said was different from everything else in the field. Emery worked as an editor of Journalism Quarterly from 1952-1973 and the Director of Graduate Studies at the School from 1973-1979. Emery was called a “champion of the student” and created a place for aspiring historians to come and grow. It was rumored Emery would even pay for students’ tuition when they needed it. Along with his teaching in Minnesota, Emery was a visiting professor and lecturer in over 20 countries, and in 1980, the Society of Professional Journalists awarded him with their Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. He won numerous other awards during his teaching years, including the Special Chair of Taiwan's National Science Council and a Social Science Research Council grant. Emery retired in 1984. He died from leukemia at age 79.
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1917:
Journalism education at the University of Minnesota formally begins when plans are drawn for a major curriculum with courses offered in continuity.
1918: William
J. Murphy, publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune, bequeaths a portion of his estate to
1922: The
the University for “the establishing and maintaining of a course of instruction in journalism.” The value of the donation is about $735,000 today.
department of journalism is established within CSLA and Reuel R. Barlow, a journalist for The New York Evening Post and other publications, is named administrator with the title, “instructor in charge.”
1924: The
department of journalism increases from 30 students in 1920 to 110 in 1924. The School offers courses on six
different topics of professional journalism and doubles the number of typewriters in the school.
1929: The
department is located in Folwell Hall and the old Music Building until moving into Pillsbury Hall in 1929.
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faculty to be a research specialist in international communication and the foreign press. He also teaches news editing and public affairs reporting.
1930: A
former Seattle and New York newspaperman who obtained his Ph.D. from Wisconsin, Ralph D. Casey, becomes the head of the journalism department.
1930: First M.A. in journalism is awarded
1934: Mitchell
V. Charnley, former newspaperman, magazine editor and Iowa State College professor, is hired to teach reporting and to develop
the magazine journalism courses.
1938: The
Board of Regents authorize the construction of Murphy Hall.
1940: Murphy Hall opens and the journalism department moves from Pillsbury Hall.
1935: Ralph
O. Nafziger, a former newspaperman and Wisconsin Ph.D. candidate, joins the
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George Hage earned his B.A. and M.A. in journalism from the School and his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University. When he started teaching in 1946 to help with the influx of WWII veterans, he quickly became the writing professor. Teaching everything from basic reporting to literary aspects of journalism, Hage was known for his commitment to his students and the profession. During his summers off, he worked at the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. He was heavily involved with the Minnesota Daily as a member of the Board of Student Publications. Hage was the person who stood up for the Daily’s controversial humor edition in 1979 and helped take the University to court over the Board of Regents cutting their funding. After winning, the Daily’s lawyer for the case called him “the moral force” behind the dispute. Hage also fought for students and professionals outside the University as part of the Committee for Integrated Education. In 1972, he worked alongside the NAACP to desegregate Minneapolis schools that used unequal hiring practices and redistricting to work around federal laws. And as the ombudsman for the Minneapolis Tribune, Hage walked the picket lines for their 1971 strike. As the Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center, he was committed to connecting professionals and students. He retired in 1983, while also receiving the Society of Professional Journalists Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award. When he retired, a former student, Bev Kees, said she carried his teaching with her. “What convinces me of his quality as a teacher is that, after 20 years, I am still quoting him to young journalists and his opinion of my work still matters,” she said. “I will push myself a little because I don't want to disappoint George Hage.” He passed away in 1993 at age 78.
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As the second director of the School, Robert L. Jones proved the unit was here to stay as a national standard for journalism schools. Jones was born in Kansas and earned his B.A. at Wichita State before serving in the Air Corps as a lieutenant during WWII. After his service, he returned to school and earned his M.A. and Ph.D in psychology at the University of Minnesota. Jones joined the journalism faculty, and served as the director of the Research Division from 1952 to 1958. When Ralph Casey stepped down, Jones stepped in and directed the School from 1958-1978. Known for being a vigorous and dedicated leader in education and research, Jones helped the school become one of the best in the nation. While he served as director, the school was ranked by other accredited schools as number one in the nation and was fully accredited by the American Council for Education in Journalism multiple times. Besides his posts at the School, he served on national boards and associations. In 1978, Jones stepped down to resume full-time teaching at the school. He worked for many years before retiring.
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1941: The
department officially became the School of Journalism in the CSLA.
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1944: A School of Journalism Research Division—the first of its kind in the nation—is established. The purpose is to stimulate and conduct applied and fundamental research to communications, secure research grants, and encourage graduate researchers to come to the University of Minnesota.
1946: Due to students entering the University under the G.I. bill, enrollment in the School grows from 200 in 1945 to nearly 500 in 1946. 1948: The School launches an advertising degree program. Minnesota is one of the first 35 journalism schools designated “accredited” by the American Council on Education for Journalism.
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1950: The
School’s library expands with the establishment of the Thomas Heggen Memorial Library. Heggan, a School alum, wrote “Mister Roberts,” a fictional book based on his experiences in a theatre in WWII.
1951: The
School creates a Ph.D. program. The first Ph.D. is awarded in 1956.
1960s 1958: Robert L. 1960s: Major Jones becomes director after Ralph Casey retires. A fierce proponent of research and the school’s research division, Jones helped integrate new technologies into the curriculum and taught advertising during his time at the school.
curriculum changes are made. R. Smith Schuneman develops a photojournalism program. That same year, the faculty develops a curriculum statement that establishes specializations in broadcast journalism, magazine journalism, creative graphic arts, photojournalism and public relations.
1965: A major
revision of the undergraduate curriculum takes place with the addition of an introduction to journalism course and the creation of a course in basic visual communication.
1966: To
represent the expansion of studies, the school adds “Mass Communication” to its name.
1970s requirements are initiated in the mid-1970s because the growth has surpassed available space.
1969: For
the first time, the national organization for professional journalists and journalism students, Sigma Delta Chi, allows women to become members.
1960s and ’70s: The
’60s and ’70s are a period of tremendous growth. The number of undergraduates grows from 300 in 1960 to 602 in 1970 and then to 1,156 in 1980. Special entrance
1978: F. Gerald Kline takes over after Robert L. Jones’ 20 years as director.
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Virginia Harris was the School’s first female faculty member. She started part-time in 1965 and became a full-time assistant professor of advertising and copywriting in 1968. Even though she earned a B.A. in journalism from what is now Illinois State University, her experiences in public relations came from KELO, a TV and radio station in South Dakota. There she picked up skills such as scriptwriting, copywriting and covering special events, and even hosted a cooking show called “Sparkle and Spice.” When she moved to Minneapolis, she worked for Knox-Reeves advertising before taking up the SJMC position. Former Director Robert Jones called her “extraordinary” and said she was “always out ahead” of the other professors. Jones recalled how students would stand in long lines outside her office and said Harris did as much teaching in her office as she did in her classes. It became clear that students were taking another informal course through Harris' teaching, so they created another class for her to teach advertising copywriting. Jones said Harris, alongside renowned professors George Hage and Mitch Charnley, created “a phalanx of instructional writing that nobody could beat.” Despite this praise, Harris humbly maintained that all she did is bring out what the students already have. “I’m not some artistic goddess sitting up there on their shoulders,” she said at one time. “The ideas come to them, and we work together to develop them. But the ideas are theirs.” She worked at the school until retiring in 1982. She died in 1998.
WALTER BROVALD
A champion of community newspapers, Walter Brovald left his impact on the field before, during and after his teaching career at the Hubbard School. Brovald earned his B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1949, and after working for a local newspaper and radio station, he bought the Cadott Sentinel in 1954. He served as its editor and publisher until 1966, and in those 12 years, the paper won 54 state and national awards. He was also President of the Wisconsin Press Association in 1962.
1979: The
1978: The Premack Awards are
founded. For 35 years, the Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards honored excellence in Minnesota journalism. The awards program was funded in posthumous honor of Minneapolis Tribune reporter and editor Frank Premack.
Minnesota Journalism Center, funded by a gift from John and Elizabeth Cowles, is created to promote interaction between journalism academics and professionals.
He left the Sentinel to get his M.A. in journalism from the Hubbard School in 1966. He became a full instructor in 1967, and joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1969. The Board of Regents named him a full professor in 1980. Brovald served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the School, a business advisor to student publications, chair of the scholarship and internship committees and served as acting director for the 1983-1984 academic year. After a two-year leave for health reasons, Brovald passed away in 1991 at age 62.
DAN WACKMAN
A research behemoth, Dan Wackman was a teacher, advisor, researcher and director during his many years at the Hubbard School. Wackman earned his M.A. in political science and journalism and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught at the University of Michigan before joining the Hubbard School in 1971. He started as an assistant professor and head of the Communications Research Division. In 1978, he became a full professor and continued to lead the CRD until 1982. He also served as the Associate Director of the Media Management and Economics Resource Center in 1987. Wackman specialized in mass communication research and focused on the role advertising has on children as consumers. He was also fond of media management and developed the School’s media management program and textbook with Cowles Professor John Lavine. In 1985, he was the chair of the curriculum committee. And, as the University was facing extensive state budget cuts, Wackman was the Executive Director of the College of Liberal Arts Minnesota Campaign in 1986, a specialized fundraising effort. Wackman served one
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library is expanded and named after Eric Sevareid. Sevareid graduated from the University of Minnesota and became a broadcast reporter for CBS who specialized in WWII coverage. He visited the school to honor its renaming. (The Heggen Memorial Library remains.)
1983: The
Alumni Society Board launches the popular Alumni Mentor Program, which has matched hundreds of students with alumni in the industry during its almost 40year history.
1984: The
Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics & Law is established with a gift from Otto and Helen Silha.
1985: After Director Kline took a position in the University president’s office, Dan Wackman serves as interim director of the SJMC for one year.
1986: Mary Ann Yodelis Smith, Ph.D., becomes director of SJMC. Before, she was an administrator at the University of Wisconsin and president of the Journalism Council.
1988: The China Times Center for Media and Social Research is established from funding by the China Times. Professor Chin-Chuan Lee, international relations specialist, is the director.
1988: The
organization for journalists and journalism students officially changes its name from Sigma Delta Chi to the Society
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year as acting director of the Hubbard School in 1985-1986 after Director Gerald Kline retired from the job. When Director Mary Ann Yodelis Smith took a job at the University of Wisconsin in 1989, he became the full director. He retained his teaching position while director and taught classes in advertising and research methods alongside media management. Wackman also authored seven books, including the media management textbook, during his time at Minnesota. He resigned as the Hubbard School Director in 1995 to become the CLA liaison during the University’s transition from quarters to semesters. He continued to teach and research part-time at the School and returned to become a full-time professor and advisor. When talking about her graduation in 2007 from the Hubbard School, Meghan Norris said Wackman was someone she needed to get her degree. “The J-school doesn't hold your hand, but it is always there to support you,” Norris said. “Having an advisor like Professor Wackman was critical. The guidance and encouragement he gave me were invaluable.” Wackman retired in 2016 after working for the School for 45 years.
