Boettcher joins Messitte, & Foote to teach fall 2008 semester via video conference from Iraq!
OU Journalism professor to imbed with troops for students
Mike Boettcher traveled to Iraq the week of June 23. He will be deployed for 15 months, the same as most military personnel. Read the latest about this project from the Norman Transcript. When Boettcher starts blogging, the Web site will be NoIgnoring.com.
Veteran CNN and NBC journalist Mike Boettcher and Dr. Zach Messitte, Vice Provost for International Programs, Executive Director of International Programs Center, and William J. Crowe Chair Professor of Geopolitics (also a former journalist at CNN) will be teaching a groundbreaking class in fall 2008. Boettcher will be embedded with troops in the Middle East and will be blogging and communicating live with students at OU via video conference. Dr. Joe Foote, Gaylord College and Dean Edward L. Gaylord Chair, will join Boettcher and Messitte in teaching the semester-long course.
The course will focus on War and Media and will be offered jointly by the Department of International Studies and the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. The class will feature weekly interactive dialogues with Boettcher (a Gaylord alum) who has embedded himself for a year in Iraq and Afghanistan. OU students will have exclusive access to Boettcher and have the opportunity to discuss with Boettcher his wartime odyssey. He will join the class each week by live videoconference. Boettcher will also be filling a Web site with special video and blogging reports about his time spent with the military.
OU to expand Arabic language program: International Programs receives $1.3 million grant to bolster a critical language -
Click here to read media release!
Click here to read media release!
"Marhaba" by Julianna Parker, The Norman Transcript: Mohammad T. Alhawary came to Norman in fall 2001 to start the Arabic language and Middle Eastern studies programs at the University of Oklahoma. Shortly after his arrival, the 9/11 terrorist attacks made the study of Arabic even more important.... Click here to read the rest of the story!
Messitte's remarks on "The growing importance of being international" Click on link to read July 13, 2008 article from Tulsa World newspaper.
"OU graduate and son will cover wars in Iraq, Afghanistan." Click here to read article on NewsOK.com
More news from The Norman Transcript. Click on link to read "Battlefield professor: War comes closer to home for class via video link" by Julianna Parker.
Click here to see video of Journalist Mike Boettcher's first interview about his plan to report and teach from Iraq "Bringing the War to the Classroom."
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