ANNUAL REpoRt 2010-2011 - Ithaca College

PARK SCHOLAR PROGRAM
SCHOLARS IN ACTION
Park Scholar service commitments range from facilitating a literary circle at the Longview residential senior community,
to tutoring at area schools such as South Hill Elementary School. Scholars provide service across the country during
Alternative Spring Break and on Habitat for Humanity builds, and walk away the hours during the American Cancer Society’s
Relay for Life. They complete research around the globe, and study and intern through Ithaca College’s programs
in Los Angeles and London. Finally and in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, Scholars are active members of
WICB and VIC radio stations, ICTV, The Ithacan, 360 Magazine, and Buzzsaw magazine.
But while Scholars may take a break from the classroom during the summer months, they rarely take a break from
their commitment to service and the desire to learn as much as they can about the field of communications. During
the summer 2011, Scholars attended leadership conferences in New York and backpacked in Wyoming with National
Outdoor Leadership Skills; volunteered at a local watershed conservancy as well as on the Appalachian Trail; and assisted
in their local communities at churches, summer camps, and homeless shelters. In addition, Park Scholars interned with
Democracy Now!, Maysles Films, Concern Worldwide, Sesame Workshop, Insignia Films, In These Times, The American
Prospect, The Institute for Policy Studies, Stone Soup Films, the Minnesota Children’s Museum, The Bilerico Project,
MTV/Viacom, Allied Integrated Marketing, Institute for Public Accuracy, Mullen advertising agency, Transient Pictures,
Newsmotion, and numerous other newspapers, television stations, and media outlets.
Jesse Geffen ’12 (top left) takes a break from his
work with the Special Projects Team at Sesame
Workshop.
Steven Brasley ’14 (top right) reports on local stories
for the hour-long news program New Hampshire
Now on WKXL, a local AM radio station in Concord,
New Hampshire.
Francine Price ’12 and Connie Honeycutt ’12 (bottom
left) take part in Relay for Life while participating in
the Ithaca College Los Angeles Program.
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