what’s happening > CampusScene 20 CHALLENGE > Fall / Winter 09
What’s New for Students auDIO ENgINEERINg TEaM <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s new Audio Engineering Team (AET) provides live sound support and recording services for concerts and other events on campus and around the community. Students on the AET team serve as audio engineers for live performances, serve as recording, mixing and mastering engineers in the recording studio, and provide equipment maintenance and repair services. AET members get a variety of experience working with sound reinforcement equipment, recording studio equipment, and portable recording workstations, attend regular training sessions, and work with both campus bands and organizations and with groups from the greater community. The AET is open to students majoring in Arts Administration, Business, Communication, and other related fields. CONCERT pRODuCTION TEaM The Concert Production Team (CPT) at <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong> provides students the opportunity to develop leadership and professional skills and increase their own skill and understanding of the music industry through planning and coordinating concerts, festivals and other events. Members of the CPT can be involved in booking artists, providing backline support in the areas of sound, lighting and logistics, promoting events, and handling business, financial and legal affairs. The CPT is open to students majoring in Arts Administration, Business, Communication, and other related fields. The Mission of the CPT is to bring <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong> and its surrounding community together through the arts while also positively enhancing the level of activity on campus. BuSINESS CluB A new Business Club has been created on campus designed to give students a head start on developing their future career success. The club will hold monthly meetings and feature specific themes, along with guest speakers – all experts in their fields. As a result, students will have opportunities to develop networking and leadership skills, find job leads, and even take part in a self-marketing makeover. Dr. Bonnie Tiell “The <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong> Business Club provides the means to impact the culture of our business students so that they become accustomed to a dynamic, yet structured, environment with continuity in its focus towards career preparation,” remarks Dr. Bonnie Tiell, Chair of TU’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program. The guest speaker in November was TU Trustee Terry Collins, founder of the Papa Murphy’s pizza chain. Dr. Collins discussed “Making the Most of Opportunities.” ‘HOw TO STaRT aND SuRVIVE aS aN ENTREpRENEuR’ <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong> Trustee Dr. Terry Collins, founder of the Papa Murphy’s pizza chain, was the featured guest speaker during the “Cool Solutions” Community Business Forum in November. A cooperative project of the <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong> School of Business, Heidelberg <strong>University</strong> and the <strong>Tiffin</strong> Area Chamber of Commerce, “Cool Solutions” is sponsored by Fifth-Third Bank. Dr. Terry Collins During Terry Collins’ presentation, “participants were delighted by the wit and humor of a practical genius who made innovative strides to capture a huge share of the pizza marketplace,” according to Dr. Bonnie Tiell, Chair of TU’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program. “Dr. Collins proved how imagination and perseverance can lead to business prosperity.” Papa Murphy’s is the fifth largest pizza chain in the United States, with more than 1,000 locations in 30 states. It also has multiple locations in Canada. The chain is the world’s largest “take-and-bake” pizza company and pioneered the concept. <strong>In</strong> 2003, Papa Murphy’s was voted “Best Pizza Chain in America” by Restaurants and <strong>In</strong>stitutions Magazine, and has won the honor every year since. <strong>In</strong> 2006, it won the Platinum Award for Consumer’s First Choice in Pizza Chains. <strong>In</strong> 1995, Comurphyco and Papa Aldo’s <strong>In</strong>ternational merged into a single entity named Papa Murphy’s <strong>In</strong>ternational, <strong>In</strong>c., a privately held corporation based in Vancouver, Washington. Dr. Collins was elected to <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Board of Trustees in January. The 2009-2010 series will culminate with the <strong>Tiffin</strong> <strong>University</strong> Business Expo in April with the theme, “Business 2010: Adapting to the Economy.” “Our ‘business’ is to get the students to think and dream about their ‘business,’” Tiell adds. “The new club is a stepping stone to creating a unified business-minded culture, which springboards into smaller breakouts according to the student’s major. Goals of the club include facilitating a greater level of communication, providing greater access to faculty outside of the classroom, inspiring students to spend the necessary time developing their self-marketing materials, and prospecting for the best-suited graduate school or a career avenue. www.tiffin.edu > 21