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Newsletter of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Texas State University-San Marcos
By Laura Zaloumis
Bright-eyed, energetic and sporting a navy blue blazer and a pair of tan and white Oxford shoes, Dr.Timothy Mottet is ready to conquer the Texas State world. Dr. Mottet is back at Texas State University, this time as the dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, succeeding Dr. Richard Cheatham, who served as dean for 26 years. Texas State President Denise Trauth, said, I am condent that he will be a strong and effective leader for the College of Fine Arts and Communication. The former chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Texas-Pan American appears up to task as hes built an impressive academic and professional record during the past 20 years. He also worked years in the corporate world and just nished a program at Harvard University. He learned valuable lessons, however, in other ways. Dr. Mottet also grew up on a pig farm in Southeast Iowa, walking the corn elds and picking weeds. On that farm,

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he learned a steadfast work ethic and diligence that came with the territory. As children of farmers, we were considered employees, he said. You are the help. Dr. Mottet said he had little parental guidance and took it upon himself to take the necessary steps toward acquiring a college degree. I learned early that the success of my life depended on me, he said. He was the rst out of four children to attend college. In 1985, Dr. Mottet entered the priSEE NEW DEAN, Back Page

Sindy Chapa, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Service. The honor comes with a $5,000 award. She was one of seven faculty members in SJMC to win honors carrying cash awards at Convocation. The School took two of the three top honors when Federico Subervi, a full professor, won $2,500 for the Universitys Diversity Award. Both Chapa and Subervi lead the Schools Center for the Study of Latino Media & Markets.

Seven SJMC faculty win honors, cash awards

Chapa service wins Excellence

Kate Peirce, SJMC professor, received one of three $2,000 awards for Scholarly/Creative work. Laurie Fluker and Gilbert Martinez won $1,000 awards in the Teaching category; Judy Oskam received a $1,000 award in Service; and Ray Niekamp received $800 for Scholarly/Creative work. The awards, announced last spring, were awarded at Convocation at Strahan Coliseum. They were again recognized by Dr. Timothy P. Mottet, the new dean in the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

Dr. Cindy L. Royal and Dr. Ray Niekamp received tenure and were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor.

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The thing I love the most about interning at KUT is the height of involvement interns have at the station. I mean, youre literally participating in news meetings, writing scripts, producing stories for air, posting blogs, interviewing, going to press conferences and working on assignments throughout the Austin area within the rst two weeks of the internship. It made me realize just how valuable an asset the award-winning station makes its interns. Its certainly not a make the coffee, run some errands kind of internship. Sure, it can be pretty intense sometimes, but thats whats so great about it because you are working to meet deadlines for an actual news station and you learn how to handle the pressure. And the reporters and editors at the station are more than willing to help you out. The level of knowledge they have about not only the industry, but the topics KUT reports on is awesome.

Adrienne Enderle worked in New York this summer, learning production and other duties with Jon Stewarts The Daily Show. She worked long hours and gathered lifetime memories involving the wacky reporting stunts and Stewarts show guests. She can talk about them, just not for publication.

Another thing thats great about KUT is their commitment to a good story. Is it newsworthy? Does it make the listener think? Is it relevant? How does it stray away from the norm of other news media? As an intern, you learn to apply these questions to the stories you work on there and elsewhere.

dio show is an amazing experience. I learned and did many tasks that producers do to keep a show running smoothly, from researching show topics and updating websites to responding to fan mail, screening calls, participating onair and running the hosts social media sites. The work is demanding because STACY REVILLA: the job is very high prole. Kim has Interns with the Kim Iversen Show to maintain a certain personality, so as at Mix 94.7, Entercom Communica- an intern I have to watch anything that tions, get plenty of hands-on experi- could be detrimental to her. I realize ence; and the producers make sure to how hard Kim Oversen works at her cater to what you would like to do in job and how well-rounded she is. She your career. has diverse interests and truly cares Working with a syndicated ra- about her listeners and staff. versity of Texas-Pan American from 2007 to 2011. Between 2002 and 2008, Dr. Mottet was listed among the top 20 most prolic researchers in Communication Studies. His research appears in Communication Education, Communication Quarterly, Communication Research Reports, Journal of Psychology, and Psychological Reports. Dean Mottet brought impressive educational credentials with him to the Texas State faculty. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from William Jewell College, a Master of Science degree from Boston University, and an Ed.D. from West Virginia University. He is a 2010 graduate of Harvard Universitys Management Development Program for higher education leaders.

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vate sector, working for Trans World Airlines for three years as a ight attendant, traveling around the world to such places as Tokyo, Amsterdam and Paris. After working seven additional years in airline management, Dr. Mottet reached a point in his life where he knew it was time to make a change. His job in the airline industry had lost its meaning and it no longer fullled him. He entered academic life. Today, Dr. Mottet, on the job at Texas State University since the beginning of July, is learning the rhythms and starting to delve into the more complicated elements of his job as dean. He said he is doing a great deal of homework, reading everything he can get his hands on to nd new ways of being proactive, implementing good

educational practices and letting the external audiences know what we as a College are doing. He is also focusing his time on nding new and efcient ways to allocate money for the university and make certain were doing what we say were doing. The public wants to know, are we doing our job? he said. He added that he is gaining new understanding what the university can do to be accountable for certain procedures and is tackling how to address the common human resource issue head-on. When he takes a break from his current commitments, Dr. Mottet enjoys reading. Among his favorites are John Steinbecks Grapes of Wrath and the Devils Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, a book that covers complex border issues that are close to home for him, since he spent eight years at the Uni-