Have you recently had a major case of the "2017's"?!?  We heard from multiple concerned members that with finals ending on Friday, they will be too exhausted by the midnight deadline to enter this year's Festival of Media Arts.  We have good news... we heard you. We very rarely do this, but we are extending the Festival deadline through the weekend (an extra 3 days) until Monday, December 18th at 11:59pm. You have more time to celebrate the end of the semester and still enter the World's Largest Media Competition for Faculty & Students. Who knows, maybe this extra time will allow you to complete a project and submit even MORE entries...

And remember, just because the deadline is now Monday the 18th, you don't have to wait until then to enter. Enter Today!

A Holiday Bonus: A Second December 2017 President's Corner

In my final column for the 2017 calendar year, I wanted to provide a quick update on activities at the fall board of directors meeting, which was held at the NAB building in Washington, DC the weekend before Thanksgiving. This annual two-day fall board meeting is when the bulk of the board’s work is handled.

A number of committees are working on initiatives for this year—e.g. Diversity and Inclusion, Membership, Research, Publications and Festival, to name a few—which they reported on. I don’t have space to highlight all the work that these committees are tasked with, but I will briefly mention a few highlights. The Membership Committee is working on ides to recruit new faculty and graduate student members to the organization. The Research Committee and Research Enhancement Committee are working on ways to increase the amount and rigor of research presented at the annual conference. The Festival Committee and Festival Advisory Committee will be announcing new student and faculty categories for the 2019 Festival of Media Arts. In the coming months, these committees will also unveil plans to showcase more faculty work during the 2019 Festival, while preserving the sanctity of the acceptance rates. Read More...

#BEAvegas Registration is OPEN!!!

BEA2018 Faculty and Student Research-in-Progress
Extended Deadline: December 18th

To submit your proposal online, visit the BEA2018 submission site and select either Faculty OR Student Research-in-Progress to then upload an extended abstract of no more than 3,000 words. Student authors of top selected projects will be invited to present at the convention during a digital poster session and the lead author will be expected to present at BEA2018.

Signature Station Competition
Deadline: December 15th

The competition invites submissions of superior protocol and practices at student-run, faculty-advised college radio and television stations.  The main mission is to identify and impart areas of excellence in the hands-on facilitation of station functions such as philosophical engagement, community involvement, programming arrangement, branding/logo development, student management, volunteer recruitment, and broadcast equipment.  Through the Signature Station Competition, the SMA division will recognize and reward remarkable advisors, students, and stations at BEA’s annual convention held every April in Las Vegas.  Each radio and television station 1st place winner will receive a check for $200.

Upcoming #BEAvegas related deadlines:

• Signature Station Competition: December 15

• Festival of Media Arts: December 18

• Faculty and Student Research-in-Progress: December 18

• Distinguished Education Service Award (DESA): January 11

• Lifetime Achievement In Scholarship Award: January 11

• New Faculty Research Grant: January 11

• Kenneth Harwood Dissertation Award: January 11

• The Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media: January 15

• Urban Electronic Media Award: January 31

• Grand Plans and Great Expectations (Student Thesis/Dissertations): Rolling Admission Deadline February 21 

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