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Gray, Walker tout new Asbury University communications building

January 24, 2011|By Mike Moore | mmoore@jessaminejournal.com

Photo by Mike Moore

More than 200 community leaders and business people ventured to Asbury University for the annual president’s breakfast Tuesday morning.

Following the meal, university president Sandra Gray, Ph.D., briefly went over some of the highlights Asbury experienced in 2010.

Those included Asbury students working at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, the school’s name change from college to university on March 5 and the involvement of students during the 2010 World Equestrian Games, which were held in Lexington last fall.

“We were the only institution that had students who were invited to perform at the games,” Gray said.
Gray also briefly spoke about the new communication arts building, the Andrew S. Miller Center for Communication Arts.

“It’s an example of what happens when folks work together,” she said. “I’ve never seen one (construction project) go as well as it did on this campus.”

The new facility will have its official dedication on March 4.

Doug Walker, Ph.D., professor at the Asbury University School of Communication Arts, spoke of the program raising the bar with the new facility.

“The old building wasn’t designed for media,” Walker said.

Walker said the old facility, Corbitt Hall, had very low ceilings that made lighting a problem. The Miller building has higher ceilings and will have more lighting in general.

Walker said that will enhance Asbury’s student productions. Additionally, students will now learn on state-of-the-art equipment. He said the production truck has the same equipment used by ESPN for its Monday Night Football broadcasts.

That fact, he said, will give Asbury students a leg up when they graduate and begin the job search.
Following the breakfast, many people toured the new Miller building.

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