Inspire, Spring 1994

When alumni return to campus,they will miss a familiar face at the college switchboard. After serving at that position for 19 years, Ida St. Clair retired on October 29, 1993. As she received tens of thousands of college visitors and responded kindly to innumerable telephone calls, Ida saw the College grow from 1,033students in 1974 to the present enrollment of 2,278. Ida and her husband, Ken, have a daughter, Mrs. Linda Nier'80, of Wilmington, Ohio,and a son, Jeff'75, of Chattanooga,Tennessee.The St. Clairs enjoy eight grandchildren. On February 1, Cedarville College hosted the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra for their fifth appearance on campus.The performance featured guest soloist Raphael Wallfisch, one of Britain's foremost cellists. The Dayton Philharmonic, led by internationally-recognized conductor Isaiah Jackson, is the oldest professional performing arts organization in the area. Cedarville College faculty member Charles Pagnard is the Philharmonic's principal trumpet; adjunct faculty members Steve Winteregg and Richard Chenoweth are the principal tuba and co-principal french horn, respectively. Alu MotorWeek orking for the CDR Radio Network while attending school, Susan Scott Childress'83 always thought she would find a carecriirrradio upon graduation. But a summer internship at Maryland Public Television led Susan in a much different direction in media. Susan is a producer. writer, and journalist for "Motor Week," a year old national Public Television and commercially-syndicated program focusing on a vai iety of automotive topics."Motor Week" produces 26 programs a year, and Susan works primarily on the FYI and Motor News segments. These specialized segments give consumer tips and evaluations of a variety of driving topics and automobile makers,They highlight a wide range of issues, from the , safety of baby car-seats to making an automobile handicapped-accessible. Susan :k he,aukompfivOnSdustry. areer requires Wilmot'research, international travel, and interviews with giantsi \ltecull%sortiabfher most memorable shows and segments. Susan says she nXye* tnig,rd-producing-a- programon driving phobias. She interviewe any.individuals who literally panic attacks when considering driving hicle,StiSait.silys-theresponsetothis segment was overwhelming. Whiny' •.Kiduakwrote-and.callesifor_more information because they have experience mildr,responSes-to driving and did notknow why they reiicted that way. She knew shehad helped viewers struggling with.a real fear. ilk Another memorable story Susansesearehed and wrote was the development of Mriying behaviors. This production studiedthe'effect adult drivers have on their child-passengers. The study showed that irate motorists with poor driving skills teach children passengers habits which will be carried into their driving styles. Llewise,,safe,--courteous driving skills are translated to children. - Susan'also has had-the opportunity to interview many fascinating designers and automa-kers in her eight,yeatvireer with "Motor Week."She recalls meeting in Paris with-famous Frenchdesigner Luigi callani to view his Bio Design initomobiles:-Edelliautomobile was uniquely shaped as-a fish or other form of wildlifeand..was environmentally friendly. One-program dealing with four-wheel drive techniques:was filmed -outhe grounds ofa castle in England.She recalls the castle was complete With armored men on hores,roaring fires in the fireplaces, and hidden passageways. From attending the Beriil. Roos Grand Prix Driving School at Pocono-International Speedway in Pennsylvania to visiting Jaguar and Mercedes Benz in England,Susan has seen the automotive world! Susan recallsthat it has not always been easy. Although she completed an internship with -Maryland'Public Television(MPTV)before her senior year in college, the entry level positibn with MPTV did not Open Up until two years after graduation. She started in a part-time position which Offered $50 per day and no / benefits. The position became full-time, and within a year Susan was offered ajob / with "Motor Week," Where she started as a gopher and test driver for the show. It required much diligence and a positive attitude for her to place cones on a freezing /". test drive course and stay there to pick them up after the shoot was complete. Susan emphasizes the teamwork required in her current position—it takes the input /7 of the camera crew. writers. and producers to create the best possible program for the audience. She encourages current students interested in the television media field to seek an internship or a volunteer position as an inroad into this highly competitive field. She also suggests prayer,enthusiasm(no matter what the task!), and a good attitude. Susan enjoys returning to Cedarville College to talk with the current broadcasting majors about her career. She has been invited to speak in classes and has participated in the Broadcasting Industry Seminar hosted by the Department of Communication Arts for broadcasting majors. Susan has been honored with the prestigious Golden Quill Award presented by the Washington Automotive Press Association for a story she produced on shock trauma research. She also received the New York Film Festival Award for a videotape series entitled,"How to Buy A Car." Susan and her husband Glenn live in Maryland and are enjoying their first child, Rebecca Jane. who was born December 20, 1993. Switch To Chris Radio Is Minist For Alumn eff Lyle'85 has had many people tell him,"You just don't do it that way," b he refuses to let that stifle his creativity. Co-owner of KQCS-FM radio in