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District NewsTo the members of District 1 and all of BEA, my heartfelt thanks. It was a wonderfulfour years working with you, the officers and the other Board members, and I reallyappreciate the support for the projects and ideas I tried to put forward. Mycongratulations to Margot Hardenburg who will be taking over the District seat.Everyone give her a warm welcome, and a helping hand. Godspeed!Mary Alice MolgardCommunications DepartmentCollege of Saint Rosemolgardm@mail.strose.eduState Association NewsWISCONSINThe Wisconsin Broadcasters Association is proud to have a very active and innovativeEducational Committee. With their help, in 2002, the WBA and the WBAFoundation:• Awarded $15,494 in educational support grants to assist non-profit college andtechnical school broadcast education programs in acquiring equipment, hardware,software, and/or other teaching materials that are necessary to conduct broadcasteducation programs and promote careers in broadcasting.• Continued our mentorship program “WBA’s Broadcast Partnerships For TheFuture”, which, in the past four years, has resulted in close to 150 mentor/menteepairings between broadcasters and broadcast students from around the state. In2003, 50 such pairings were developed.• Awarded $6,000 in scholarship monies to students who are interested in pursuinga career in the field of broadcasting.• Sponsored a day-long Student Seminar at UW-Madison, which was attended by arecord-breaking 95 students, as well as WBA member general managers, salesmanagers, program and news directors who served as panelists.• Offered students and broadcast educators a significantly reduce fee to attend anyWBA Program/Conference. The schedule for 2003 was/is:January, 2003 - Winter Conference (includes Programmers & Sales Workshops)April 9 & 10, 2003 - Sales WorkshopsApril 12, 2003 - News Reporters WorkshopApril 26, 2003 - Student SeminarJune 18 & 19, 2003 - Summer Conference (includes Sales Workshops)July/August, 2003 - Sports WorkshopOctober 29, 2003 - Copywriter's WorkshopMichelle Lukens, CAEVice President, Wisconsin Broadcasters Assnmlukens@wi-broadcasters.org76Feedback April 2003 (Vol. 44, No. 2)