JEAN WARD
As the first female full professor at the Hubbard School, Jean Ward fought for herself and other women in the field. Ward graduated from Hubbard with a B.A. and wrote for the Minnesota Daily while studying at the School. Ward returned to earn an M.A. in communications and a Ph.D. in American Studies in 1967. In 1972, two years after becoming a junior faculty member at the School, Ward served on a University Senate committee revising the tenure code. During her stint, she advocated strongly for the struggles junior faculty—particularly women— face when seeking promotions or tenure and helped rewrite unsuitable language in the existing code. In her research, Ward focused on urban neighborhood press in the 1970s and information technology
1990s of Professional Journalists. The SPJ in 2021 has around 6,000 members.
1989:
The former head of the Communications Research Center, Dan Wackman, becomes director of SJMC. He started at the school in 1971 as an assistant professor.
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1995: When
Wackman moves on to another position, the CLA Dean appoints Robert Scott as the acting director of SJMC. Scott is a professor in the speech department and serves as acting director for three years.
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after seeing the impact of innovation on the engineering and medical fields. Her curiosity led her to co-create the School’s required class Information for Mass Communication with Professor Kathy Hansen. “Jean Ward could see around corners and anticipate what was coming before most people even knew where the corners were,” Hansen wrote of Ward after she died. “Jean once told me that people in the 1970s thought she was crazy for pursuing changes in information sources as a research topic. But she wasn’t crazy. She was just seeing around corners.” Jean Ward passed away peacefully in 2020. She was 89.
F. GERALD KLINE
F. Gerald “Jerry” Kline became the director of the Hubbard School late in his career, but still brought new life to the school. “As director of the school, he was a man of vision and vitality, and he brought a high level of excitement and energy to us,” said former Hubbard School professor and director Dan Wackman at one time. “He made the school and us as colleagues much better for his presence.” Kline earned a B.A. in philosophy in 1963 at the University of North Dakota; in 1969, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. While at the U of M, he directed the research center and worked as an assistant professor. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan as an associate professor; he founded the Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Mass Communication. He served as its director until 1972 and left Michigan in 1978 to come to the Hubbard School. As a director, Kline also served as a representative of the Hubbard School and the Twin Cities. In 1980, Kline represented the Hubbard School on a three-week trip to Europe sponsored by the U.S. International Communications Agency. The same year he attended the First Amendment Congress—a conference about freedom of expression—as a delegate from the Twin Cities. He consulted the United States Satellite Broadcasting Inc. of Saint Paul—one of eight companies in America with direct broadcast satellite systems permits—in 1983. He stepped down as director in 1985 to accept a position as a special assistant to the University’s president. However, he continued to be a journalism professor. Kline passed away from cancer in 1986. He was 49. 2000s
1997: A special
University presidentcreated Communications Studies Task Force report calls for a $9 million renovation of Murphy Hall, with new labs, updated equipment and new faculty lines, in addition to the founding of a “New Media Institute” and a state-of-theart information center that brings journalism
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and mass communication education at Minnesota back to its original prominence.
1998: After
directing graduate and undergraduate studies at the SJMC, Al Tims becomes the acting director. He is appointed full director in 1999 and leads the school into the new millennium.
finish. The School receives a transformational $10 million gift from the Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation. Over the years, the money is used for scholarships, fellowships and a digital media lab in the basement of Murphy Hall.
2004: The School launches
an M.A. program in Strategic Communication.
2004: The work of the school
faculty, director Al Tims, CLA Dean Steven Rosenstone and university administrators is recognized by an independent review team designed to assess the program’s progress. The independent review lavishes praise on the newly-revitalized SJMC, noting that the work to rejuvenate the program had been “truly transformative within the SJMC” and applauds the school’s “responsiveness and foresight, [which] has allowed it to reclaim its place among the elite schools of journalism in the country.”
2005: The School begins participating in the U.S. Department of State’s Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, welcoming journalists from around the world to the School for programming and special events. 2007: First cohort of the School’s Master’s in Strategic Communication program graduates.
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HAZEL DICKENGARCIA
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Hazel Dicken-Garcia began teaching at the Hubbard School in 1979. During her 31 years, she touched students as both a teacher and a mentor. “I don’t know that I have ever met someone who could so consistently push you to do better while firmly cheering you on as the best,” said former student, Ph.D. advisee, co-author and friend Giovanna Dell’Orto. Dicken-Garcia was a specialist in the history of journalism. Her book “Journalistic Standards in Nineteenth-Century America” won the award for the best book published in the field in 1990 by Kappa Tau Alpha, a journalism and mass communications honor society. As a nationally recognized professor, Dicken-Garcia had many awards to her name, including the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Distinguished Service Award, the Morse Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education and the AEJMC award for Distinguished Contributions to Graduate Education. Additionally, many of her dissertation advisees earned the AEJMC’s dissertation award. When she retired in 2008, the Hubbard School published a collection of her works to honor her service to the school. She passed away in 2018 at 79.
MARY ANN YODELIS SMITH
As the first female director of the School, Mary Ann Yodelis Smith powered through problems with poise and persistence in her two years at the School. Early on, Yodelis Smith spent 14 years as a nun. At the same time, she wrote for several Iowa newspapers. She went on to earn B.A.s in English, Secondary Education and Theology from Briar Cliff College. She earned an M.A. in Journalism in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Mass Communication in 1971 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She returned to UW in 1978 and served as the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs for eight years. While at UW, Yodelis Smith also earned multiple awards and grants, wrote articles for journals and campus magazines and gave more than a dozen academic presentations across the U.S. Alongside her work at UW, she was president of the Journalism Council for one year and was heavily involved in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. At the AEJMC, she served as head, vice-head and treasurer of the history division and on several general committees. She continued this legacy of work at the U of M when she became director of the School in 1986. She wrote a paper titled “The Delicate Balance: Feminism and the First Amendment,” and served on a panel on the same topic. She won a service award from the alumni association when she resigned in 1988. Smith died in 1994 after surviving eight years with cancer.
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2010s 2010: The School holds the first See Change: The Power of Visual Communication conference to bring creative professionals together to share thoughts and inspiration about visual communication.
2017: The
2012:
The School undergoes accreditation, an extensive review conducted every six years by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). The School is visited by a site team of four journalism educators and professionals. After its review, the site team recommends full accreditation.
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2017: Elisia
Cohen becomes director of the School.
University Senate All-Honors Committee and the Board of Regents approve renaming SJMC to the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
2019: The
School moves from three undergraduate tracks of study to three distinct majors: journalism, strategic communication and mass communication.
2020-2021: As the COVID-19 epidemic hits the U.S. in the Spring 2020 semester, the School, faculty and students adjust to a mostly online learning environment.
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During his 35 years at the Hubbard School, both colleagues and students revered Professor Don Gillmor as a bastion for free speech and press. After a 12-year term at the University of North Dakota, Gillmor joined the School faculty in 1965. He taught as a specialist in media law and first amendment rights until he retired in 1998. Gillmor earned his B.A. in liberal arts from the University of Manitoba in 1949 and earned his M.A. from the University of Minnesota a year later. He was a reporter for Winnipeg Free Press and was also a part-time copyreader for the Fargo Forum and the Grand Forks Herald while serving on the faculty of the University of North Dakota. He earned his Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Minnesota in 1961. One of the most lasting impacts of Gillmor’s legacy is the founding of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law (see p. 14). Gillmor also helped establish the law division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in the 1970s. He wrote many scholarly articles, as well as the book “Mass Communication Law: Cases and Comment,” which became an integral part of journalism education. He was even named one of the country’s “sexiest professors” by Esquire in the early ’70s. In one of his more than 20 major works, Gillmor wrote, “It is no part of the government's business to decide for the citizen-critic what is of social value in communication and what is not.” And in another, “Freedoms must be exercised with a degree of ethical responsibility … society is best served by a press governed by conscience rather than by government coercion.” Gillmor died in February 2013.
CHIN-CHUAN LEE & THE CHINA TIMES CENTER
A specialist in international communications, Chin-Chuan Lee started at the School in 1982 and wrote articles and books about his native country of Taiwan, as well as China and Hong Kong, during the divisive release of Hong Kong from the British Empire. However, Lee knew that to get into the nitty-gritty of press in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, he needed to be there. In 1988, he took a year-long sabbatical to advocate and study free press at the Institute of Ethnology Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. The country was recently free from authoritarian rule, and as a result, Lee called it a laboratory for media studies. As an international specialist, Lee enjoyed breaking down the relationship between politics and the press and wrote many articles and five books on the subject. He furthered his interests by heading the China Times Center for Media and Social Studies in the Twin Cities. The China Times Foundation in Washington, D.C., created the group with a grant, and the Center hosted an international conference in 1994. The conference brought in people from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan that, according to Lee, would’ve never agreed to meet elsewhere. America, for the moment, was a neutral zone. While at the School, Lee kept up his correspondence and jobs as a freelance columnist for Hong Kong and Taiwan newspapers. He often took phone calls in the middle of the night or eagerly awaited five-day-late newspapers. However, 12
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he was committed to bolstering the relationship between American viewpoints and the actualities of the three countries. “Political economy in Asian countries is different from the West,” Lee said at the time, “and employing comparative perspectives not only challenges established theories of the West but helps internationalize all our theories.” It’s about working to change those perspectives and not giving in to easy stereotypes, Lee said. “We think news is very comprehensive and we expect journalists to provide a representative view but in fact, their news perspective is very narrow,” he said. “News is an imperfect medium.” Lee was a professor at the School for 22 years before retiring in 2004. Lee now teaches at the City University of Hong Kong.
BROVALDSIM INTERNSHIPS CREATED
In 1991, the School and the Minnesota Newspaper Association created memorial internships for Walter Brovald and John Sim. As both had an interest in community journalism, the internships would too. “The Brovald-Sim Internship Program will help students understand the needs, benefits and importance of local newspapers,” according to a story in the Reporter in 1991. “And will help create a bond between students and community journalism.” Initially, the internships would last one quarter, and students would write weekly articles for a community newspaper. Now, however, it’s a practicum class taught every spring that highlights underreported communities on campus.
