Student Update, the
weekly Bucks television
program, is gearing up for
the fall 2010 season,
Bucks student Nicholas
Dampman is hosting the
program and has some big
ideas for the show’s future.
Student Update is a club
that uses technology to
inform students of happenings
around the campus.
The program covers student
clubs, events, and
news stories and compiles
them into a show that can
be seen on TVs throughout
campus.
The program is produced
at the Newtown Campus
inside a studio equipped
with the tools needed to
polish interviews and news
pieces into a final product,
ready to be shown on TV.
Dampman is in charge of
organizing Student Update
for the fall 2010 season.
With a team of almost all
new people working
behind the program, he is
still looking for
students who
would like to participate
and help
with making
Student Update.
Dampman and
fellow student Neil Egan emailed
the club advisor,
Ron Feeback, asking to
head the program for a new
season this semester.
Dampman said, “Right
now is an organizational
period for Student Update.
We’re looking for new people
to help with the program
and coming up with
material for the upcoming
episodes.”
When asked what this
season holds for Student
Update and what the audience
can expect to see
Dampman says, “Our goal
is to create a closer knit
student body here at Bucks
by informing them of
what’s going on at their
school. We would like to
do stories about new clubs
and organizations, putting
the information out there to
people who wouldn’t normally
be exposed to it. We
also would like to interview
new teachers and faculty,
as well as discuss current
events at Bucks.
Student Update is designed
to serve as a companion to
the Centurion.
“Since both organizations,
television and newspaper,
will be reporting
similar content this gives
them the opportunity to
work with each other,”
Dampman says.
Dampman says that he
wants to work with the
Centurion to get information
on different student
affairs and possibly even
cover stories at the same
time to create a dual-sided
student media network.
Dampman is a
cinema/video major and
has experience working on
television productions. He
has worked on the
Neshaminy High School
morning announcements
during his time as a student
there, as well as filming
many Neshaminy School
District board meetings.
Some obstacles that need
to be addressed for this
upcoming season are finding
more crew members to
work on Student Update.
Since Bucks is a two-year
college many times students
tend to come and go
as they are only enrolled
for a short period of time.
Positions range from production,
editing, and coming
up with creative ideas
and projects among other
jobs.
Dampman also said he
would like each episode to
have its own title and
theme relating to the stories
and content covered
within that single program.
In other words, make each
episode a unique viewing
experience and keep the
program progressing a new
directions.
Any student who is interested
in learning more
about Student Update /
BCTV Club can email
Dampman at
[email protected].
edu or go to the club’s
page on the Bucks website:
http://www.bucks.edu/catalog/
clubs_org.php#Student
Update.