Summer workshops: now in both Illinois and Wisconsin

KEMPA is excited to offer its tried and true summer workshop at both UW-Whitewater in June and Northern Illinois University in July. KEMPA’s fun, knowledgeable, high-energy instructors will bring you up to date on the latest trends in writing, photography, layout, and web design! This is a great way to start the school year refreshed, re-charged and re-focused on improving journalism at your school. Click here to learn more and download registration materials for either workshop.

Scholarships are available! Students and advisers can click here for more about applying.

Spring Update now available

The spring edition of KEMPA’s periodic newsletter, the Update, is now available for download. Inside it you’ll find detailed coverage of KEMPA’s Winter Advisers' Seminar held in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a preview of upcoming summer programming, and a Q&A with the KEMPA Board of Directors.

Click here to download the Update as an Adobe Reader PDF file.

O’Donoghue delivers at Winter Seminar

Veteran teacher Steve O’Donoghue was the featured speaker at the 2009 Winter Advisers’ Seminar March 6 and 7 at The Lodge at Geneve Ridge in Lake Geneva, WI. Steve’s topics included mentoring, censorship, demographic implications for publications, and better ways to cover your campus. Steve was joined by Randy Swikle and Kevin Guernsey, who presented sessions on cultivating administrators and camera technology, respectively. Click here to learn more.