faculty involvement?

[alonzo]

I wonder if any UVA faculty, particularly in the music department, have addressed this issue yet. OPA hasn't been considering the station as a resource for education and the promotion of the arts, as they should. I bet there are some professors who would be willing to speak up for this side of the issue, and, I hope, for the value of independent dj's left free to experiment and pursue their own curatorial visions as a means to these ends. Anyone who has relevant faculty contacts ought to work them.

In the longer term, stronger ties with the music department might provide some institutional strength.

[Smilin Tyler]

I definitely agree... certainly there's a DJ or two studying in the music department. If you're reading this, person just referred to, do you think your professor(s) would be interested in the recent happenings?

One of the things I said I wanted to institute on my application to what would become Burr's job is one-credit symposia, offered by the music dept. in conjunction with WTJU. These symposia would cover things like History and Practice of Radio DJs; Role of Community Radio; History of Radio in America; etc. The symposia could be guided by a professor with individual classes taught by volunteers from the station. In this way, WTJU could be more formally introduced to the students... as well as the teachers. Oh DJ being spoken to in the first paragraph, do you think that might work?

[eventidalwave]

Some teachers (music instructor Vic Szabo, former Media Studies teacher Jordan Taylor) have responded with similar thoughts on the WTJU Forum site. Linking pertinent majors to the station by internships/courses would be an excellent way to fulfuill the student enrichment desires of OPA.