BEA 2015, 2

Continuing on the 10:30 mentoring session, Adam Kuban is talking about a specific mentoring program they do at Ball State University. They use a Mentoring Partnership Agreement. He also noted the challenge of keeping up with research expectations, teaching and service while also serving as a mentor. Then, at a 12:00 session, the International Division and Documentary Division sponsored session, speakers talked about doing international documentaries. Marie Elliott, Valdosta, took students to Dublin, David Smeltzer, Kent State, took students to Costa Rica, and Kyle Hufford, Goshen took students to Kenya -- they partnered with Foods Resource Bank and suggested sponsoring with something like this can be very useful. He also suggested taking a manifest, and talked about being detained two hours at the airport about not having a permit for the equipment and had to pay kind of a bribe to get it cleared. What did students get out of the trip? Not really the filmmaking--more about learning the culture.

BEA 2015

So, this blog was, I think, a great idea when I started it. Then it became hard to keep up with, and I let it slide. Now, I shall try to pick it up again. I will note that I don't do this necessarily to attract users, so comments are moderated--but if you find this and really want to engage in a conversation, feel free to make a comment and I'll try to check for and clear it to be posted. This is for BEA 2015. I've been attending BEA for many years and now serve as the District 5 rep on the Board of Directors. Kicking off the day yesterday was an all-afternoon Board business meeting. Now, Sunday morning I started with the Production Aesthetics and Criticism Division business meeting and am now at a session about Mentoring Students. My former colleague, and mentor, at Sam Houston State University, Maria Williams-Hawkins, Ball State, spoke first and talked about a variety of issues in rcognizing students' needs and offered suggestions regarding race, ethnicity, gender and even life events. She suggested starting to mentor early...include K-12 students in university activities. She ended with: "When the mentor is ready, the mentee will appear." Candace Walton, Bellevue, talked about retaining students through mentoring. She noted the challenge of students who just don't want to turn in their work on time.