May 7, 2009–Magical Masks authors from the Home Base After School Program–Mary Rhodes Rasheed
Student authors tell of Africa trip and other adventures A summary of our May 7, 2009 speakers, Magical Masks authors from the Home Base After School Program: Mary Rhodes Rasheed, Cecilia Mora Pitts, Randall Wilson – with program coordinator Shirley Mae Springer Staten by Barbara Brown On May 7, Alaska Professional Communicators were treated to […]
April 2, 2009–“The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster”–Stan Jones
A summary of our April 2, 2009 speaker, Stan Jones by Barbara Brown Twenty years ago, on March 24, 1989, 11 million gallons of crude oil were dumped in Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez tanker went aground. At the time, Stan Jones was a reporter with the Anchorage Daily News, covering the spill. […]
March 5, 2009–Editor shares pleasures, pains of anthologizing–Michael Engelhard
Editor shares pleasures, pains of anthologizing by Joan Tovsen At the Alaska Professional Communicators’ March 5 luncheon, speaker Michael Engelhard suggested his compulsion to assemble and edit anthologies might be a psychological disorder of his own creation – one he fondly calls “anthromania.” The latest symptom was Engelhard’s most recent publication, just released from the […]
Dec. 7, 2006–Bradfield & Broadsided Press–Elizabeth Bradfield
December 2006: Bradfield & Broadsided Press by Carolyn Rinehart Our December speaker, Elizabeth Bradfield, is an innovator, so it seems fitting that she is the first to have her talk digitally recorded. Jerami Marsh, a new student member from UAA who did the recording, checked the video and audio after the Dec. 7 luncheon and […]
Nov. 2, 2006–Every vote matters–Jean Craciun
Craciun says “Every vote matters” by Mariah Oxford Jean Craciun, sociologist and market researcher, took time away from her 8-day-old daughter to address Alaska Press Women at its November luncheon, just a few days before the election that had everyone talking. Craciun provided her insights into the race, as well as predictions for how she […]