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AL TIMS
1990s
Al Tims was never one to take the easy way out, so it wasn't a surprise when he exceeded expectations as interim director of the Hubbard School. It also wasn't a surprise when he was named full director in 1999. Before that, Tims was the Director of both Graduate Studies and Undergraduate Studies at the School and the Director of Area Studies Programs of the Institute of International Studies at the University. Tims earned his Ph.D. in mass communication in 1982 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He spent a few years teaching at other schools and working with government policy agencies until he joined the Hubbard School in 1987. After becoming interim director in 1998, Tims inherited the School’s policy to lobby the legislature for grant money. Once approved, Tims spearheaded the plan for remodeling Murphy Hall, restructured the curriculum to focus on new and changing media, and implemented a professional master's degree program for strategic communication. Tims was an advocate for the School’s robust adjunct faculty. “Adjunct professors play a vital role in what the School is trying to accomplish," he said at the time. “They're the key link between the professional community and the students, and are the perfect complement to what the regular faculty provide. We're incredibly lucky to have such a vibrant community of adjuncts to enrich our program.” Tims retired in 2017 after 30 years with the Hubbard School.
MURPHY HALL REMODELED
In July 1999, Murphy Hall began a $9 million renovation, meant to bring the 60-year-old building up to date with modern times. The renovation included the addition of the Institute of New Media Studies, moving the Sevareid Library to the basement, adding the first-floor conference center, transforming the entire 17,000-square-foot basement into a hub for journalism and mass communication, and much more. The renovation was just one part of then University President Yudof’s New Media Initiative, which also called for the addition of more faculty members, the reintroduction of a photojournalism program, and the rebuilding of community ties with the School.
There was one phrase Hubbard School students Chris Ruen and James DeLong heard more than any other in the spring of 2002: “In the wake of 9/11…” Selfdescribed as rebellious students, they felt the University and its students needed an alternative voice—the only campus publication was The Daily—after the national tragedy to express what students wanted to talk about. So they created The Wake. The Wake is a free bi-weekly student-run and student-written magazine. Published both online and in print, it covers a mix of local news, serious issues, opinions, reviews and humor, onand off-campus. It celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2022. Though it employs staff and interns, the magazine relies on freelancers to write most of the stories and create the accompanying artwork. Writers can pick up a staff member’s pitch or pitch their own stories with topics ranging from the best local cafes to the perils of ethnic ambiguity. But it’s not just for artists and writers. The Wake covers everything in magazine production: from copy-editing to design to distribution and more.
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THE WAKE IS FOUNDED
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THE SILHA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIA ETHICS AND LAW When he retired from Cowles Media Company in 1984, Otto Silha, former president and publisher of The Minneapolis Star and The Minneapolis Tribune, was so convinced that media ethics and law “go to the heart and core of both the profession of journalism and the media business” that he gave $2.5 million to his alma mater to establish the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law. Reflecting on Otto’s legacy, his son, Stephen Silha, wrote, “Otto retired and literally the next day he announced the creation of the Silha Center.” An additional donation in 1990 endowed a chair, the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, followed by a third for research in 1999. “Both of our parents [Otto and Helen] were seekers after truth,” Stephen continued. “They both believed in ethics and basic human decency. It’s fitting that they created the Silha Center, a rare academic center that explores the intersections of media ethics and media law. Those explorations and inquiries are as important now as they were then—maybe more so.” Since 1999, Jane E. Kirtley, current Silha Professor and Silha Center Director, has developed and expanded the Silha Center’s programs; spoken at numerous academic and professional conferences and seminars, many of them in developing democracies; given interviews to countless news organizations and scholars; and authored academic articles and texts. In 2010, the U.S. State Department published Kirtley’s Media Law Handbook. Translated into nine languages, Kirtley’s Handbook is found in U.S. Embassies around the world. Under her guidance, the Silha Center also joins media coalitions and media advocacy groups advocating for protection for journalists and access to information. The annual endowed Silha Lecture has hosted distinguished and innovative thinkers including Floyd Abrams, Theodore Boutrous, James Goodale, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Randall Kennedy, Anthony Lewis and Mark Stephens, speaking on topics such as the First Amendment and national security, reporter’s privilege, academic freedom, the #MeToo movement and the ethics of criticism. Silha forums typically focus on media ethics issues, including how journalists cover the military, health news,
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sports and crime victims. In 2018, a symposium, “The State of Our Satirical Union,” marked the 30th anniversary of Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, a seminal Supreme Court ruling affirming the First Amendment right of satirists to lampoon public figures. Co-sponsored by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, the symposium featured Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonists and media scholars reflecting on the impact of the decision on their work today. (For more on the symposium, visit stateofoursatiricalunion.umn.edu.) Silha Center research projects provide opportunities for talented graduate and law students to enhance their own scholarship. Under Kirtley’s guidance, research assistants write and edit the Silha Center’s newsletter, the Bulletin, established in 1994 and widely used in law offices and college classrooms around the world. Since 2009, they have helped prepare a report on developments in privacy and data protection for the Practising Law Institute’s Communications Law in the Digital Age annual conference. They also help draft amicus briefs and comments to a variety of court, legislative and administrative bodies. Even during the pandemic, Kirtley and the Silha research assistants have covered breaking media law and ethics issues, including the First Amendment implications of the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in Washington, D.C. Former Silha research assistants now continue their work at leading universities and law firms around the world. In its 37 years, the Silha Center has become an internationally-recognized source for expert commentary on ethical responsibilities and legal rights of the media in a democratic society. Stephen Silha observed, “Otto was so grateful for the [initial] leadership of [SJMC professors] Don Gillmor, Ted Glasser, Hazel Dicken-Garcia, and Bill Babcock. The year Otto died [1999], Jane Kirtley took over and has steered the Center into ever more useful, creative, and important areas of study and education. Special thanks and congratulations to the Silha Center staff, who have not only kept the fires burning, but continue to blaze new trails.” Proof of the Silha Center’s dedication to Otto’s Silha’s vision can be found in its many accomplishments. To learn more about Kirtley’s work, the Silha Bulletin, and to find videos and other information about Silha events, visit the Silha Center’s website at silha.umn.edu.
Clockwise from left: Helen and Otto Silha at the Reagan inauguration. Lynn Rosetto Kasper, author and host of American Public Media’s “The Splendid Table,” speaks about “A Question of Taste: The Ethics and Craft of Restaurant Reviewing.” Ann Telnaes, The Washington Post’s editorial cartoonist at the 2018 symposium: “The State of Our Satirical Union: Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell at 30.” Formal dedication of the Silha Center with Ted Koppel (third from left) in 1987. Randall Kennedy, The Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, delivered the 2016 Silha Lecture, “The Politics and Law of the Culture Wars.”
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“The mentor program played such a huge role in creating my career path! I don't know where I'd be if my amazing mentor, Ray Faust, hadn't given me the sage advice that copywriting and media were very different career paths, and I needed to choose one. I chose media and strategy and have been thankful to work at some amazing ad agencies and companies in my career. I've also loved being able to give back to the mentor program as a mentor and as a board member helping run the program.”
MEMORIES
Alums share memories from their time in Murphy Hall in honor of the School’s Centennial.
—Heather Arntson, B.A. ’05. M.A. ’09
“Back in college, I was a terrible writer. In fact, I flunked freshman English. I wound up in journalism school because of my interest in advertising account management and the graphics side of marketing. By my junior year, I had to take Beginning Copywriting. The professor was Virginia Harris, one of the only professors I knew who had field experience. Can you imagine how terrified I was? About a week into the course, our first assignment was to pick a product and write an ad for it. Students turned in their work a day or two later together with mine. “The next day, Professor Harris asked me to come to her office after school. I thought…“This is it, where do I go from here?” I sat down beside her desk and waited for the hammer to drop. “She reached for a sheet of paper at the top of a stack. The painful silence broke when Professor Harris said, ‘Bob, you have a gift. You write like you talk.’ She went on to explain that many students had ingrained formal literary skills so much so that they couldn’t write succinctly and with conviction. My career ambitions and confidence made an abrupt change in that brief office visit with Professor Harris. The fact that she had real-world experience gave me even more confidence in my writing style. Professor Harris didn’t have to do what she did for me. She had a deep sense of caring to channel students in a career direction where they could excel. Thank you, Professor Virginia Harris. You are still my hero.” —Bob Mallory, B.A. ’73
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“It's more than 60 years since I first entered Murphy Hall as a freshman. During my seven years as an undergraduate and graduate student I learned a great deal and made many lasting friends. I treasure memories of my favorite professors who included Mitch Charnley, George Hage and Edwin Emery. I worked on the Minnesota Daily and the Ivory Tower. I just checked and I still have a key to 10B Murphy Hall, a valued possession because of the memories it evokes. During my years in Murphy Hall, I moved from the student publications in the basement to the graduate assistants’ room on the fourth floor. And I spent countless hours on the floors in between. All of that proved invaluable in my subsequent career as a reporter, editor and professor.”
—Larry Pearson, B.A. ’64, Ph.D. ’90
“The late, great journalist Paul McEnroe served as an adjunct professor at the J-school for a number of years, and he sure left a mark on my career. I was a student in his reporting class in the early '90s when one day he entered the room, grabbed a black marker and scrawled on the dry erase board a command that I tried to obey for years to come: ‘Journalism is not about journalism -- HIT THE ROAD!’ McEnroe's imperative was an ethos. To me, it meant get off your butt and into the neighborhoods. Talk to people. Gather stories from those affected by the decisions of the pols, bureaucrats and business leaders you cover. McEnroe didn't want his students taking the easy way out by relying solely on phone interviews and official sources. During my career as a journalist in Dallas, New York City and St. Paul, I tried to live up to Mac's exhortation. Today, in an era of smartphones, email, internet and social media, McEnroe's order (maybe it was a plea) is more important than ever before. ‘Hit the road!’” —Bob Ingrassia, B.A. ’92
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“Sitting in Dan Wackman’s office with David Domke, pouring over our latest analysis, only to have Dan send us back upstairs to rerun SPSS [statistics software] because we hadn’t pulled all the descriptive stats or run some analysis that he regularly demanded. But when we invariably returned, answer in hand, that look of pleased satisfaction on Dan’s face, when he could tell we were on to something, will last me a lifetime. That mentor-mentee relationship developed into a father-son dynamic, as Dan invited us into his Minnesota clan, and was there to celebrate our growing family. Thanks for the memories, the abiding friendships, the unwavering support and the career.” —Dhavan Shah, M.A. ’95, Ph.D. ’99
“I came to Murphy Hall anticipating becoming a journalist covering legal-government affairs. Professor Donald Gillmor, the greatest teacher I had, urged me to combine those interests and go to law school. I did, and for that I’m grateful.” —Marshall Tanick, B.A. ’69
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THE HUBBARD SCHOOL IS HONORED TO
present “Doumenting A Reckoning: The Murder of George Floyd,” which examines the year in the Twin Cities from Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020 to the culmination of the Chauvin trial with a guilty verdict on April 20, 2021. Three jurors reviewed more than 500 photos submitted by 81 photographers during the summer of 2021. The 54 chosen photos in this exhibit were created by professional, local and student photographers who are as diverse as the Twin Cities community. The goal is to highlight the people and events that changed the region and showcase some of the powerful images created during that time.
