A J-Term class co-taught by Tobi Parks, adjunct, and Tom Swartwood, entrepreneurship professor, was featured on a local TV newscast. The class focuses on the recorded music industry: Students learn about the business, and then produce a show. Parks is a former Sony Music executive from New York City who is the founder of Station One Records, which is opening a Drake neighborhood studio for recording, promoting and providing performance space for local bands. If you are interested in connecting with Parks and Station One, contact Carlyn Crowe, SJMC internship coordinator, at carlyn.crowe@drake.edu.

—Kathleen Richardson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication