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.