CLAS Newsletter- July 2012 - Park University

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Alumni in the Spotlight
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Park University honored
alumnus 1st Lt. George S.
Robb, a recipient of the
Congressional Medal of Honor
for ac�on during World War I,
at a dedica�on ceremony on
Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m.
outside the entrance of
Thompson Commons on the
University's Parkville Campus.
The ceremony included the
dedica�on of a plaque and
raising of the Congressional
Medal of Honor recipient flag
Prior to the start of the Fall
2011 semester, the old
photography and computer lab
on Copley Hall, Room 2 was
updated.
The room now holds 18 new
Dell computers for student use
if they are in a journalism,
photography, or other
communica�on course. The
room s�ll connects to the dark
room, and makes learning
digital photography easier
since every computer makes
both Adobe Lightroom and
Adobe Photoshop available to
those students.
Two semesters of courses have
already been taught in the lab,
including a new course �tled
Digital Media Skills. Students in
the course learned how to use
in honor of Robb, a 1912
graduate of Park.
Robb was born on May 18,
1887, in Assaria, Kan., and later
joined the U.S. Army in Salina,
Kan. Robb was part of the
famous 369th Infantry
Regiment, an African-American
unit from Harlem, N.Y., known
as the "Harlem Hellfighters."
While leading a platoon in
France in 1918, Robb was
wounded. When his
several programs from the
Adobe CS5 suite, all of which
gave them a larger set of skills
to make them more appealing
to future employers.
Students learned how to
properly create a newsle�er
with InDesign. They took
videos, edi�ng them with
Adobe PremierePro. Students
also learned how to edit audio
clips, even crea�ng one about
this new room in Copley Hall.
Professors who teach in the
room use the two big screen
televisions on opposite sides of
the room to show their
students real-life examples of
what they are teaching. The
TVs are linked to the
instructor’s computer at the
front of the room, and display
commanding officer was killed,
Robb assumed command and
led the platoon to exceed its
original target, earning him the
Congressional Medal of Honor
in 1919. He died on May 14,
1972, at the age of 84, and is
buried in Salina.
His medal is on display in the
Kansas Museum of History in
Topeka. A Park program,
the George S. Robb Centre for
the Study of the Great War,
bears his name.
New Addi�on: Media Lab in Copley
anything shown on the
computer’s screen, promo�ng
discussion about the images
and aiding students who prefer
visual examples rather than
explana�ons.
When the room is not in use, it
is open to communica�ons,
journalism, and photography
students 24 hours a day, with a
work-study student assistant in
Copley Hall Media Lab
1st Lt. George S. Robb
the room part of the �me. The
open hours allows those who
do not have the Adobe CS5
Suite to use the various
programs to complete their
school work.