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Exhibit showcases photojournalism during the protests and unrest of 2020.
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MICHAEL SPEAR
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The exhibit is on display at the University of Minnesota's Elmer Andersen Library until March 4, 2022. Then it moves to the Mill City Museum, and will be open for public viewing from March 14 through June 5, 2022.
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THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND DIVERSITY: A MARKETPLACE FAILURE
The 36th Annual Silha Lecture focused on the current state of the First Amendment Marketplace of Ideas theory amidst political, economic, social and technological changes. BY SCOTT MEMMEL
ON OCT. 26, 2021, S. JENELL TRIGG, the chair of
Washington, D.C.–based law firm Lerman Senter PLLC’s Privacy, Data Security and E-Commerce practice, argued during the 36th Annual Silha Lecture that “we are currently in a debate regarding the importance and value of free speech and protecting democracy. Some say there is no democracy without free speech, but after the 2020 presidential election, the insurrection on the nation’s Capitol, and recent developments, some too close to home, I’m not sure anymore…. I’ve started to question whether the longstanding theory of marketplace of ideas is still relevant in today’s digital age.” Approximately 150 attendees from throughout the United States and abroad attended Trigg’s virtual lecture, “The First Amendment and Diversity: A Marketplace Failure.” Articulated by John Milton, John Stuart Mill, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and others, the “marketplace of ideas” theory posits that ideas and arguments should be allowed to compete in a free market, where, hopefully, truth and “good” speech prevail. In Abrams v. United States (1919), Justice Holmes contended that “the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas—that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which [people’s] wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution.” Trigg’s background includes her experiences as a broadcast television sales and marketing executive at several major market television stations and at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where she served on the staffs of two Commissioners and at the FCC Bureau/Office level. Trigg emphasized that she is “a strong supporter of 20
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the First Amendment” and that she “fully understand[s] the First Amendment was designed not to protect the speech we like, but to protect the speech we don’t.” Trigg also noted that she is “a longstanding supporter of diversity... particularly diversity in the media,” which was one of the main reasons she went to law school at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Trigg said, “I believe that there is a strong correlation between diversity in the media, the First Amendment, and today’s state of the marketplace of ideas as it exists or not.” Second, Trigg noted growing concerns about the future of the news media, including “increasing threats and attacks [against] journalists and media around the world.” Such threats and attacks come in many forms, according to Trigg, including verbal threats, physical assaults, arrests and criminal investigations, “fake news” statutes and regulations, access rights to information, and civil challenges. Third, Trigg discussed three “influential developments” that “have changed our consumption of news, as well as our trust in the news and media industry and, therefore, have impacted the marketplace of ideas.” Citing the “consolidation of news and information sources,” she noted how the number of sources of news and information has expanded significantly since 1981, including the introduction of cable news, streaming video services, search engines, social media platforms and much more. However, Trigg contended that at the same time, ownership is now consolidated, citing the statistic that in 1983, 50 companies owned 90 percent of media outlets. In 2021, eight companies own 90 percent of media organizations. “Although there are considerably more sources for news and information than ever before, there are less owners, less truly independent and antagonistic voices and, therefore, less diverse viewpoints. This is a natural consequence of [media] consolidation,” she said. Trigg added that other developments only further undermine the marketplace of ideas, including the blurring of facts and opinion. She said, “There used to be a time when it was forbidden to mix opinion and news. Decades ago, you could clearly delineate the difference between
news, opinion, editorial content and entertainment. It is not so easy anymore.” Trigg further argued that “not disclosing the difference between fact and opinion is one of the criticisms the public has of the news media, why trust in the press and media has declined and continues to erode.” Trigg also noted that “where Americans get their news also has an impact on the marketplace of ideas.” She cited a Pew Research Center study that found 52 percent of Americans “prefer to get news on a digital platform,” with 35 percent preferring television. The second “influential development” Trigg raised was the “increased use of and reliance on impersonal communications/devices.” She observed there have been “advancements in technology … that changed what we do and how we communicate. These devices and platforms allow us to communicate and interact with anyone in the world and get news and information at very little cost at our choosing 24/7. This is a very good thing. Media platforms are a crucial part of the mainstream modern ecosystem; they’ve expanded freedom of expression, as well as access to news and information across the globe.” However, Trigg argued that “there is a bad side to online engagement and use of communications and high-tech devices,” including that “[w]hile we can engage with anyone online, we often make such connections and interact with other people at an arms-length basis, on an impersonal level.” She continued, “We rarely communicate in person. We tweet, text, IM, email and ping. We can be anonymous online when sending threatening or hurtful messages or inflammatory content at least to the recipient. Such content and messages are instantly disseminated around the world and reposted, liked [and] recirculated well beyond the closed circle of family, friends, and associates where we don’t even know the initial origin. We can avoid getting to know each other beyond being a Facebook friend. We can avoid being held accountable for our actions.” The result, according to Trigg, is that “[w]e have not only lost diversity, we have lost civility. We say things on Facebook, Twitter, and other online media that we would have never said in person, much less out loud. We can hide behind a fake online identity and attack real people.” Such messages lead to several additional negative effects, including self-harm and suicide, especially by teenagers. The third and final “influential development” Trigg cited was the rise of “advanced technology that collects, tracks [and] analyzes personal information to predict individual behavior and uses such information to generate revenue and engagement.” She posed several questions to the audience, stating, “[B]efore you repost that news story or information, or engage in a communication, are you sure that it came from another human and it was not sent
by a bot? Are you sure that the video or content is real? Or is it a deepfake? Would you know that your personal information, online activities and social networking can be tracked, controlled and manipulated by advanced technology and that your use of the internet is not as anonymous as you thought?” Trigg contended that the internet, specifically “what is called behavioral targeting or behavioral profiling, has had a major influence on the failing of the marketplace of ideas for news and information.” She noted that “gathering data about consumers gender, age, location, purchasing, viewing, reading, and listening habits We say things on [and] analyzing that data for Facebook, Twitter advertising and marketing purposes is not new and is and other online perfectly acceptable; it is how the advertising industry works.” media that we However, “concerns and issues would have never arise particularly online when the collection of data is not said in person, based on general categories anymore, but is based on your much less out individual behavior,” including loud. political and other beliefs. Trigg contended that the collection and use of individual’s personal information can be, and is, “used to tailor messages that c[an] persuade a particular person to attend a political event or vote for a political candidate,” among other examples of “abuse of user’s personal information.” Ultimately, Trigg concluded that “[w]e did not get here overnight.. . . [I]t’s not just one event, one person or one development that brings us to a crossroads today. A series of individual developments have contributed to a failing of the marketplace of ideas. The foreseen outcomes and inadvertent consequences of these developments have collectively converged into a perfect storm, resulting in today’s First Amendment crisis.” Finally, Trigg said, “I’m hopeful. I’m very hopeful. As long as we have journalists and reporters and committed news people across the board in all media who want to get at the truth. As long as we have people that are honest and will speak the truth, I’m hopeful that we can gain a little bit of this marketplace of ideas back. I still have hope that we can recover from these failings and, at minimum, restore civility in our daily discourse with each other.” A link to a video of the lecture is available online at silha. umn.edu. Silha Center activities, including the annual Silha Lecture, are made possible by a generous endowment from the late Otto and Helen Silha. HUBBARD SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
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FACULTY NEWS Colin Agur
COLIN AGUR, along with two Hubbard
Sid Bedingfield
MATT CARLSON (with Seth Lewis and
School grad students, published “Conceptualizing the roles of involvement and immersion in persuasive games” in Games and Culture. The article studied how students responded to a digital game about refugees.
Sue Robinson) wrote “News After Trump: Journalism’s Crisis of Relevance in a Changed Media Culture,” which was published by Oxford University Press in October.
SID BEDINGFIELD, with Kathy
ence Cafe project for the University of Minnesota’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The research team also published two articles in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved and Journal of Clinical and Translational Science on their research. Find the project at hsjmc.umn.edu/science-cafe.
Roberts Forde (University of Massachusetts Amherst), co-edited “Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America,” which was published by the University of Illinois Press and centers the press as a crucial political actor shaping the rise of the Jim Crow South.
VALERIE BÉLAIR-GAGNON (with Dr.
Nikki Usher) co-edited “Journalism Research That Matters,” which was published with Oxford University Press. The book includes academics and practitioners’ contributions on most pressing and exciting areas for journalism research, from news and data literacy to changing news audiences to shifting business models for news. It provides a blueprint for overcoming the research-practice gap.
DANIELLE BROWN worked with the
University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Media Engagement to build a report titled “A Better Way to Tell Protest Stories.” She also won the Vaccine Confidence Fund Grant, in partnership with Indiana University, to find ways social media messaging can help vaccine uptake in communities disproportionately facing disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown also interviewed CNN’s Abby Phillip during a live, virtual conversation for the College of Liberal Arts.
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ELISIA COHEN, along with Milton Eder and SARA QUINN, worked on a Sci-
In November, RUTH DEFOSTER, along with DANIELLE BROWN, spoke at an Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources (IJNR) workshop titled “Environmental Racism + Indigenous Communities.” It was a workshop to teach working journalists to avoid perpetuating bias in coverage of protest and indigenous communities. In September, CRAIG FLOURNOY was quoted in “White people in the US have long controlled public institutions. Racial progress has paid the price,” one story from a USA Today multimedia series titled Seven Days of 1961, which highlighted pivotal protests during the Civil Rights Movement. The story revealed how educators, lawmakers and the news media have repeatedly blocked racial progress.
GAYLE GOLDEN served on a College of
Liberal Arts committee on Recognizing and Rewarding Teaching. She also participated on a panel discussing “What is good teaching and what does it look like?” for the University of Minnesota’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
Valerie Belair-Gagnon
Danielle Brown
Matt Carlson
JISU HUH spoke at the Duke Margolis
Center for Health Policy Virtual Public Workshop “Informing and Refining the Prescription Drug Promotion Research Agenda,” which was held on Nov. 19, 2021. She discussed emerging trends in online drug promotion, her research on prescription drug promotion on emerging digital media platforms and future research directions and considerations. She also gave a virtual keynote speech to the Annual International Conference of Intelligence Science and Advertising Development, which was held in Shanghai, China, in November. Her speech discussed key trends in computational advertising practice and research and future directions in emerging artificial intelligence advertising. In December, she gave a keynote speech at the Korean Association of Advertising and Public Relations Special Seminar on Media Audience and Advertising Measurement, held in Seoul, Korea. She discussed the current trends, issues and challenges in media audience and advertising measurement in today’s increasingly complex and fragmented and constantly changing media environment, and proposed best practice recommendations.
