Undergraduate and Graduate Journalism Convocation

June 12, 2022

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Program

Land Acknowledgement
Credit: 
“The Land We Stand On” Land Acknowledgement video
was created and provided by Northwestern Multicultural Student Affairs.

Welcome
Dean Charles Whitaker (BSJ80, MSJ81)

Bachelor of Science in Journalism Student Speaker
Camille Williams (BSJ22)

Master of Science in Journalism Student Speaker
Poonam Narotam (MSJ22)

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Eli Karp (BSJ22)

Keynote Speaker
Mike Greenberg (BSJ89)

Presentation of BSJ Degrees
Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen

Presentation of MSJ Degrees
Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen

Closing Remarks
Elise Devlin (MSJ22)

Recessional

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Medill Administration

Charles Whitaker (BSJ80, MSJ81)
Medill Dean

Tim Franklin
John M. Mutz Chair in Local News and Senior Associate Dean

Beth Bennett (MSJ97)
Professor and Associate Dean of Journalism

Vijay Viswanathan
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications and Associate Dean of IMC

Frank J. Mulhern
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications, Associate Dean of Research and Executive
Director of Academic Programs in San Francisco

Sara Nelson
Associate Dean of Administration and Chief of Staff

Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen
Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Academic Advising

Julie Collins
Assistant Dean of Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid

Jacqueline Babb
Senior Lecturer and Director of IMC Full-Time Program

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Speaker Biography

Photo of Mike Greenberg

Mike Greenberg (BSJ89) is a member of the National Association of Broadcasters’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame, the National Radio Hall of Fame and Medill’s Hall of Achievement.

Sports fans listened to Greenberg as one of the hosts on “Mike & Mike” for almost two decades on ESPN Radio. He started his career with ESPN as an anchor in September 1996 with the launch of ESPNEWS. He also anchored ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”

Recently, Greenberg became host of “NBA Countdown.” He continues to host “Get Up,” ESPN’s morning show, which he began in 2018. He returned to ESPN Radio in August 2020 hosting “#Greeny.” He’s also been host of “Bettor Days with Mike Greenberg” since September 2020.

In addition to his radio and broadcast milestones, Greenberg has authored multiple books, including several New York Times Best Sellers.

Before joining ESPN in 1996, Greenberg was a sports columnist for the Copley News Service in California. He also reported for SportsChannel Chicago and was a sports anchor for the regional cable news network CLTV. He reported on events including the World Series and the Super Bowl for Chicago’s WSCR-Radio and was a sports anchor/reporter for Chicago’s WMAQ-Radio.

Mike and his wife, Stacy Steponate Greenberg (IMC95), have two children at Northwestern, Nikki (WCAS23) and Stephen (COMM25).

In 2017, they created the Stacy Steponate and Mike Greenberg Scholarship to support undergraduate Medill students with financial need.

BSJ Student Speaker

Camille Williams is graduating with a B.S. in journalism, double major in history and minor in dance. Camille has enjoyed being heavily involved with various student organizations, theater productions, and publications while at Northwestern, including the National Association of Black Journalists, BlackBoard Magazine, Supplies for Dreams, the Waa Mu Show, and Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. She has also worked as an editorial intern at In These Times and Grist, and as a Leopold Fellow student researcher at Northwestern. She looks forward to interning at the Smithsonian Institute this summer and then working in Berlin, Germany through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program starting in September.

MSJ Student Speaker

Poonam Narotam is graduating with a master of science in journalism. She found great joy in her specialization of science, health, and environmental journalism. As a Comer Scholar, she focused her reporting on the environment, covered topics like climate change, environmental justice and marine biology. Beyond the classroom, Poonam interned with the Better Government Association and supported an aspiring young journalist as a Medill Media Teen Mentor. She looks forward to writing and producing more science stories after Medill.
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WiFi and Closed Captioning

WiFi: Guest-Northwestern

English Closed Captioning

Spanish Closed Captioning

Mandarin Closed Captioning

Social Media: #MyMedillStory

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Northwestern Alma Mater

Hail to Alma Mater!
We will sing thy praise forever;
All thy sons and daughters
Pledge thee victory and honor.
Alma Mater, praise be thine,
May thy name forever shine!
Hail to Purple! Hail to White!
Hail to thee, Northwestern!

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Music Credits

Music courtesy of the Bienen School of Music for all selections except:

Pomp and Circumstance

Composed by Edward Elgar

Performed by
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 2020-21
Dr. Robert G. Hasty, Conductor

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Northwestern University Alma Mater

Quacumque sunt vera

Words by J. Scott Clark (NU Professor) after Philippians 4:8

Music by Peter Christian Lutkin (NU Dean), after Franz Joseph Haydn

English version by Thomas Tyra (’54)

Arranged by Kevin Vondrak (MM ’17)

Commissioned by the Bienen School of Music and Donald Nally for the 60th reunion of the Class of 1959

The Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble 2019-2020

Donald Nally, conductor

Charles Foster, collaborative keyboard

Andrew Major, graduate assistant conductor

Convocation Program June 2022

Undergraduate and Graduate Journalism Convocation

June 12, 2022

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Program

Land Acknowledgement
Credit: 
“The Land We Stand On” Land Acknowledgement video
was created and provided by Northwestern Multicultural Student Affairs.

