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LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Spring
2015
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
For Friends and Alumni
RCC Unveils State-of-theArt Digital Media Facility
A
new TV
studio
production
facility gives students enriched
opportunities to build their digital
media skills and bolster career prospects, and
places RCC among the leading institutions
for digital technology in the region.
“This brand-new equipment is going to
revolutionize Communication/Media Arts
at RCC,” said sophomore Alec Biello. “The
new technology allows us to create sets
just by using the software in the TriCaster.
The new set-up really benefits those of us
pursuing media careers.”
The rollout of the state-of-the-art studio
this Spring, coupled with the introduction of
a 15-station Mac computer lab last Spring,
takes RCC’s TV production capabilities to a
“This will give students
wings to explore their
creative sides once they get
the basic tools in hand.”
next-generation level that allows students to
master the digital medium.
“This will give students wings to explore
their creative sides once they get the basic
tools in hand. Students now have an array of
digital media tools to execute their projects
in the studio, in the lab, for distribution
on RCC-TV or on the web,” said Beth
Robinson, Assistant Professor and Chair
of Communication Media Arts (CMA).
She and Janice Goldstein, Director of the
Multimedia Production Center and RCC-
Alec Biello (r) directs RCC-TV's first news broadcast with the new studio/control room equipment in the CMA department, as Rob
Vajda works as technical director.
TV, worked collaboratively to develop the
new facility.
The improvements include three HD
Digital video cameras; “green screen”
curtains that enable digitally superimposed
set backgrounds; a NewTek TriCaster control
room with virtual digital sets, capable of
Internet streaming of live or pre-recorded
materials; energy-efficient LED lighting;
new graphics editing and teleprompter
software and other enhancements.
The 15-station Mac Lab, which includes
a smart board and replaces a circa-1980s
4-station unit, serves as a classroom for
teaching video editing and audio editing
and production. Its array of cutting-edge
computer software includes the Adobe
Creative Suite with Premiere Pro video
editing and other features, and Final Cut Pro
X video editing.
The compatibility of software used in
video instruction ensures a smooth transition
when students advance from CMA to RCCTV. CMA currently enrolls 135 students,
and RCC-TV has about 15 students per
semester, who produce original student
programming for broadcast on TV monitors
around campus.
The $105,000 media facilities improvement project was underwritten primarily
by a Perkins grant, augmented by funding
from the College.
Inside
New chief for Honors Program
2
Chancellor’s Awards
4–5
Faculty of Note
6–7
Alumni Spotlight
8
Sports Hall of Fame
9
RCC’s Report Card
10
Diversity at RCC
11
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