Service
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ne of the joys of living in Abilene is that all parts of my life are intertwined – work, church, neighborhood, schools, even the grocery store. I’ve found the same to be true when considering service. Instead of stepping from one to another in a defined way, many areas of my service seem to overlap and intertwine. Often, service to the community is service to the University. Service to the church is often service to a student or a group of students. That is the holistic nature of teaching at ACU, and that is one of the most rewarding aspects of work at the university. (Evidence of service as described in the university’s tenure and promotion Guidelines and Procedures includes advisory and consultive positions, committee memberships and work, and student organization sponsorships, each of which is described in this section.) (The JMC Expansion document lists the following requirements, which are met by the evidence below: • Two external, academic service projects relevant to JMC, • Two internal, university service projects relevant to JMC, including chair of department (counts as two), adviser of Optimist, adviser of Prickly Pear, adviser of KNX-TV7 and ACU Video, and general manager of KACU-FM. • Two pro bono, non-profit service projects relevant to JMC)
Service to the Profession Competition Judging (The following contains examples of “(c)ritical services rendered to high school journalism through UIL competition judging and the Texas High School Press Association,” which is included as an example of service in the JMC Expansion document) During the past several years, I have coordinated judging for several high school journalism competitions. The goal of these efforts is to encourage quality students to enter the fields of journalism by rewarding good work. While the efforts have the side benefit of promoting the university and its journalism program, the
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