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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors, we do not expect this podcast to return in the 2020-2021 academic year.

Episode 021 - Transitioning to Remote Delivery

Wayne State College has suspended face-to-face classes and moved to a remote delivery model for the remainder of the semester. Many other schools have done the same thing across the country

This week, we talk about curriculum development using learning technology.  The podcast has advice for faculty and also helps students understand the challenges their teachers face right now.

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Episode 020 - Podcast within a Podcast

Shelby Hagerdon

This week we bring you what you might call a podcast within a podcast – a podcast created for the Sound Design course by student Shelby Hagerdon.  Shelby is majoring in History at Wayne State with minors in Geospatial Technology, Political Science, and Digital Film Production.  The Sound design course is part of that third minor and addresses the wide range of audio production needed in today’s media environment, including for conventional radio, sound for film production, and podcasting.

For one of her assignments, Shelby created three episodes of a podcast she calls Gilded Cast…discussing and re-enacting historical events and situations from the Guilded Age.  In this pilot episode we’ll hear a recreated dialog of rival inventors Thomas Edison and Nikoli Tesla. 

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Episode 019 - Theatre

Podcast guest Claire Barnes

playing Mowgli in the Jungle Book

We talk this week with the director of the Wayne State Theatre, Professor Rusty Ruth, as well as theatre student Claire Barnes.

We're talking about the recent Kennedy Center festival and competition our theatre students participated in…as well as plans for the major WSC Theatre production of “Pirates of Penzance” March 26-29.

Pirates of Penzance is an amusing satire by playwright W. S. Gilbert with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. The story follows Frederic who is indentured to a band of pirates. Frederic loathes piracy and longs for a better life, but a twist of fate hinders his plans. Meanwhile, the Pirate King has his own plan. A boisterous clash ensues. Pirates of Penzance premiered in 1879, however its comic social commentary remains relevant today. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students 12 years of age and under, with free admission for WSC students, faculty, and staff.

More information on the WSC Theatre Program is at:  
https://www.wsc.edu/info/20079/communication_arts/1155/theatre_performance_opportunities

Follow them on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WSCollegeTHR

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Episode 018 - Planetarium

Our guest this week is Professor of Physics and Astronomy Todd Young, who is also director of the Fred G. Dale Planetarium at Wayne State.

We talk about the active program of shows and activities at the planetarium, which is located on the lower floor of the Wayne State Carhart Science Building, including public shows and private group bookings.  The planetarium is adding a laser show system and virtual reality.

More information on the planetarium is at:  https://www.wsc.edu/planetarium/

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Episode 017 - Cooperative Education

This Week on “Postcards from Wayne State” a press conference about the “Northeast Nebraska Growing Together” initiative… a major new four-year scholarship and cooperative education program at Wayne State…created in cooperation with the Aksarben Foundation and the Norfolk business community.  

The President of the Aksarben Foundation Sandra Reding and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts were present for the announcement, both of whom you’ll hear.  

One note – we weren’t able to be there in person to record the event with our own equipment, so we are borrowing the audio from other media that covered the event, with permission.  About half-way through the event, the audio starts picking up distortion, which we aren’t able to filter out.  We apologize for this, but we think the “Northeast Nebraska Growing Together” initiative is important enough to present the full audio. 

More information on the Northeast Nebraska Growing Together.

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Episode 016 - Honors Program

Our topic this week's episode is the Wayne State Honors Program.  We're joined by the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, Yasuko Taoka, who is also director of the Honors Program.

We also talk with four students who are in the Honors Program this semester about their honors projects - Adam Smith, Shelby Hagerdon, Sarah Lorenzen, and Jordan Fashing.

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