Last fall, MARK JENSON’s Campaigns class client was Totino’s Pizza Rolls from General Mills. Four teams worked since early September and presented their final presentations to the client on Dec. 13. The challenge was to develop a complete IMC plan to help Totino’s Pizza Rolls reach their young target audience. The client, Alyx Svatek (B.A. ’14), said, “I was so excited for this experience because it was an opportunity to give back to and be involved with the School while working with the next class of creative marketers on a fun, real-life project. I was so impressed with the
Elisia Cohen
Ruth DeFoster
Craig Flournoy
Gayle Golden
Jisu Huh
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Mark Jenson
Sherri Jean Katz
Regina McCombs
creative and strategic thinking that the students exemplified through their final presentations.” Jenson’s Ad Strategy/ Creative Development class final project was for a local company, Mr. Fuzz’s Fiery Foods. Five teams made their final project creative presentations to the client on Dec. 13.
Jane Kirtley
JENNIFER JOHNSON’s Advertising
Scott Memmel
Portfolio Development course ended its fall semester with critiques from 14 advertising professionals. The professionals gave one-on-one critiques to students over Zoom or in person on Dec. 13 and 15. Half of the professionals graduated from the U with a degree from the Hubbard School.
SHERRI JEAN KATZ gave the following
Rebekah Nagler
Adam Saffer
Claire Segijn
conference presentations: “Middle School Youth and Vaping Flavor Presentation: Risk, Novelty, and Susceptibility” at the Tobacco Regulatory Science Meeting, Oct. 18-20, 2021; “Vaping Flavors and Flavor Representations: A Test of Youth Risk Perceptions and Novelty Perceptions” for the Communication Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division at the Association of Educators of Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in August; and “Parental Misperceptions of Youth Vaping” for the Health Communication Division at the National Communication Association (NCA) annual conference in November.
JANE KIRTLEY wrote two articles for The Conversation, one about the FBI raid on Project Veritas titled “Project Veritas and the mainstream media: Strange allies in the fight to protect press freedom” and one about CNN and Chris Cuomo, titled “How dual loyalties created an ethics problem for Chris Cuomo and CNN.” SCOTT LIBIN had a chapter titled
Scott Libin
“Revisiting the requirements of Hutchins: context and coverage in the post-George Floyd world” published in The Routledge Companion to Journalism Ethics. Libin led a session on “Which Words: Covering with Caution” at the September convention of the Radio Television Digital News Association in Denver.
REGINA MCCOMBS led the curation and judging of “Documenting a Reckoning: The Murder of George Floyd” (see page 18), a photojournalism exhibit, which is on display at the Elmer Andersen Library through March 4, 2022 and then moves to the Mill City Museum on March 14, 2022. She also facilitated a two-day photojournalism workshop with the U.S. Embassy in Brunei Darussalam. The workshop aimed to provide insights for participants to tell better stories using images and boost collaboration among journalists in Brunei and Malaysia.
SCOTT MEMMEL received an Honorable Mention Teaching and Mentoring Award for the 2021 University of Minnesota Postdoc Awards as part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week. The award was made during the Office of Postdoctoral Initiatives Postdoc Welcome Event. Very few of these awards are given, and Memmel was the only postdoc outside of the hard sciences to receive one. Director Elisia Cohen nominated him for this award. REBEKAH NAGLER published the central results of her recent NIH-funded study “Effects of prior exposure to conflicting health information on responses to subsequent unrelated health messages: Results from a population-based longitudinal experiment,” in Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Collaborators on this
work were Professors Rachel Vogel (Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health), Sarah Gollust (Health Policy & Management), Alex Rothman (Psychology) and Marco Yzer (Hubbard School).
ADAM SAFFER made a list of most
published scholars in communication for 2021. He published “What influences relationship formation in a global civil society network? An examination of valued multiplex relations” in Communication Research. He also spoke at the noRth conference in September about visualizing data.
CLAIRE M. SEGIJN collected eye-tracking data in the renovated lab on the third floor of Murphy Hall last semester for her project on synced advertising and digital literacy together with Hubbard School Ph.D. candidate Eunah Kim, Hubbard School Ph.D. student Chloe Gansen, and Design Ph.D. student Garim Lee. The research is funded by the Grantin-Aid from the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota. She also published a literature review on personalization transparency and control in the special issue “Algorithmic Systems in the Digital Society” of Media and Communication, which was co-authored by Joanna Strycharz (University of Amsterdam), and Amy Riegelman and Cody Hennesy (UMN Libraries). CHRISTOPHER TERRY published “We didn’t stop the fire: Media ownership policy after FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project” in the Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal. He also appeared in a Scientific American documentary called “Starlink, Elon Musk, and the Promise (and Perils) of Internet from Space” talking
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Christopher Terry
Benjamin Toff
about broadband. In November, BEN TOFF was a keynote speaker at a German conference organized by Media in Cooperation and Transition. He also published “Depth and breadth: How news organizations navigate trade-offs around building trust in news,” the fourth in a series of studies from the Trust in News Project, a research initiative he leads with a team of researchers at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.
EMILY VRAGA, along with Stephanie
Edgerly, won the 2020 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Outstanding Article Award for their paper “News-ness as an audience concept for the hybrid media environment,” which was published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. She also won the 2021 Article of the Year award from the Communicating Health, Science, Environment, and Risk division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) for “Testing the effectiveness of correction placement and type on Instagram,” which was published in the International Journal of Press/Politics. Both awards were presented at the 2021 AEJMC conference in August.
MARCO YZER, along with several co-authors including REBEKAH NAGLER, published “Effects of culturally tailored smoking prevention and cessation messages on urban American Indian youth” in Preventive Medicine Reports and “Effects of prior exposure to conflicting health information on responses to subsequent unrelated health messages: Results from a population-based longitudinal experiment” in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
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DIVERSITY FELLOWS FOR 2021-2022 The following professionals joined Hubbard School courses throughout the year to engage with students and offer expertise in areas from ethics and radio production to beat reporting and advertising strategy.
Matt Belanger, morning anchor, KSTP Daniel Pierce Bergin, executive producer, TPT Harry Colbert, managing editor, MinnPost Jerry Holt, staff photographer, Star Tribune Van Horgen, founder & CEO, Superhuman Mukhtar Ibrahim, founder, Sahan Journal Jafra Johnson, social media ads strategist, Hubbard Interactive Nina Moini, reporter, MPR News Maria Pazos, planning director, Carmichael Lynch Marsha Pitts-Phillips, founder, MRPP & Associates Communications LLC Anjula Razdan, digital director, Experience Life Erica Swain, IT communications manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Digital Equity Advocate, Minnesota IT Services
Nancy Yang, senior editor for audience engagement, Star Tribune
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT NEWS MAYLEE MOORE was selected to be on
the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) student advisory committee for 2021-22. She serves on the national committee with 25 students representing all 15 AAF Districts from around the country and will give important feedback and guidance for all AAF Education Services programming.
Several students were nominated for the Hearst Journalism Contest. JESSICA JURCEK was nominated for her story “The numbers on Black faculty and students tell the story,” which appeared in AccessU: Black on Campus and the Summer 2021 issue of the Murphy Reporter. KATELYN VUE was nominated for her story “Some 50,000 Minnesota households have fallen behind on rent. With the COVID eviction moratorium ending soon, housing nonprofits want to help renters apply for help catching up,” which appeared in Sahan Journal. AVA KIAN was nominated and placed 10th for her story “Minnesota baby born at 21
weeks, celebrates first birthday, sets world record,” published in the Pioneer Press. MACY HARDER was nominated for “The extraordinary life of the campus squirrel,” published in the Minnesota Daily. KENNEDY CUMMINS and ADAM BIENINGEN were both nominated for the Television Features category.
BACKPACK, the student-run advertising and PR agency, is celebrating the end of its first semester housed in the Hubbard School. Previously, the agency was managed out of the College of Liberal Arts and the Office of Institutional Advancement. The agency has committed to a restructure of the organization, which includes full cross-functional collaboration between creative, account management, planning, media and production. Backpack is providing new experiences for aspiring ad/PR professionals with strong direction from an active Board of Directors who continue to support and guide projects. New and continuing Backpack
clients include Serve Minnesota, the M.A. Strategic Communication program, First Nations Repatriation Institute, University Relations and Green Key Digital. If you are interested in learning more about Backpack, please visit backpackumn.com. It was a productive fall for the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) team as they started work on this year’s project in late September. A group of more than 25 students has been meeting in person every Tuesday night to work on Oculus Quest 2 from Meta/Facebook. The team is being led by co-presidents MAYLEE MOORE and ALEXANDER NEALE and project manager RORY USKATVICH. The team has completed more than 1,600 surveys and conducted more than 40 one-on-one interviews for the research portion of the project. A former NSAC and Hubbard School alum Brenna Smithson, who is a Director of Brand Planning at Carmichael Lynch, gave the team great information on how to craft creative strategies. This spring, the team is working on the creative and media parts of the plan. The final book is due in late March and the team will compete in the District 8 championship in April.
Members of the NSAC team attended the British Arrow Awards on opening night at the Walker Art Center on Dec. 3.
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MEET A GRAD STUDENT: ROWAN MCMULLEN CHENG McMullen Cheng left a job in the industry to devote time to research.
❙ INTERVIEW BY AMANDA FRETHEIM GATES Rowan McMullen Cheng is a second-year M.A. student. She is a qualitative journalism studies scholar focused on sociology of work and technology. Her thesis work focuses on journalistic distributed labor. She has presented her work at global conferences, including the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference and the bi-annual Cardiff University Future of Journalism conference. She has also served as a TA and an RA. Prior to pursuing her academic career, Rowan worked in private and nonprofit communication teams. Q What have you found to be
some of the best features of the Hubbard School MA program?
A The community has been above
and beyond expectations. The HSJMC is an inviting and collaborative community that focuses on supporting each other and providing an intellectually stimulating program. There is an outstanding peer mentorship program in addition to the experienced faculty advising
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that really helps students socialize into the program and value each perspective.
Try to focus
Q What parts of your current
on identify-
A I thrive in the process of research.
ing what you
research projects excite you?