Davenport,Iowa,Jeff has found a distinctive way to minister through meth Jeffcompleted majors in broadcasting and music at Cedarville. When he t his firstjob in television as a writer/producer at an Iowa CBS affiliate, he felt prepared to handle the technical aspects ofthejob,and he was excited about th impact the media has on people. However,after just a few years, he became concerned with the trend toward increasingly explicit programming and advertising. He says,"I wanted to be a part of the Media to help change things, but I wasn't sure what!should do." Then a Davenport radio station came up for sale. There was already a Christian radio station in town which carried preaching, music,and other syndicated programming. Jeff had a vision for a complementary station where the music was the ministry—a commercial station airing contemporary Christian music. Jeff and a partner bought the station, and he says,"We had to learn from our mistakes,some ofthem costly. But our goal was to give real alternative for young people,a station with a positive message that we could be exct about as Christians." KQCS has 4,000 to 10,000 listeners a day, mostly non-Christians from what Jeffcan t from market research and calls to the station. Jeff relates,"A recent statistic shows98% high school students listen to FM music every day. Kids and their parents know we're a good station to listen to." Jeff likes the commentfrom one elderly lady in his church, wh said,"Jeff, I hate the music on your station, but I pray for you every day,because I kno the kids are listening to it." The format has been successful enough that Jeff's Eternity Broadcasting,Inc..(EBI)h also purchased a radio station in Des Moines which will be going on the air soon with th same format. The two stations together will employ about 10 full-time staff and 11 volunteers, and are supported both by contributions and advertising revenue. Jeff's wife. Julie, is sometimes able to accompany him on out-of-town shoots to lend a hand,as well KQCS uses a state-of-the-art audio hard drive system and will use digital phone lines to send programming to the Des Moines station. Another related company is EBI Video. Jeff and two full-time staff produce commercials,events, and informational videos for regional clients and Christian ministri across the country. The video company has helped diversify revenue for EBI and has 1 another exciting ministry opportunity. , EBI produces a weekly Christian video countdown show called "The Power Switch, hich is in three markets and may expand its coverage. The half-hour show airs on ommercial,over-the-air television stations and features Christian "veejays" introducing cont mporary Christian artists, as well as interviews with those artists. Jef as ulv,d Cedarville students to help film those interviews."When we go to the pel usieAssociation Conference in Nashville, we use Cedarville broadcasting ts takelp run the equipment.They help us,and it gives them good exposure to what do the industry," he says. Cedarville students have also written for"The Power S ch." 'My experiences at Cedarville helped me understand what the world was like and develbp the technical skills I would need. My Cedarville education also prepared me to integrate my Christian values into working in today's media." Jeff believes that commercial stations featuring Christian music will continue to be a viable and profitable format and will be seen eventually in Many markets. He compares the growth of contemporary Christian music to that ofcountry music a decade ago. He concludes,"If it can work in Iowa,it can work anywhere. Sometimes you just have to break the mold." Graphic Designer Serves in New York !. SPRING ecky Batey'90is a graphic designer for Videographics Enterprises, Inc., based in New - :_,_ York,New York. She is one of 18 employees and Works with other Cedarville alumni, :,- including Andrew Mininger'88,Cregan . Cooke'86,and Andrew Lewis'89. Becky has worked at-Videographics for One year and four months and go thejob as a resultof knowing a Cedarville alumnus who wor at the company. Videographies specializes in putting together computerized: -presentations such as slide shows,overheads, and multimedia -presentations using laser disks. An example ofthe work she . does would be a corporation that is planning to make a presentation to stockholders or potential investors. Becky describes herjob at Videographics as involvement in the transfer of information from written form to computerized form. Using a computer,she adds color, graphics,and fonts to give a client's presentation material a professional look. Videographics clients include corpora giants like Pfizer Pharmaceutical. Duracell Batteries, and Ogden Corporation. Becky uses a computer for the majority of her work. She states that Cedarville gave h valuable experience in using a computer. More importantly, however,she appreciates t time that Dr. Wes Baker, professor of communication arts, devoted to teaching her responsiblity ill computer-related issues. Becky also learned the communication skil needed to work with the men and womeninthe business sector. Becky's advice to students wishing to.enter -this field is to evaluate the Opportunities th are presented. When Becky heard aboutthejob at Videographics.she wondered how things would work out with getting an apartment-and getting to know people. She then found out that there were other Cedarville alumniworking at the company,includin Jennifer Leney '91.- who-became Becky's roommate in New York.The provision of friends and a place to stay convinced Becky that Videographics was where the Lord wanted her to be.