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Valenti Alumnus Michelle Eulene

Valenti Alumnus Michelle Eulene

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Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Temple Northup

Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Temple Northup

Dr. Northup is a professor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. He lived in LA for seven years where he wrote in the entertainment industry. After writing for television, he decided to study the effects that watching television has on an individual. He currently teaches a documentary film class and persuasion.

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Valenti School Weekly Update 12.05.13

The Gulf Coast Food Project, co-directed by TEMPLE NORTHUP, was awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will help Dr. Northup and associated faculty to further develop curriculum that will eventually lead to an interdisciplinary minor in Food Studies, bring in outside speakers and experts to help spark dialogue about food, and host a food studies conference that culminates in an edited book volume, among other things.

Under the supervision of TEMPLE NORTHUP, the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication has been selected by Tobii, a worldwide leader in eye-tracking technology, to beta test their new Tobii Track eye-tracking software. This new cloud-based software will greatly expand remote research possibilities and enhance collaboration among classes and departments.

Brianna Leigh Morrison (B.A., 2013) has been accepted to the Cannes Creative Minds Program for Filmmaking. http://www.thecreativemindgroup.com/the-filmmaker-institute/
(From the website: The Creative Minds Filmmaker Institute is designed to provide Short Filmmakers a platform to showcase their product while also educating them on how to capitalize on an international marketplace where films are bought, sold, distributed and financed. Each participant will be put into a diverse group of filmmakers and given a camera, a laptop (with editing software) a microphone and 7 days to complete a 5-minute short film as a part of a Short Film Competition. A panel of industry professionals judge the short films and the top 3 teams are awarded prizes and trophies. Filmmaker Institute participants will also be able to attend daily networking happy hours, filmmaker workshops and Cinema Master Classes (Hosted by Industry Icons like Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese & Sydney Pollack). All of which is geared towards aiding participants in expanding their knowledge of the film business, while also affording them the opportunity to make key contacts that will help them establish a career in the film industry).

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