Can you believe it? Just two weeks to go until the last day of spring semester instruction! I hope this semester has gone well for you and your friends. Coming up is some great news about recent JMC School student accomplishments,...but first:

Breaking News! Tickets for the JMC Convocation go on sale Wed. & Thurs. for $10 in DBH
May 2nd from 9:00-10:30 am & from 1:30 - 3 pm, and May 3rd from 9 am-1 pm, a limited number of tickets for the JMC ceremony will be sold in the hallway of DBH. Look by the big TV monitor.

JMC Convocation is Wednesday, May 23rd, 5pm on South Tower Lawn
Nearly 130 advertising, journalism and public relations students are eligible for graduation this May. Congratulations!!! Grads must assemble in DBH by 4pm. See attachment for more information about parking, getting a cap and gown before they run out, and more.

Congratulations Spartan Daily for winning 9 California College Media Awards!
See the names of our award winners in the full online story. Note: These top statewide honors have all been won in spite of a competitive disadvantage. As members of CCMA's Division A, SJSU competes with college news organizations with far bigger budgets and huge staffs, some with more than 100 students each semester. The Spartan Daily usually has somewhere between 20 and 30 students. BRAVO!!! We are very proud of you!

EXCITING JMC CLASSES - FALL, 2012!
Sign up quickly! These offerings are open to the campus community:

• JMC's Strategies in Social Media class was so popular this spring, a group from the business college recently sat in for an exciting joint session! Check out Prof. Michael Brito's dynamic teaching style & incredible knowledge Tuesdays at 6 pm in MCOM 139, section FOUR, in DBH 133.
• When Mitt Romney squares off against President Obama this fall, expect fireworks! It also promises to be a multi-million dollar negative ad slugfest to the finish. Get a front row seat to history and participate in LIVE local media coverage, including election night in November! Media and The Presidential Election returns with Prof. Bob Rucker on Tuesdays at 6pm in DBH 133 - MCOM 139 section TWO.
• Learn more about worldwide current events and review the latest research about the Global Impact of Social Media with Dr. Diana Stover, Tuesdays at 6 pm in DBH 107. That's MCOM 139, section THREE.
• NOTE - Journalism 166 will not be offered in the Fall.
  Broadcast Journalism students must substitute something else. You have two choices... take another 3 unit section Journalism 165: Update News, or take MCOM 139, section ONE and produce in-depth news video reports and participate in roundtables for the local PBS television program called EQUAL TIME.
• There are also exciting new JMC GRADUATE CLASSES focused on new media/social media research, multimedia development, productions and management, and a new weekly seminar with series with top name guests from Silicon Valley noted for innovations. Graduate students should check with JMC School Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Scott Fosdick for more details.

JMC Students: Need Undergrad Advising? Dr. Kathleen Martinelli retires this summer!
All JMC School students still have time to see our school's primary advisor to figure out fall classes and get an update on graduation plans for the future. See Dr. Martinelli during her office hours in DBH 102. A new advisor will be appointed next fall. During the summer months, Prof. Bob Rucker will be available Mondays through Thursdays from 11 am to 2 pm in DBH 105, for drop-in visits only. No appointments taken.

Congratulations to Lloyd La Cuesta for 36 years of TV news reporting on Channel 2!
A broadcast journalism graduate from San Jose State, Professor La Cuesta is now widely known and highly respected as a Bay Area professional journalist. Soon he will retire from local television, but he plans to continue teaching in the JMC School next fall. See local media tributes to Lloyd La Cuesta from newspaper, online and broadcast professionals:
http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2012/04/25/all-hail-lloyd-lacuesta-iron-man-of-local-tv-news 
http://www.ktvu.com/news/entertainment/ktvu-south-bay-bureau-chief-lloyd-lacuesta-announc/nMgqk

New CUBA TRIP website is online and drawing rave reviews nationwide!
Check out the stories, photos and video reports produced by multimedia JMC School and College of Applied Science and Arts student after their ten day visit to Cuba last January. The online link is: http://www.jmc.sjsu.edu/cuba.

Pace yourselves folks and finish strong! Good luck on final exams.