Olivet Nazarene University plays a vital role in enhancing campus life by supporting a wide range of events within the Media Services team. This team of dedicated students and professionals works behind the scenes to ensure each event runs smoothly and reaches its audience effectively. A number of these students are from the Communication Department, and they enhance the skills they learn in class to be utilized in a professional setting. In these posts, it will feature four student perspectives on the impact of Media Services.
Tyler Chapin Controls Lighting and Sound in
service to media “I started running cameras and stuff for my church and everything, and then started really liking that and then began working more with other aspects of media”, Tyler Chapin said as he details how he started to get into media. Chapin is a sophomore at Olivet Nazarene University, majoring in Multimedia Communication,…
Tad Martinson Finds a Passion for Sports Media in Media Services
Tad Martinson, a local to Kankakee, Illinois, always knew he wanted to go to Olivet Nazarene University so that he could surround himself with people who shared similar values to him. Martinson came to Olivet in the Fall of 2023, majoring in Multimedia Communication with a concentration in Journalism. To help him develop his skills…
Wesley Curell Finds His Calling in Live Audio Management Through Media Services
As the Media Services department prepares for another weekly chapel service, Wesley Curell is on the scene meticulously checking each of many moving parts in the audio setup. From checking and rechecking the battery packs for each of the people on stage to booting up the racks, Curell must make certain that every piece of…
Katie DeVries Finds Her Voice and Vision Through Media Services
Getting to Know ONU Media Services At the heart of Olivet Nazarene University’s campus is a team quietly working behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly—Media Services. Whether it’s setting up audio-visual equipment for a class, supporting a major university event, or making sure a mic works just right before chapel begins, Media Services…
About this project:
This project was created by Olivia Morris, Lauren Gadbois, Caleb Torgorson, and Jalen Lewis as part of a final project for the Multimedia Storytelling class at Olivet Nazarene University.
