Seminar features Cronkite
Campus Times
April 4, 2003
Walter Cronkite reminisced on past media coverage and of past achievements
before thousands of college students through the University Satellite Seminar
Series on Monday.
"A Conversation with Walter Cronkite" was presented via satellite
to colleges and universities across the United States, including the University
of La Verne. The seminar was hosted by the Museum of Television and Radio.
The seminar series, in its eighth year, allows students at participating
schools to speak directly to the panelists via telephone, which in this
case was Cronkite.
About 20 University of La Verne students and faculty saw this telecast
in La Fetra Auditorium.
Don Pollock, professor of communications, was able to get through the
telephone line and asked Cronkite a question regarding his retirement.
In the past, professors would just record the event and show it to their
students, but the University's technology has improved, said Mike Laponis,
professor of communications.
"Now, we (can) go to the next step and fully participate and actually
ask questions to the guest," Laponis said.