2008 Woodie Awards
GTV overcomes technical, financial hardships
By: Brittany Whitlow
Issue date: 11/8/07 Section: Lifestyle
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GTV currently boasts a crew of almost 30, compared to last year's crew of less than 10.
"I think the lack of funding from the school is the biggest problem, and the school isn't really helping," said a former GTV member, who wished to
remain anonymous.
Media coordinator Jim Singer, however, said several members of the School of Communications want GTV to thrive.
"When I got here, they were in absolute chaos," he said. "There are so many people like Debra Carpenter (dean of SOC), Sally Lorino (associate dean of SOC), Aaron AuBuchon (adjunct faculty in the Electronic/Photographic Media Department) and Jorge Oliver (chair of EPMD) all focused on making this work, and providing support for it to work."
But money was still a factor for some students. Because the number of work-study positions was reduced from 12 to two, the station became dependent on students' willingness to volunteer.
"Last year, a lot of our programming wasn't as good because we only had one person getting class credit and two getting work-study," said GTV programming director Curt Okerman, a junior film production major who left to sort out his financial situation. "When they were able to finally get some budget money for workers, I was able to come on again. It would have been hard to volunteer all that time."
New faces
This year, the GTV crew consisted of general manager Whitney Gelnett, a sophomore film production major, and Okerman until the Involvement Fair, held during the second week of school, brought in more.
"We were down to two people right before the Involvement Fair (Aug. 29), so it didn't look like we had a lot of interest from students," Singer said. "It was really frustrating. We didn't know if we were even going to have a GTV this year."
Most of GTV's previous members were not able to participate this year, either because they didn't want to or because they couldn't get work-study, Okerman said. Only four of the current GTV members
"I think the lack of funding from the school is the biggest problem, and the school isn't really helping," said a former GTV member, who wished to
remain anonymous.
Media coordinator Jim Singer, however, said several members of the School of Communications want GTV to thrive.
"When I got here, they were in absolute chaos," he said. "There are so many people like Debra Carpenter (dean of SOC), Sally Lorino (associate dean of SOC), Aaron AuBuchon (adjunct faculty in the Electronic/Photographic Media Department) and Jorge Oliver (chair of EPMD) all focused on making this work, and providing support for it to work."
But money was still a factor for some students. Because the number of work-study positions was reduced from 12 to two, the station became dependent on students' willingness to volunteer.
"Last year, a lot of our programming wasn't as good because we only had one person getting class credit and two getting work-study," said GTV programming director Curt Okerman, a junior film production major who left to sort out his financial situation. "When they were able to finally get some budget money for workers, I was able to come on again. It would have been hard to volunteer all that time."
New faces
This year, the GTV crew consisted of general manager Whitney Gelnett, a sophomore film production major, and Okerman until the Involvement Fair, held during the second week of school, brought in more.
"We were down to two people right before the Involvement Fair (Aug. 29), so it didn't look like we had a lot of interest from students," Singer said. "It was really frustrating. We didn't know if we were even going to have a GTV this year."
Most of GTV's previous members were not able to participate this year, either because they didn't want to or because they couldn't get work-study, Okerman said. Only four of the current GTV members
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