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Greenlee faculty Jay Newell and Sherry Berghefer created a new “Computational Communication” advertising course, where students learn how to use live, changing data to drive ad content. “We are helping students get ahead of the competition so when they get their first job, they’ll know how to create an ad that uses data,” Newell said. The course returned and is being offered this spring. Photo by Matt Wettengel
Emeritus faculty member Dr. Jane Peterson received one of six 2015 Faculty/Staff Inspiration Awards from the ISU Alumni Association. The awards are nomination-based and designated for current or former faculty or staff who had a significant influence in students’ lives. Photo by Matt Wettengel
Last minute funding from the Koch Foundation allowed the continuation of Iowa State’s nationally-recognized First Amendment Day celebration last spring. The event included a Feast on the First, featuring Fighting Burrito, and Gene Policinski, COO of the Newseum Institute and its First Amendment Center, delivered the keynote address on the First Amendment in the 21st Century. Photo by Matt Wettengel
In October, Greenlee School Director Michael Bugeja presented Diane and Bob Greenlee with the 2015 James W. Schwartz Award. The award is the school’s highest honor and recognizes distinguished service to journalism. “Diane and I were both astonished and extremely humbled. Our sincere thanks and gratitude goes out to all those who made this honor possible.” Photo by Dennis Chamberlin
Iowa Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds visited Catherine Huggins’s fall advertising campaigns course to observe and critique the class’s final client presentations. Huggins’s students developed campaigns for Iowa Women Lead Change, Iowa’s premier leadership organization for women, a group Reynolds actively supports. Photo by Matt Wettengel
Alex Halsted, ‘14, who covers ISU athletics for the Scout Media Network, and Dylan Montz, ‘14, sports reporter for the Cedar Rapid Gazette, co-authored “100 Things Iowa State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” The book was released last September and makes a perfect gift for any Cyclones fan. It can be purchased through Amazon. Photo by Matt Wettengel
Current Greenlee students taking Dennis Chamberlin’s multimedia production course spent the fall 2015 semester covering politics in Iowa, as presidential candidates toured the state. Some candidates including Marco Rubio, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina even held events at Iowa State in the months leading up to the nation’s first caucuses. Photos by Matt Wettengel
