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A survey of incoming students during College Days last spring revealed interest in photojournalism, prompting a new photojournalism concentration under the mass communication major. Several new corresponding courses have been created, including advanced photojournalism, directed photojournalism project and newspaper staff photographer practicum.

A new major in the Technology Department takes graphic design to another level. While graphic design is for the print medium, the new program, called New Media Imaging, will cover emerging media technologies. For students who want to make games, do animation, make short films or do Web design, this is the curriculum. Classes include programming for business, video, cad drafting, graphic communication, 3-dimensional modeling, animation, special effects and advanced Web page design classes.

The Mathematics Department is now offering a major in actuarial studies. Actuaries are experts in mathematical modeling and business and are employed by insurance companies, companies with retirement and employee benefits plans, and financial institutions that manage risk.

Two new programs under the Master of Arts in Teaching (mat) are now offered by the School of Education and Psychology. These studies offer teachers a “terminal” master’s degree, one that does not include the traditional research/statistics core or position the recipient to go on to earn a doctorate. The mat in curriculum and instruction is for the teacher who wants to enhance his or her competence in curriculum design and implementation in the classroom. The mat in students at risk is for the teacher who wants to better understand and minister to at-risk students.

 

On Campus …

The History and Philosophy Department’s Hutto-Patterson Research Center recently acquired the fbi files related to the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas. Interested parties and researchers can view the Waco/Branch Davidian Compound Negotiation Transcripts by appointment. The files include everything from newspaper reports and transcripts, to fbi agent reports. They are contained in a dozen or more reels of microfilm.

The Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of California at Riverside has been so pleased with wwc alumni enrolled in their graduate program that the school recently sponsored a group of wwc students for a “show and tell” in hopes of recruiting more wwc alumni into the program.

The Associated Students of Walla Walla College (aswwc) held a giant flea market at the end of the 2003-04 school year. More than $1,000 changed hands during the first half-hour of business, as students and others sold off their belongings to avoid hauling them home. aswwc President Paul Rhynard implemented the market and predicts next year’s will be bigger and better.

During the 2003-04 school year, wwcdrama began a tradition by hosting the first annual The Festival of the Actors. The event featured 18 students performing monologues on the newly dedicated Donnie Rigby Stage in the black box theater. W

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