Welcome
Dean Charles Whitaker (BSJ80, MSJ81)

Bachelor of Science in Journalism Student Speaker
Camille Williams (BSJ22)

Master of Science in Journalism Student Speaker
Poonam Narotam (MSJ22)

Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Eli Karp (BSJ22)

Keynote Speaker
Mike Greenberg (BSJ89)

Presentation of BSJ Degrees
Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen

Presentation of MSJ Degrees
Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen

Closing Remarks
Elise Devlin (MSJ22)

Recessional

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Medill Administration

Charles Whitaker (BSJ80, MSJ81)
Medill Dean

Tim Franklin
John M. Mutz Chair in Local News and Senior Associate Dean

Beth Bennett (MSJ97)
Professor and Associate Dean of Journalism

Vijay Viswanathan
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications and Associate Dean of IMC

Frank J. Mulhern
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications, Associate Dean of Research and Executive
Director of Academic Programs in San Francisco

Sara Nelson
Associate Dean of Administration and Chief of Staff

Dorina Aguilar Rasmussen
Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Academic Advising

Julie Collins
Assistant Dean of Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid

Jacqueline Babb
Senior Lecturer and Director of IMC Full-Time Program

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Speaker Biography

Photo of Mike Greenberg

Mike Greenberg (BSJ89) is a member of the National Association of Broadcasters’ Broadcasting Hall of Fame, the National Radio Hall of Fame and Medill’s Hall of Achievement.

Sports fans listened to Greenberg as one of the hosts on “Mike & Mike” for almost two decades on ESPN Radio. He started his career with ESPN as an anchor in September 1996 with the launch of ESPNEWS. He also anchored ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”

Recently, Greenberg became host of “NBA Countdown.” He continues to host “Get Up,” ESPN’s morning show, which he began in 2018. He returned to ESPN Radio in August 2020 hosting “#Greeny.” He’s also been host of “Bettor Days with Mike Greenberg” since September 2020.

In addition to his radio and broadcast milestones, Greenberg has authored multiple books, including several New York Times Best Sellers.

Before joining ESPN in 1996, Greenberg was a sports columnist for the Copley News Service in California. He also reported for SportsChannel Chicago and was a sports anchor for the regional cable news network CLTV. He reported on events including the World Series and the Super Bowl for Chicago’s WSCR-Radio and was a sports anchor/reporter for Chicago’s WMAQ-Radio.

Mike and his wife, Stacy Steponate Greenberg (IMC95), have two children at Northwestern, Nikki (WCAS23) and Stephen (COMM25).

In 2017, they created the Stacy Steponate and Mike Greenberg Scholarship to support undergraduate Medill students with financial need.

BSJ Student Speaker

Camille Williams is graduating with a B.S. in journalism, double major in history and minor in dance. Camille has enjoyed being heavily involved with various student organizations, theater productions, and publications while at Northwestern, including the National Association of Black Journalists, BlackBoard Magazine, Supplies for Dreams, the Waa Mu Show, and Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. She has also worked as an editorial intern at In These Times and Grist, and as a Leopold Fellow student researcher at Northwestern. She looks forward to interning at the Smithsonian Institute this summer and then working in Berlin, Germany through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program starting in September.

MSJ Student Speaker

Poonam Narotam is graduating with a master of science in journalism. She found great joy in her specialization of science, health, and environmental journalism. As a Comer Scholar, she focused her reporting on the environment, covered topics like climate change, environmental justice and marine biology. Beyond the classroom, Poonam interned with the Better Government Association and supported an aspiring young journalist as a Medill Media Teen Mentor. She looks forward to writing and producing more science stories after Medill.
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WiFi and Closed Captioning

WiFi: Guest-Northwestern

English Closed Captioning

Spanish Closed Captioning

Mandarin Closed Captioning

Social Media: #MyMedillStory

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Northwestern Alma Mater

Hail to Alma Mater!
We will sing thy praise forever;
All thy sons and daughters
Pledge thee victory and honor.
Alma Mater, praise be thine,
May thy name forever shine!
Hail to Purple! Hail to White!
Hail to thee, Northwestern!

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Music Credits

Music courtesy of the Bienen School of Music for all selections except:

Pomp and Circumstance

Composed by Edward Elgar

Performed by
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra 2020-21
Dr. Robert G. Hasty, Conductor

~

Northwestern University Alma Mater

Quacumque sunt vera

Words by J. Scott Clark (NU Professor) after Philippians 4:8

Music by Peter Christian Lutkin (NU Dean), after Franz Joseph Haydn

English version by Thomas Tyra (’54)

Arranged by Kevin Vondrak (MM ’17)

Commissioned by the Bienen School of Music and Donald Nally for the 60th reunion of the Class of 1959

The Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble 2019-2020

Donald Nally, conductor

Charles Foster, collaborative keyboard

Andrew Major, graduate assistant conductor