{"id":843,"date":"2021-02-22T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/ccim\/?p=843"},"modified":"2021-04-28T11:54:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:54:56","slug":"good-news-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/ccim\/2021\/02\/22\/good-news-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone and welcome to our monthly Good News outlet. The month of February month may be short, but our list of good news to celebrate is always long. Let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_844\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-image-844 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/02\/22120911\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-12.08.57-PM.png\" alt=\"A ruler in the snow\" width=\"482\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/02\/22120911\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-12.08.57-PM.png 482w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/02\/22120911\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-22-at-12.08.57-PM-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This February, we had to deal with freezing temperatures, but on the flip side, our campus turned into a Winter Wonderland.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Alumni<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:15px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Arial';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">Communication Studies grad and Director of Social Media at <strong>Jacob Maldonado<\/strong> launched the #BFAQ Twitter chat in partnership with Survey Monkey&#8217;s internal Black employee resource group BUILD (Blacks United in Learning and Development). The program will address frequently asked questions the Black community receives, all year long.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our vision at SurveyMonkey is to raise the bar for human experiences by amplifying individual voices. In partnership with our internal Black employee resource group BUILD (Blacks United in Learning and Development), we want to welcome you to our Twitter chat &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BFAQ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BFAQ<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shSMbMvSyB\">pic.twitter.com\/shSMbMvSyB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SurveyMonkey (@SurveyMonkey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SurveyMonkey\/status\/1362462200133279744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:15px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Arial';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">&#8217;19 TCOM production grad <strong>Jacob <\/strong><span class=\"mark8nd7bz6y0\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"><strong>Cannon<\/strong> won three awards at the Zedfest Film Festival &amp; Screenplay Competition. His short film titled <em>Unidentified<\/em> was produced during his last semester at BSU as an independent study with <strong>Chris Flook<\/strong>.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Every year, the Mira Awards recognize the best tech talents and organizations in Indiana. CICS\u2019 grad <strong>Jared Linder<\/strong> received a nomination in the Community Impact Award category.<\/li>\n<li>TCOM alumna <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/ccim\/2020\/02\/27\/from-ball-state-to-sundance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alicia Herder<\/a>&#8216;s movie La<em> Leyenda Negra<\/em> received two nominations \u2014 a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie and a John Cassavetes Award at the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards.<\/li>\n<li>Capitol Communicator did a spotlight article on <strong>Shawn Yany<\/strong>, a\u00a0 CCIM alumna and TV Reporter &amp; News Anchor. <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolcommunicator.com\/capitol-communicator-spotlight-shawn-yancy-tv-reporter-and-news-anchor-in-washington-for-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Students<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Ball State Speech Team<\/strong> won its 11 consecutive <span class=\"markm5dtfbrzl\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">team<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markwx9k087dk\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">championship on February 16. It is the first team in Indiana to achieve this. They earned individual state titles in 11 events, including Prose, Rhetorical Criticism, Persuasion, ADS, Informative, Poetry, and POI. They brought home 45 medals (detailed below). The team is coached by <strong>Lily Schwab<\/strong>, <strong>Monica Labelle<\/strong>, <strong>Max Haywood<\/strong>, and <strong>Riley Carroll<\/strong>, all graduate students in the Department of Communication Studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BallStateSpeechTeam\/posts\/3744425702318321\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indiana News Photographers Association named Photojournalism Senior\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Slezak<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIndiana College photographer of the year\u201d for the second year in a row. Fellow Cardinal\u00a0<strong>Jacob Musselman<\/strong> was her runner-up. <strong>Kristen Triplett<\/strong> swept the portrait category with 1st, 2nd and 3rd; and also awarded 3rd for picture story. Rebecca also took 1st picture story (\u201cmultiple\u201d); 1st and 3rd in sports. Jacob got a second in picture story and 2nd in sports. See their work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiananewsphotographers.org\/2021\/02\/2020-poy-cpoy-multimedia-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CCIM units<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 30 individuals representing different areas on campus\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bsuccim\/posts\/10158841515489801. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbsuccim%2Fposts%2F10158841515489801&amp;data=04%7C01%7Caung%40bsu.edu%7Cc920b5b7a4bd4b298d9908d8d44c6f42%7C6fff909f07dc40da9e30fd7549c0f494%7C0%7C0%7C637492772035965411%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=jNJkEB9aZesubk8vKlgijeTVInaKDMW16VF7GH%2F7Fxk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\">met virtually<\/a> from January 22 to February 26 for six training sessions on Intergroup Dialogue. The initiative co-sponsored by CCIM and four other units across campus \u2014 Inclusive Excellence, Provost Office, Student Affairs and Human Resources \u2014 aims at equipping participants with skills to facilitate dialogue on issues of power, identity, and fairness.<\/li>\n<li>On 2\/2, Ball State Sports Link produced its first basketball game for <span class=\"markxnswna5i1\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">ESPN<\/span>+ in 366 days. Watch it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/eventCalendarId\/401253054?gameId=401253054&amp;sourceLang=en&amp;om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (requires an ESPN subscription).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty and Staff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>TCOM Professor <strong>Wes Gehring<\/strong>&#8216;s new book about Charlie Chaplin&#8217;s 1923 film &#8220;A Woman of Paris&#8221; was published in January. The book examines how &#8220;Paris&#8221; was deeply rooted in Chaplin&#8217;s previous films and his relationship with Edna Purviance, and dispels myths of heartland America&#8217;s reaction to the film. The back cover notes that &#8220;Paris&#8221; is Wes&#8217; 39 film book, but Wes says he&#8217;s now in the low 40s.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor <strong>Tim Huang<\/strong>\u2019s paper \u201cThe Perceived Impacts of COVID-19 on Users\u2019 Acceptance of Virtual Reality Hardware: A Digital Divide Perspective\u201d has been accepted by the American Behavioral Scientist journal. It is expected to make an appearance in Spring 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What to Watch<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The new year started off on a high note for Ball State Athletics. For the first time in school history, the football team finished the season in the AP Top 25. On the February edition of <strong>Cardinals Compass<\/strong>, Ball State Director of Athletics Beth Goetz discusses the milestone with President Geoffrey Mearns. She also talks about the challenges facing college sports and student athletes in 2021 and how sports can unite an entire community. The show is produced and edited by students in the department of Telecommunications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EG_zVvCSMSY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TCOM alumna Rachel Hardy&#8217;s short documentary film &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/ccim\/2021\/02\/20\/rachel_hardy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Unscripted<\/a>&#8221; is available on the WFYI-PBS website\/on-denand platform this month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Unscripted - Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/423605973?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Did you know?<\/h2>\n<p>On February 15, the Atrium Caf\u00e9 and Convenience Store opened in AJ. 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