KGCS Student Managers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 4, 2007

Judy Stiles
(417) 625-9777

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - KGCS-TV, the television station headquartered on the campus of Missouri Southern State University, has named new student managers for the fall of 2007. The students assist with station operations, including producing programs and on-air broadcasting. They work closely with professional staff, broadcast faculty and television students.

 

“Student managers are a key to success at the station,” says Judy Stiles, KGCS General Manager. “In addition to helping with station operations, they gain valuable leadership and broadcasting skills beyond what they find in the classroom.

 

The new managers are:

 

Jarrod Griswold, Student Station Manager --

Griswold is a senior Communication major from Coffeyville, Kan. He came to Southern in the fall of 2006, and has helped with numerous television productions, including Southern Sports Sunday and Newsmakers programs. Prior to coming to MSSU, Jarrod attended Coffeyville Community College and helped with television productions there. He hopes to work in television locally and, ultimately, in a major market area.

 

Scott Parker, Student Production Manager --

Parker is a senior Communication major from Bartlesville, Okla. He has assisted with television productions while a student at Southern, and currently works part-time at a local television station. His goals include working in sports broadcasting.

 

Kharee Louis-Jeune, Student Promotions Manager --

Louis-Jeune is a junior Communication major from Boston, Mass. He was a co-host of a television sports interview program in the Boston area. His goals as an MSSU student include working with athletes and other students in television and broadcasting.