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"Duty Day" With the Department of TV, Radio, Film and Theatre
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
President Whitmore was on familiar ground during a recent visit with SJSU's Department of TV, Radio, Film and Theatre. He majored in speech and theater history, and was a theater professor throughout his academic career. So it was fitting that the president attended his home department's fall term "duty day," theater terminology for an all-hands meeting with cast and crew.
Whitmore gets top billing on the University Theatre digital
sign.
Photo: Mike Adams, associate dean, College of Humanities and
the Arts
The president met faculty and staff, and bonded with graduate student Lee Brooks, who also works in the TRFT office as a student assistant.
"On first impression, I thought President Whitmore was quite calm and well composed considering the plethora of meetings and events I am sure he has been attending. When he met with our department, the president mentioned some of his academic interests, specifically speech curricula and history. I mentioned to him that my graduate thesis will examine the history of our department's academic curriculum from 1929 to 1960, and I offered to help in anyway if he needs anything from our department."
- Lee Brooks, graduate student, student assistant, Department of TV, Radio, Film and Theatre