The Broadcast Education Association, which perennially acknowledges Rowan University pupil achievement in radio, television and film through the group’s convention in Las Vegas, this week launched its first rating of colleges, naming Rowan #9 internationally general.
In addition to the general rating, the BEA ranked Rowan RTF applications #3 in audio, #6 for documentary, #9 in film and video, and #18 for information programming.
The BEA famous web site that in creating the rating system its purpose was to acknowledge pupil artistic achievement based mostly on outcomes of current BEA Festival of Media Arts competitions. In the final 5 years, almost 6,000 pupil artistic works had been submitted from BEA’s greater than 300 member establishments across the globe.
This yr, the BEA will acknowledge a dozen Rowan college students and school members for a variety of artistic work together with radio broadcasting on WGLS-FM, brief film and interactive media through the Festival of Media Arts April 24-25.
Within the brand new rating system the group thought-about the amount and high quality of pupil work produced.
“The rankings are an evaluation of the quality and consistency of students’ creative works produced at one institution compared to those at other institutions,” BEA officers famous on their web site. “While the BEA has been evaluating student works for nearly 20 years in competition, the rankings are based on the past five-year period of student success.”
Keith Brand, chair of Rowan’s division of Radio, Television & Film within the Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts, stated the BEA’s inclusion of Rowan so excessive in its first formal rating speaks to the prolific, high-quality work college students produce on the establishment.
“The Broadcast Education Association is one of the premier professional organizations for academic media programs and we’re proud that the work of our students is ranked amongst many of the best-known media production programs in the country,” Brand stated.
Edelman CCCA Dean Sanford Tweedie stated the rating, whereas gratifying, affirms what college and college students already know.
“Rowan is a leader in this area, and our students are outstanding content creators mentored by an incredible group of faculty,” Tweedie stated.
The division will host its 8th annual RTF Media Fest, a celebration of function animations, documentaries, brief narrative movies, broadcasting and audio productions, and unique screenplays produced by college students April 8-9 in Bozorth Hall.