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Executives, member of the RAB Steering Committee for several managing SalesConferences, past board member and Past President of the Country RadioBroadcasters, to name a few.She currently serves on The Radio Hall of Fame Advisory committee and theSouthern California Radio Advisory Group of the Museum of Television & Radio.She is the current Chairperson of the National Board of Governors for the March ofDimes Radio AIR Awards, board member of the Broadcasters’ Foundation, member ofthe newly created Advisory Board for the Conclave Learning Conference and is servinga two-year term as Director-at-Large on the Academy of Country Music's Board ofDirectors.In April, 2000 she received an American Broadcast Pioneer Award by theBroadcasters' Foundation. She is consistently voted by the readers of Radio InkMagazine as one of "The Most Influential Women In Radio", topping the list in 2001.Erica is also on the Board of Directors of Arbitron, Inc.NEWS & NOTESTravis Linn DiesTravis Linn, professor and former dean at the Reynolds School of Journalism atUniversity of Nevada, Reno, died January 17 at age 64 after falling ill from a seriousinfection.The journalism community locally and throughout the nation expressed shock at thesudden loss of the man who made such an impact on the profession. Hired as the firstdean of the School of Journalism in 1984, Linn is remembered by faculty, students andalumni as the heart and soul of the school.Two memorial funds have been established by the Linn family:Travis B. Linn Memorial FundFirst United Methodist Church209 W. 1st StreetReno, NVThe Travis B. Linn Scholarship Fund in Journalism and New MediaUNR FoundationMail Stop 162, UNRReno NV 89557-0040(Make checks payable to UNR Foundation.)HiringsHeather Polinski has been hired as a tenure-track faculty member to direct CentralMichigan’s Broadcast & Cinematic Arts Department’s audio unit. In this role, she willbe overseeing the audio production course sequence as well as WMHW-FM.Helena Vanhala has joined University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as a new member inbroadcast education. Helena is a Finnish national and is currently completing herPh.D. at the University of Oregon under the direction of Janet Wasco. She is alsoworking with Al Stavitski and Daniel Miller, both BEA members. Helena is teachingcourses in television news production, broadcast journalism and internationalcommunication. She recently joined BEA and will be making her first BEA conventionappearance this spring.100Feedback February 2003 (Vol. 44, No. 1)BEA—Educating tomorrow’s electronic media professionals 101