From Linotype to Twitter and from FM radio to the World Wide Web, journalism education at K-State has lived through it all.
Posing with the Kansas House resolution, congratulating the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications on its centennial: Rep. Tom Hawk, Democrat from the 67th District; Steven Smethers, associate professor; Rep. Mike Burgess, Republican from the 51st District and 1998 graduate of the Miller School; Gloria Freeland, assistant professor; and Rep. Sydney Carlin, Democrat from the 66th District. The Kansas Senate passed a similar resolution, sponsored by Sen. Roger Reitz, Manhattan.
In 1910, Kansas State Agricultural College established a department of industrial journalism – one of the first of its kind in the country. Printing merged with industrial journalism in 1915, and in 1950, the program was renamed the Department of Technical Journalism.
In 1971, mass communications was added to the name to account for new media and a broader curriculum. In 1988, the school was renamed as the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications to honor a Kansas newspaperman with deep ties to the school.
In September – 100 years after its founding – the Miller School is planning a party.
Gloria Freeland (’75), associate professor in mass communications and centennial coordinator, said the theme for this fall’s celebration is “Preserving the past, preparing for the future.”
Teope poses with his Emmy Award after his fantasy football show earned honors at the Mid America Emmy Awards Gala.
The lights grew dim and voices hushed in the Renaissance Hotel ballroom in St. Louis, Mo., on Oct. 3, 2009. Men and women dressed in tuxedos and evening gowns anxiously waited to learn if they would be Emmy Award winners — or if they would be going home empty-handed.
In the crowd Herbie Teope, a self-proclaimed “career junior,” waited to hear if he would be one of the chosen to take home an Emmy.
Teope, who has had anything but a conventional educational career, will return to K-State in the summer to fulfill a promise to his father: to get his degree.
After serving 20 years in the military and freelancing for the fantasy sports Web site, Rotowire.com, Teope came to K-State to major in print journalism in 2004. He said his experiences in the military, at K-State and writing for nationally acclaimed Web sites led him to the moment he would be in Emmy contention.
Fred Brock, Teope’s former journalism professor, said Teope’s life experiences and motivation has made him the excellent journalist that he is today.
“Herbie is motivated and going to succeed and do whatever it takes to succeed,” Brock said. “I have had plenty of students who are just as talented as Herbie, but they do not have the drive and dedication that Herbie has.”
