Students promote university online
WOUtube scholarship competition gives students a creative outlet to support school, earn money
Erin Huggins
Issue date: 11/26/08 Section: News
"Here's your chance to win $500 just for letting your creative juices flow! Take advantage of this opportunity to show what you mean to WOU, and what WOU means to you! It really is that simple!" said Leadership Development Coordinator Adam Slaton, who is helping to facilitate the WOUtube project.
With the deadline for the WOUtube scholarship competition on Dec. 1, students have time to create and post a 30 second to three minute video on YouTube. Winners will be chosen by a group of staff and students and announced before the end of the term.
Western awarded one $500 scholarship during New Student Week and will give three more $500 scholarships this year-one each during fall, winter and spring terms.
"Everyone has a different perspective on what life is like as a student here at WOU. The goal of the program was to get students to showcase our university in a positive light through major entertainment mediums that are accessed by millions of people worldwide," Slaton said.
Because the university hopes to use these videos for publicity in showcasing life at Western to prospective students, Slaton said guidelines have been developed in order for students to be eligible to win the scholarship.
The online Student Leadership and Activity rules for the submissions state, "Video content should follow the overall guideline that you would be okay showing your grandmother the video."
Slaton said, "Some have held to the guidelines, while others may have strayed a little. All in all, there have been some entertaining and interesting submissions."
Purpose for the video in mind, students have almost endless options for creating content. Videos should capture some aspect of life at Western and showcase the university in a positive light.
"We've had some very creative submissions this term, from students highlighting their creative dance moves, to showing people what a typical day at WOU looks like," said the Leadership Development Coordinator
Slaton said he and Jon Tucker were approached by Associate Provost Dave McDonald to help coordinate this program campus-wide and, ultimately, to attract more incoming students.
"The greater visibility the university has, the more name recognition we gain and the more students we can potentially have walking down Monmouth Avenue relishing in the ultimate WOU experience," Slaton said.
According to the guidelines, raw or unfinished videos are preferred, as long as the clips are genuine and realistic. The number of YouTube "Hits," the rating given for the video and the panel of staff and student judges will determine the winning entries, which will be linked from the university's home page for anyone to view.
Slaton said, "The goal of sponsoring this program was to get as many WOU students involved in showcasing to others, especially prospective students, what life is like at WOU."
Additional guidelines for the scholarship competition can be found at http://www.wou.edu/student/sla/woutube.php
With the deadline for the WOUtube scholarship competition on Dec. 1, students have time to create and post a 30 second to three minute video on YouTube. Winners will be chosen by a group of staff and students and announced before the end of the term.
Western awarded one $500 scholarship during New Student Week and will give three more $500 scholarships this year-one each during fall, winter and spring terms.
"Everyone has a different perspective on what life is like as a student here at WOU. The goal of the program was to get students to showcase our university in a positive light through major entertainment mediums that are accessed by millions of people worldwide," Slaton said.
Because the university hopes to use these videos for publicity in showcasing life at Western to prospective students, Slaton said guidelines have been developed in order for students to be eligible to win the scholarship.
The online Student Leadership and Activity rules for the submissions state, "Video content should follow the overall guideline that you would be okay showing your grandmother the video."
Slaton said, "Some have held to the guidelines, while others may have strayed a little. All in all, there have been some entertaining and interesting submissions."
Purpose for the video in mind, students have almost endless options for creating content. Videos should capture some aspect of life at Western and showcase the university in a positive light.
"We've had some very creative submissions this term, from students highlighting their creative dance moves, to showing people what a typical day at WOU looks like," said the Leadership Development Coordinator
Slaton said he and Jon Tucker were approached by Associate Provost Dave McDonald to help coordinate this program campus-wide and, ultimately, to attract more incoming students.
"The greater visibility the university has, the more name recognition we gain and the more students we can potentially have walking down Monmouth Avenue relishing in the ultimate WOU experience," Slaton said.
According to the guidelines, raw or unfinished videos are preferred, as long as the clips are genuine and realistic. The number of YouTube "Hits," the rating given for the video and the panel of staff and student judges will determine the winning entries, which will be linked from the university's home page for anyone to view.
Slaton said, "The goal of sponsoring this program was to get as many WOU students involved in showcasing to others, especially prospective students, what life is like at WOU."
Additional guidelines for the scholarship competition can be found at http://www.wou.edu/student/sla/woutube.php
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Sarah Diprima
posted 4/20/09 @ 12:33 AM PST
This article is amazing. Im going to spend so much time procrastinating on here. Im not quite sure if I should be thanking you, or cursing you
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