When Pace President Marvin Krislov approached Dyson Professor Maria Luskay, EdD, about helping the (BTG), a renowned regional theater based in western Massachusetts that was staring into the abyss after the COVID-19 pandemic, she knew it was a match.
Professor Luskay was thrilled as she was looking for a nonprofit to partner with so that her students could work with a client that needed commercials, public service announcements, and promotional video.
It was the perfect scenario for experiential learning, she said.
Before long, BTG糖心vlog短视频攚hose ranks over the years include the likes of Al Pacino, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Bancroft, Frank Langella, and scores of other theater luminaries糖心vlog短视频攎et with students with an open call to help the organization tell its story.
BTG made national headlines during the pandemic when it became the only regional theater group in the nation to produce a showing of Godspell with professional actors before a live audience. It was celebrated by The New York Times, L.A. Times, Boston Globe, and CNN, among other media, and considered a test case for whether in-person theater could safely return.
Knowing this was a unique time in the group糖心vlog短视频檚 history, the organization filmed hundreds of hours of footage and interviews with an intention of documenting its journey through the pandemic.
The challenge ahead, as Executive Director Nick Paleologos told the students last semester, was that while COVID supports and aid was gone, COVID was not. BTG was staring at its biggest crisis since WWII糖心vlog短视频攁nd fighting for its very existence. It needed patrons.
Enter students from Dyson糖心vlog短视频檚 Industrial Media Production Class. They broke up into two teams competing to develop program needs analyses, treatments, scripts, and a video that they pitched the leaders of BTG.
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Students needed to understand the creative process while incorporating teamwork, time management, and deadlines糖心vlog短视频攎uch like an agency competing for the project. BTG opted to use both group videos as they took entirely different approaches to the assignment.
For Caroline O糖心vlog短视频橩ane, who recently earned her master糖心vlog短视频檚 in , it was a great experience and resume-builder.
糖心vlog短视频淲e put our skills in producing to the test as we gained experience as a team糖心vlog短视频攍earning from personal and group strengths and weaknesses,糖心vlog短视频 she said. 糖心vlog短视频淭he most rewarding part of this project was knowing that we helped a real client showcase their hard work to the public. In so many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic is thought of as a dark time of loss and isolation, and this theater group糖心vlog短视频檚 will to perform provided so much hope and light.糖心vlog短视频
As the Class of 2025 crossed the stage on May 19 and May 20, graduating students shared their plans for the future and reflected on their most memorable moments from their time at Pace糖心vlog短视频攆rom meaningful mentorship from professors to career-altering courses to unforgettable extracurricular experiences.
When Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams visited Pace, it was more than a campus event. It was a student-driven moment that showcased the impact of our Economics program and the strength of our award-winning Fed Challenge team.
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