The Student Media Center, located in the basement of Renshaw Hall, is receiving a much-needed update thanks to a $25,000 donation from John ’63 and Kathleen Buchner. The funding will allow for a new audio recording bay; adding and updating meeting spaces for student clubs; and purchasing additional state-of-the-art equipment.
“This generous gift will update the Student Media Center to make it much more inviting for our students,” said Kevin Curry ’92, assistant professor of journalism and media studies. “It will be much more usable for student collaboration, both educational and social.”
The Department of Journalism and Media Studies used some of the new equipment to host a new pre-orientation program for first-year students on podcasting. Six students in the Mic’d Up Program learned the basics of podcasting and told their own stories by creating podcast episodes.