While I enjoy pursuing my own interests, the process of producing excellent scholarship is like a fine art that takes patience and attention to detail. Each stage of the research process is a little bit different, but as you move through the process the broad implications and societal impacts slowly clarify into why the research is important. It’s these subtle moments of clarity and the intentional simplicity of effective writing that encourages me to continue researching.
Q What has been one of your most
favorite accomplishments?
A Long before I arrived, the Hubbard
your attention
can lose time reading about, what you want to talk to others about and what you think is a meaningful contribution to society.
School grad students developed a Graduate Student Organization (GSO) dedicated to helping new graduate students socialize, work together and host events. One of these events is an annual conference. During my first year as an M.A. student, I took a leap and presented a preliminary proposal for my thesis idea. I was stressed out because it was the first time I had presented in front of the many faculty that I admired, and it’s vulnerable to open yourself up to constructive feedback. The whole process went well, and I received some really insightful and supportive feedback that ultimately helped sculpt my thesis into what it is today. Presenting my work like that was one of my favorite accomplishments because it set the stage for me to present at other conferences outside of the program, like the Cardiff Future of Journalism Conference and the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. I can’t thank the GSO and Hubbard School faculty enough for encouraging and supporting my research.
Q What Hubbard School professors
have inspired your work, and why?
A Huge shout out to Dr. Carlson and
Dr. Bélair-Gagnon. Their mentorship, advising, professionalism and scholarly contributions have illustrated how to be an incredible faculty member. Dr. Bélair-Gagnon has taught me invaluable lessons about what it means to be professional in academia, how to answer all these research questions I have through methods, and how to demonstrate genuine respect for students, among so much more. I would likely not be at the Hubbard School if it weren’t for Dr. Carlson. I read his book Journalistic Authority when I was still working
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GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS in industry, and it catalyzed a sequence of research questions that led me to apply and enroll. During my time in the Hubbard School M.A. program, Dr. Carlson inspired new research directions I didn't know were possible, motivated me to submit to conferences and awards and, importantly, he taught me how to write in academia. Of course, while there are other faculty members I wish I could express my gratitude to at length here, I am so thankful for the time, experience and thoughtfulness Dr. Carlson and Dr. Bélair-Gagnon have provided during my time in the School.
Q What advice would you give
someone considering graduate school?
A Study what you want to learn about, rather than what you think your faculty advisor might think is important or what your cohort might think is interesting. Ultimately, you’re the one that will do all the work of answering imperative questions about media and communication, so it should be what interests you. Try to focus your attention on identifying what you can lose time reading about, what you want to talk to others about, and what you think is a meaningful contribution to society. Answer questions about why you think this topic is important compared to another, how you might go about exploring your interests, and what support you need to fulfill your inquisitiveness. While graduate school may feel overwhelming, your passion studies will help ground you, remind you that you’re worthwhile, and validate that your unique perspective is an important gift.
MARAL ABDOLLAHI, along with Assis-
tant Professor Colin Agur and former Hubbard School graduate student Eu Gene Lee, published “Conceptualizing the roles of involvement and immersion in persuasive games” in Games and Culture. The article studied how students responded to a digital game about refugees.
BUGIL CHANG received the Dan
Wackman First-Year Graduate Student Research Award for his paper “I distrust you all because one of you did something wrong: Spillover effect of distrust elicited by an NPO’s crisis on overall NPOs.” The award comes with $2,500 and was established with generous gifts from the Hubbard School’s professor emeritus, Dan Wackman, and others, to honor a first-year graduate student or small group of graduate students who produce the best research paper for a completed first-year graduate project in Mass Communication.
ROWAN MCMULLEN CHENG earned the First-Year Graduate Student Research Award, Honorable Mention, for her paper “Busking the news: Institutional journalistic critique and author-audience relationship on Substack.” The honorable mention comes with an award of $500. TANIA GANGULI joined The New York Times as an NBA writer. Before coming to the Hubbard School, she was the Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times. EUNAH KIM published two papers
with Professor Jisu Huh: “Intentional ad-viewing to support video creators on digital video-sharing platforms” in Journal of Marketing Communications and “The sound factor in autoplay
mobile video ads,” in Advances in Advertising Research.
CLARA JUAREZ MIRO accepted an
offer for a three-year postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna, researching audience expectations of journalism.
ALLISON STEINKE was awarded the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the 2021-22 academic year for her dissertation project, “The Institutionalization of Solutions Journalism.” She also presented at two conferences, including the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in August 2021 as part of the Communication Theory and Methodology (CT&M) Division in a presentation titled “Cultivating Cognitive Legitimacy: The Case of Solutions Journalism,” and as part of the Cardiff Future of Journalism Conference hosted in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, in September 2021, with a presentation titled “Solutions Journalism: An Adaptable, Legitimate, and Resilient Global Institution.”
Bugil Chang
DANFORD ZIRUGO contributed
a paper to African Journalism Studies titled “Subverting journalistic routines: When political satire intervenes to challenge public broadcasting national discourses.” The paper seeks to understand peripheral news actors in African communication ecologies.
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MEET A STUDENT: YAYOUA YANG
As part of the advertising, entertainment or beauty industries, Yayoua hopes to push for diversity and inclusion.
❙ INTERVIEW BY ERICA BOUSKA Recent graduate
I decided to
Yayoua Yang double
double major
majored in strategic
in strategic
communication and
communication
graphic design.
and graphic
She was also named
design because
to the 2022 class of Most Promising
I really do
Multicultural Students
believe they go
(MPMS) by the American
hand in hand.
Advertising Federation and spent a week in program. This year’s MPMS class consisted of only 50 students, representing 32 schools and 19 states across the country.
Q What has been your favorite part
of your experience at the Hubbard School?
Q Why did you decide to pursue
A I decided to pursue strategic communication, specifically in advertising, because of The BrandLab (a local organization that hires and places high school and college level students as interns, providing support through industry workshops, experiential skills training, professional development and career and college guidance). They gave me a glimpse of the marketing and advertising industry here in the Twin Cities and it jump started my interest in the power of advertising. I think that art direction and learning how to communicate strategically 28
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Q What is your dream job? A My dream job is to be a creative
director in the advertising, beauty or entertainment industries. I want to push for more diversity, inclusion and representation in these fields. Visual media has a tremendous impact in unconsciously constructing the identities of the youth. It can fulfill emotional needs and create connections.
New York City with the
strategic communication and graphic design? What interests you about each major?
graphic design because I really do believe they go hand in hand. I love being able to think of concepts, know how they strategically can impact or move an audience, and be able to create it on my own with the technical skills. I believe that good-looking visuals need to be paired with a purpose. Strat comm helps me find strategic purposes, while graphic design helps me create the vision.
A Learning alongside creative, strategic minds! are all really important skills to have. This major has allowed me to network with like-minded peers, learn from great professors and really dive into communications work. The graphic design major allowed me to practice my technical skills in design and create an eye for good composition, typography and visual appeal.
Q Why did you decide to double
major? How will they complement each other?
A I decided to double major in strategic communication and
Q What course or professor has
inspired you?
A Mark Jenson. His advocacy for
students to succeed in advertising is both inspiring and empowering. He puts the future success of our careers at the forefront of his courses and I’m super thankful for the care he puts into his work!
Q What do you wish you’d known
before you started down your career path?
A It’s all in the network and rela-
tionships you build. Be kind, stay curious, and put care into your craft.
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ALUMNI NEWS
MICHAEL ACHTERLING (B.A. ’20) is a reporter and digital media supervisor for the Detroit Lakes Tribune.
editorial cartoons, now draws cartoons for his Asheville, N.C., community’s bimonthly newsletter.
HEIDI ANDERSON (B.A. ’92) is
LAURA FITZPATRICK (B.A. ’12) is now strategy and culture manager at Hulu.
now president and chief growth officer at Nox Health, where she will be responsible for leading all commercial efforts to promote, sell and manage relationships with employer clients, health plans and partnerships.
JAY BOLLER (B.A. ’10), along with
three former City Pages editors, launched Racket, a new digital news, arts and culture newsroom in the Twin Cities.
PHAVANNA NINA BOUPHASAVANH
(B.A. ’03) is a journalist with CCX News in Brooklyn Park, Minn., while continuing to run her business, I Heart Storytelling.
KELLI BRADY (M.A. ’14) is now director, strategy, at Roundpeg Consulting. KEVIN COSS (B.A. ’11, M.A. ’20) joined the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as a communications specialist. PATRICK FILE (M.A. ’09, Ph.D. ’13)
was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada-Reno. He was awarded a one-year sabbatical for academic year 2021-2022 to work on a book on the early legal history of photojournalism.
TERRY FISHER (B.A. ’60), who
earned his way through his senior year by drawing Minnesota Daily
KATY FRIESZ (B.A. ’02) was pro-
moted to vice president, corporate responsibility, at Winnebago Industries and continues to serve as executive director for the Winnebago Industries Foundation In December, she was elected as chair of the Minnesota Council on Foundations board of directors.
SARA KEHAULANI GOO (B.A. ’98) is now editor-in-chief at Axios. She was also the news publication honoree at last year’s Multicultural Media Correspondents Dinner, held in November. SOFIA HAAN (B.A. ’21) is now a research assistant with MSPC, a content marketing agency in Minneapolis.
MIRIAM HERNANDEZ (M.A. ’78)
accepted an Emmy for the Crime/ Social Issues News Story award for her work at ABC7 in Los Angeles and Southern California.
MUKHTAR IBRAHIM (B.A. ’11) won
the Emerging Leader of the Year award from The Institute for Nonprofit News.
BRETT JOHNSON (Ph.D. ’15), associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, was named a 2021-2022 Presidential Engagement Fellow. The systemwide program recognizes outstanding
faculty who excel at communicating their research to the public and charges them with representing the UM System at several outreach events throughout the state each year.
NANCY KEATING (M.A. ’84) was named the winner of the 2020 Antivenom Prize by Elixir Press, which has published her second volume of poetry, White Chick. KEVIN KEEN (B.A. ’09) joined
UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, as a communications officer.
ANTHONY KIEKOW (B.A. ’09) received the Community Development Leadership Award at the annual North County, Inc., breakfast for his work on the Help Hazelwood Get Healthy strategic communications campaign. Through the campaign, Hazelwood School District promoted life-saving COVID-19 mitigation strategies and helped vaccinate approximately 850 people. Kiekow is the director of communications and public relations for Hazelwood School District, which is located in suburban St. Louis, Mo. AMY NELSON (M.A. ’02) is now editor of Minnesota Monthly magazine.
