Creating a Legacy Black Hills Corporation donates for scholarships and AACSB accreditation
Black Hills Corporation representatives Jim Mattern (middle left), senior vice president, Corporate Administration and Compliance; and Barbara Zar (middle right) manager, Governmental and Public Affairs; present a check for $125,000 to Black Hills State University President Kay Schallenkamp and Steve Meeker, vice president of University Advancement at BHSU. The funds donated will establish a Black Hills Corporation Scholarship Fund and will assist the College of Business and Technology with its pursuit to receive accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The funds will also assist new College of Business and Technology faculty in their research efforts. Scholarships will be awarded to deserving students, preferably those who are connected to the internship opportunities in business, communications, or marketing at Black Hills Corporation.
BHSU Mass Communication Department receives generous donation T
he Black Hills State University pho- tography program recently received cash donations of $18,000 as well as additional equipment donations
with a value of $9,000. Dr. Richard Kessel from Iowa City, Iowa, donated the money along with nearly $3,000 in new digital imaging equipment.
Dr. Dan Tackett from Rapid City donat- ed approximately $6,000 in professional darkroom and photographic equipment. According to Steve Babbitt, BHSU pro- fessor of photography, these donations have made great improvements and additions to the photography program possible. “The Mass Communication Department and the photography program are grateful for the donations we have received. These gifts are important for our continued growth,” Babbitt says. He noted that over the past decade the photography program has bene- fited from the gener- osity of many people who have donated equipment.
Joshua Cooke, senior Black Hills State University mass communication major from Douglas, uses recently donated photography equipment. The BHSU photography program received cash donations of $18,000 as well as additional equipment donations with a value of $9,000.
The funds will be used to make needed repairs to lighting, darkroom and computer equipment. In addi- tion the funds will
assist in the development of curriculum and equipment for two new photography courses, History of Photography and Studio Lighting. Babbitt also plans to use funds to bring guest lecturers to campus, to encourage student research, to promote student exhibitions on and off campus, and to create traveling stu- dent exhibitions. The money was also used to establish the
BHSU Permanent Photographic Collection, which contains approximately 50 pieces to date. Video equipment and accessories were purchased to enhance mass communication and photography curriculum.
Mass communication is one of BHSU’s fastest growing programs with a growth of more than 280 percent in the last five years. The photography program at BHSU offers many opportunities to students interested in photojournalism, commercial photography, and many other areas of photography. The program offers both basic and advanced black-and-white photography, color photog- raphy, digital imaging, photojournalism, and contemporary issues classes. For photog- raphy majors, other courses include studio lighting, the history of photography and alternative processes.
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