TINA NGUYEN (B.A. ’21) is now associate editor at Twin Cities Business. JOHN S. NICHOLS (B.A. ’67, M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’79), professor emeritus of communications and international affairs in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications,
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received Penn State’s 2021 McKay Donkin Award. Established in 1969 in honor of the late McKay Donkin, the award is presented to a full-time member of the faculty or staff or to a retiree who has contributed most to the “economic, physical, mental or social welfare of the faculty” of the University. The contribution should be for duties or services above and beyond the recipient’s regularly assigned duties.
MICHELE NORRIS (B.A. ’85) was
named to the American University Sine Institute’s 2022 class of fellows and distinguished lecturers. These experts lead discussions and study sessions with students, as well as convene and participate in campus-wide events throughout the year.
MIGUEL OCTAVIO (B.A. ’19) started
as a journalist at WTSP-TV in Tampa Bay in September.
Wisconsin-Madison, pursuing an M.S. in cartography and geographic information systems.
Happened In Between, a memoir about her life traveling all seven continents with her husband.
DEEPAK PREM SUBRAMONY (M.A.
JENNIFER VOGEL (B.A. ’92) saw her
’99) is professor and coordinator of educational technology graduate programs in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Kansas State University.
JOY WINKIE VIOLA (B.A. ’57, M.A.
’58) self-published From Schnitzel to Nockerln And Everything That
memoir, Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My Father's Counterfeit Life, become a movie called Flag Day, starring Sean Penn.
NANCY YANG (B.A. ’04) moved from MPR to the Star Tribune as senior editor for audience engagement.
IN MEMORIAM
CHARLENE FOLLETT (B.A. ’56) died Jan 13, 2021. After graduating from the Hubbard School, she went on to earn a Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. She became a licensed therapist and worked as a student counselor at the U of M for many years before joining the Minnesota Human Development Consultants (Minneapolis). She is survived by her husband, Don Follett (B.A. ’56).
COURTENAY PARKER (B.A. ’20) moved to Seoul, South Korea, to teach English at a private academy.
DENNIS ‘D.J.’ LEARY (B.A. ’61) died Aug. 4, 2021. He
SAVANNAH SIMMS (B.A. ’19) is now
Hubert H. Humphrey’s presidential campaign. He
at Leo Burnett working on the Unilever portfolio.
C.J. SINNER (B.A. ’08) became the
director of graphics and data visuals at the Star Tribune.
MELVIN R. SMITH (B.A. ’75) donated
his sculpture titled “The Spirit Of Rondo” to the city of St. Paul, Minn. The sculpture honors the first African American community and James Thompson, the black founding father of St. Paul.
JAKE STEINBERG (B.A. ’19) started
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started his media career as a DJ at KDWB radio. He then took a position on the media advance team for established his own firm, Media Services, and was a well-respected adviser in politics, journalism and public relations. He founded the Politics in Minnesota newsletter, was a commentator for Almanac, and served on many boards of directors. Gifts in honor of Leary can be contributed to the DJ Leary Fellowship Fund, give.umn.edu.
DENNIS NUSTAD (B.A. ’62) died on Oct. 12, 2021. After graduating, he spent time with the Peace Corps in Peru. He then went on to be a writer and account manager for the advertising agency BBDO, ending his career in 1994 as a VP Account Supervisor. Some of his accounts included 3M, Hormel Foods, Cargill, Pillsbury, Burlington Northern, Dodge and more.
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THANK YOU TO HUBBARD SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION DONORS With gratitude, we would like to acknowledge the generosity of the many donors to the Hubbard School. The President’s Club includes donors who have contributed more than $100,000 to the School over a lifetime, and the Heritage Society includes those individuals and organizations that have pledged a future gift to the School. We are grateful to all our lifetime and 2021 donors, all listed on the following pages. The strength of our School and evolving programs depends on your ongoing support.
2021 PRESIDENT’S CLUB MEMBERS ($100,000+) $10 MILLION+ Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., and the Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
LIFETIME DONORS
Lester A.* & Lorraine K. Malkerson*
KTCA/KTCI-Public T V
$50,000-$99,999
Scott D. Meyer
Sam H. Kaufman*
Elena & Siegfred Mickelson*
Beverly A. Kees*
Midwest Communications, Inc.
William H.* & Madoline D. Kelty*
Sandra M. & C. R. Morris*
Land O’Lakes Inc. Foundation
Michael L. & Betty A. Soffin
Howard P. & Roberta J. Liszt
Solutran, Inc.
Mithun
Star Tribune Media Co. LLC
Mary N. Mullaney*
Patrick J. Strother
National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Strother Communications Group
The New York Times Co. Foundation, Inc.
3M Co./3M Foundation Inc Adath Jeshurun Congregation Keith H. Anderson* Kenneth G. Brown* Stan W. Carlson*
$1 MILLION+
The Century Council, Inc.
Elizabeth B.* and John* Cowles Sr.
Michael E. Hill & Barbara H. Bink
Otto A.* & Helen F.* Silha Don R.* & Carole J. Larson
Judith K. Conrad & James E. Stai Chuck K. Porter Porter Creative Services Inc
Charles B. Sweningsen* Mabel L.* & Willard L. Thompson* Tunheim Partners, Inc.
NYT Capital, Inc. Janell M. Pepper
$500,000-$999,999
Jennifer A. & Jim L. Schweigert
Kris S. Wenker
Herbert Berridge Elliston Memorial Fund
Muriel L.* & Mark Wexler*
Photo Marketing Association International
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
Jorg A. & Angela M. Pierach
ACBL Charity Foundation Corp.
Falsum V. Russell*
Raymond O.* & Doris B.* Mithun Star Tribune and Star Tribune Foundation Raymond J. Tarleton
$25,000-$49,999 Brian E. Anderson* Helen V. Beggs*
$100,000-$499,999
John L. & Neota L. Bradley
Michael H. Anderson*
Ellen R. Costello*
Paul S. Brainerd CBS Corp/CBS Foundation, Inc China Times Cultural Foundation Vicki B. & David C. Cox Duluth News Tribune David D. Floren Freedom Forum Judith A. & Steven L. Kopperud* Laurie M. & Joel R. Kramer
Phyllis B. Conrad* Cowles Media Co. Hazel F. Dicken-Garcia* John F. Dille Michael A. Donner* Eastern Enterprises, Inc. Thomas L. & Ann Friedman Herman F. Haeberle* Bette M. Hammel
Carol E. Ladwig*
Patricia J. Heikenen*
Serge E. Logan*
John T.* & Hazel H. Helgeson*
Ferne M. Noreen*
Allan A. & Lois J. Hietala*
Jane D.* & Bernard H. Ridder*
American Broadcasting Co., Inc Asian American Journalists Association of Minnesota Linda K. Berg Lily T.* & Walter H. Brovald* Jane Y. Burk Robert W. & Virginia D. Carlson Donna M.* & Leon C. Carr* Lynn M. Casey & Michael J. Thornton Richard A.* & Barbara B. Chapman* Comcast Corp. Gus L.* & Shirley G. Cooper* Ddb Needham Worldwide, Inc. Elizabeth D. Edmonds*
Greenleaf Foundation William F.* & Patricia M. Greer*
Jean W. Ward*
Deborah M. Hudson & Rick S. Pallansch
Mark J. Heistad*
WCCO AM/TV-WLTE FM
John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
Henry J. Kaiser Family Fdn
Susan S. & Clayton Kaufman*
Miriam R. Hernandez
Jacqueline S.* & Joseph C. Kinderwater*
Mary J.* & Graham B. Hovey*
Steven P. Krikava & Linda A. Singer
Interpublic Group
Mark R. Kriss D. J. Leary & Linda L. Wilson Leland T. Lynch & Terry T. Saario
Victor N. Stein* Jim M. Sternberg & Marsha E. Sternberg-May* Albert R. Tims & Kathleen A. Hansen Daniel B. & Kathryn Wackman Weber Shandwick John W. Wheeler Dare L.* & William F. White* Milton P. Woodard* Thomas C. & Elizabeth A. Yuzer
Harvey M. & Gail D. Goldberg
Wendy F. Horn
Note: We made every effort to ensure that this list is accurate and reflects contributions recorded between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021.
Sigma Delta Chi Foundation
Bruce R. Gefvert
Vincent B. Shea*
Joy Winkie Viola
Selwoc, Inc.
Fast Horse, Inc.
Deborah L. Hopp & Christopher T. Dahl
William D. Wells*
S.C. Johnson Giving, Inc.
Norma B.* & James A. Smutz*
Ann M. Brill
R. S. & Patricia W. Schuneman St. Paul Pioneer Press
Harold J. Roitenberg*
Willard A.* & Doris A. Greenleaf*
Todd T. & Karli Jo Hunt* Jerome Foundation John & Mary R. Markle Foundation John Wiley & Sons Inc
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HERITAGE SOCIETY John L. and Neota Johnson Bradley James D. Catalano Harold* and Phyllis* Conrad Roy D. Conradi Norma C. and John R.* Finnegan, Sr. Sheila M. Gothmann Joan L. Halgren Deborah Hudson and Rick Pallansch Clayton Kaufman* Steven P. Krikava Don and Carole Larson Stephen F. and Bonnie T.* Litton Diane Siegel-Lund Brad Madson Carol L. Pine Daniel and Katherine* Revsbeck Nancy L. Roberts Colleen M. Sauber Elizabeth P. Shippee Christine E. Spencer
2021 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
The Capital Club of Minnesota
Thank you to these supporters who made a gift between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021.
Marian & Loren L. Chamberlain
PARTNER LEVEL
Valley Proteins Inc
American Feed Industry Associate
Harold W. & Judy D. Walter
Animal Agriculture Alliance
John W. Wheeler
Jill M. Braaten
Kristen S. Wenker
John L. & Neota L. Bradley
Linda L. Wilson & Dennis J. Leary*
Jane Y. & Philip Burk
G A Wintzer & Son Co
Melissa Cohen & Sheldon Silberman Judith K. Conrad & James E. Stai Thomas M. & Judy W. Cook Elizabeth J. & Michael Cooper Curtis L Carlson Family Foundation Lynn M. Casey & Michael J. Thornton Helen W. Donovan & Holly Nixholm Anita Dunn Thomas H. Dupont & Margaret A. Stopera Lisa M. & Thomas F. Fouquette Bruce R. Gefvert & Mary Fetters Richard Hansen William Randolph Hearst Foundation Allan & Lois Hietala Michael E. Hill & Barbara H. Bink Kathleen S. Holcombe Deborah L. Hopp & Christopher T. Dahl David J. Kaluzny
Karen and Joe Sullivan
Loretta Komoroski
Mr. and Mrs.* Raymond J. Tarleton
KSTP - AM LLC
Herbert A. Terry and Diane E. Wille
Theresa J. & Michael J. Leary
Louis and Colleen Tschudy
Leland T. Lynch & Terry T. Saario
Carole J. Larson Stacey Lund
Joy Winkie Viola
Myrna Meadows
Jean Worrall Ward
Scott D. Meyer
Ellen Wartella and Charles Whitney
Stephen Michael
William D. Wells
David L. & Linda J. Mona
John W. Wheeler
Marilyn & Glen Nelson Family Foundation
Tom and Liz Yuzer
Minnesota Vikings Football LLC
John S. & Christine K. Nichols Gregory R. Page & Kathleen A. Blatz
HOW TO GIVE If you have comments, questions, corrections or would like to make your own gift, please contact Peter Rogza at the University of Minnesota College of Liberal arts Office of Institutional Advancement at 612-6242848 or rozga@umn.edu
Joseph G. Perpich & Cathy S. Sulzberger Jack W. Peters & Bettina M. Luskey Katie Peters Cherie & Stuart Proctor Patricia A. & Peter W. Riley
Julie J. Bartsch Benevity Community Impact Fund Christine V. & John L. Bonnes Peter W. & Theresa K. Carter CAF America Elisia L. Cohen Bernadette Dunham Brian R. Gabrial Wendy M. & Hans M. Gregersen Hans and Wendy Gregersen Fund Michele S. Harris & Peter J. Tanghe Melinda T. & Benedict J. Kerkvliet Doug & Jane M. Pennington Jorg A. & Angela M. Pierach David B. Royle Mary J. Smetanka Gerald R. & Helen L. Taft Bastiaan H. & Jenny M. Vanacker Kasisomayajula Viswanath Xcel Energy Foundation Thomas C. & Elizabeth A. Yuzer
PATRON LEVEL
Clarine Nardi Riddle Giving Fund Louis & Alissa Clark Fred Coffey Frances F. Compton David & Joan L. Conners Conners Giving Fund Robert N. Croonquist Anne M. Crowningshield Margaret Davidson Deloitte Foundation Peter R. & Amy M. Demarest Mark E. & Jodi M. Derks Andrew J. DiMeglio Sarah F. Dirksen & Dennis M. Gerhardstein Lynn M. & Robert E. Drechsel Theresa A. Eagan Gary V. & Joann Eichten Cheryl A. Ellefson Sharon Epstein Margaret Eubank John C. Flournoy David Foster Norma Jean B. & Robert B. Franklin Dee Gaeddert & James E. Dorsey Carolyn J. Ganz Daniel B. & Candace K. Garry Getty Images, Inc Richard I. & Cathleen C. Giertsen Krista M. Giuffi Mary S. Goldstein Nancy C. Goodman Darlene A. Gorrill Anne L. & Jon A. Greer Donald & Constance Grussing
Jacob J. Akin
Edward L. & Rachel Gubman
Daryl R. & Rodney Alexander
Roxane H. & Stephen F. Gudeman
Douglas D. & Mary D. Armstrong
James B. Gustafson
Patricia L. Arn Simpson
Lee Hall
Nancy C. & Fouad G. Azzam
Mary K. Hicks
Anne Banville
Tracy R. & John B. Hoeft
Doreen A. Bell
Laura P. Hoffman
Taylor Bennett
Jerome B. & Judith B. Ingber
Steve L. Bergeson & Sarah A. Stoesz
James P. Jacobson & Andrea J. Kaufman
John R. & Kathleen M. Bergquist Irv Bergsagel
Walter & Leona Schmitt Family Foundation
Paula M. & Steven A. Bilitz Amanda Bogden
Sheldon I. Silberman & Melissa R. Cohen Silberman
Luke Braun
Michael L. & Betty A. Soffin
Carleton W. Brookins
David & June Trone Family Foundation
Nicole S. Churchill
John Adams & Mary J. Pitzer
Diana Berlin
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Jamie C. Adams
Hilary Rosen
Francine L. Trull
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George L. & Joan P. Carlson
Donald F. Brod Mitchell Buck Joy K. Bussert Stephen D. Cain
Susan Jaquet Mike & Pamela K. Jennings Mark A. & Jodi Jenson Susan C. Jerutis Harlan R. Johnson Janice I. & Russell V. Johnson Kent W. Jones & Mary Arnold Danita J. Jorgensen Aletha M. & Dean P. Joslin Heidi M. Keel
Rolf M. & Marcia L. Kemen Megan N. Kenney Kurt E. & Lisbeth Kent Jane E. Kirtley & Stephen J. Cribari Linda V. Kline Amy J. Klobuchar & John D. Bessler Ryan D. Kopperud Mary L. Kucera Maria T. Kumar John F. & Susan E. Kwiatek Martin & Martha Lazar Scott Libin Scott & Paula Litman Susanna A. & Timothy P. Lodge Lodge Family Fund Gerald F. & Janet Madison Sara E. & Forbes Maner Robert & Lesley Manning Alice S. McCarthy Elizabeth M. McClure
Nancy J. Robinson Jon F. Scheid Amy Scherber Barbara S. Schmitt Karen E. Schultz & David Larson Robert E. Sheldon Ginger L. Sisco Bradley D. & RaVelle Smith Connie M. Smith Marney & William R. Solomon Scott A. Stachowiak Robert W. & Gineva M. Steventon Katie H. Storms Emme H. Strauss Lori C. Sturdevant & Martin J. Vos Thomas Suddes Paul C. Susie Matt Sutton-Vermeulen Thomas H. Swain Victoria Szatalowicz
Eric J. Meester
Thomas & LoCicero PL
Megan Kruse and Bob Mucklestone Fund-Schwab
Alexander G. & Marni J. Tselos
Jacqueline J. Melander
Ben B. Underwood Vos Sturdevant Family Fund-Fidelity Char
Philip C. Meyer Cecilia H. Mische Melva D. Moline
John T. Walkup Debbie Wasserman Shultz
Heidi & Stephen M. Dick
Jonathan Nadle
Ameer A. Eldomiatti
Daniel R. Nicholson
Saralee C. & Harry Engel
Gerald Nordley
Nancy Evans
Nick Nyhan
Eileen M. Everett
Amy S. O'Connor
Elizabeth Fedor
Deanna Olson
Matthew Floding
Steven H. & Cindy A. Olson
Bob & Suzanne M. Freeman
Deborah Oshman
Joan W. Frey
Audrey Osofsky
William Gaskill
Barbara Pearson
Frederick T. & Pamela J. Gelbmann
Steve & Anna Pelton
Kathy Goldstein
John D. Prall
Helder Gonsalves
John A. Pribek
Louise Griffin
Rosemary Pyke
Constance R. & Roger I. Grumdahl
Evan Quinnell
Arvind Gupta
Julianne E. Raymond
James B. Gustafson
Nancy Rea
Linda Hall
Marian Reimann
Rosemary Halun
Sarah Renner
Bette M. Hammel
Jay Rich
Elaine D. Hargrove-Simon
John P. Richards
Jacquelyn A. Henning & James M. Waters
Jon Rickard
Victoria Higginbotham
Joy M. Rikala
Jeanie Hildebrandt Brooklyn R. Hofstad Judy M. & Michael A. Hohmann Janice Hough
Michael R. & Christy L. Moore
Jon Weber & Jean Laing-Weber
Robert S. Mucklestone & Megan E. Kruse
Katherine R. & Stephen B. Wellington
Ross M. Huelster
Randall L. Murray
Leah B. Wilkinson Jodi L. Williamschen & Michael C. Dickens
Fletcher Hutchenson Jr
Rosemarie Wood
Hannah Ihekoronye Andrew P. & Katherine K. Johnson
Rebekah H. Nagler National Renderers Association Inc Bruce H. Nelson Christine Nelson Danielle A. Neuman Joel & Suellen Newman Sarah Novak Lacey Nygard Joan O'Fallon Timothy J. & Nancy Volkart O'Malley Robert Olshan & Asta O'Donnell Nicholas Olson Joan E. Ostrin Sarah M. Parsons & Dirk G. DeYoung Rick & Ann Pasco Susan S. Pastin Patricia Perry Carol L. Pine Steven Pope & Amanda S. Grimm Cleone F. Pritchard Duane A. & Edith Rasmussen Maureen K. Reed & James F. Hart Margaret A. & Peter A. Rejto Rejto Giving Fund Render Magazine Ellen Reynolds Sally A. & Charles H. Rix Nancy L. Roberts
FRIEND LEVEL A Richard & Andrea L Barros Char Fund Carol Abrahamson Marti Anderson Dorothy Andrews Laura Austin Barbara D. Axness Frank Ayala Lynn C. & Daniel P. Barron A R. & Andrea L. Barros Scott Bartholomew Dennis M. Behr Marcia F. & Gary D. Belisle Burton H. & Marie A. Boersma Lea Bruhl Barbara Buoncristiano Tony Cammarata Susie Caragol Constance Cauchy Richard Chogyoji Delane D. Cleveland Jay Z. Colond & Amy E. Boese Barbara Cross Greta E. Cunningham Michael & Linda Daly
Erin Hoxmeier
Lavone I. Johnson
Jason & Gabrielle Riess Ruthie & Ken Rizer Adam Saffer Leigh A. Sayen William W. & Anne L. Scheible Debra R. & David R. Schuh R S. & Patricia W. Schuneman Claire Segijn David M. & Valerie M. Smith Mary V.* & Everett G. Smith*
Ann Marie Joyce
Joan A. Sorenson & Wayne B. Jennings
James T. & Christina M. Katter
Cynthia L. Sowden
Sherri J. Katz
Jeffrey R. & Jane F. Spindler
Marilyn R. & Klaus J. Kemme
Beverly & Norton G. Stillman
Mary Ann Knox
Elizabeth Stone
Katherine A. Knudson
Rebecca A. Svatek & John Latterell
Michael J. Kosik
Nancy A. Thomas
Marit Lee L. Kucera
Barbara Thorsen
William F. & Mary M. Kuykendall
Maryanne Totten
Dennis Lawler
Gregory C. Turosak
Jane E. Leonard & Lori G. Lippert
Anne Vinson
Todd J. & Jane B. Lifson
Linda Voss
Vicki L. Lofquist & Craig P. Thiesen
Terrence J. & Lori Wagener
Diane R. & Jeffrey H. Lovich
Justin J. & Paige L. Ware
Susan E. Luke
Ann M. Waterhouse
Roger Marshall
James Watson
Erika E. Mayerle
Donna M. Weispfenning & Robert K. Groger
David C. McCaa Scott K. Memmel Allen D. Merry Sonia Milrod Marie Minnick Todd H. Mixer Carolyn Moore Mary Lu Murphy
Alex Windsor Paul Yang Robert Young Gloria Zack Edward J. & Susan M. Ziesche
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