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Snyder Presents at 139th Audio Engineering Society Convention

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IMG_6983-EditAt the 139th Audio Engineering Society Convention hosted in New York from 29th October – 1st November 2015, Ohio University Lecturer Kyle P. Snyder presented his peer-reviewed paper, Case Study: Expanding Audio Production Facilities At Ohio University To Accommodate Student Needs.

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IMG_6979Also at the 139th Convention, on of Snyder’s students, Michael France, was elected as the new Audio Engineering Society Student Delegate Assembly Vice Chair for North & Latin America. France was elected to succeed Steven Van Dyne, a recent School of Media Art’s & Studies alumnus who was elected at the 135th AES Convention in 2013 and retired at the 2015 Convention.

The 139th AES Convention brought together the world’s largest gathering of audio professionals, offering attendees opportunities to hear from top audio industry figures while also sharing in the latest research and technology information through informative papers, tutorials, workshops and special events.

Snyder Leads Team Of Audio Engineers Instrumental In Creation Of “An Introduction to Ohio University”

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What started out as a conversation among Ohio University faculty and administrators interested in incorporating the University’s history into students’ academic journey as a means of encouraging them to reflect on their own OHIO experience has resulted in a website offering an interactive digital history of this 211-year-old institution.

University College and University Libraries recently debuted “An Introduction to Ohio University,” a web-based, multi-media project that documents the University’s rich and distinct history – from its humble beginnings in the wilderness of the Ohio Country through its post-World War II rise to prominence.

The project, led by Sara Harrington, head of arts and archives for University Libraries, also included a partnership with a team of students in the School of Media Arts & Studies. MDIA students helped to breathe life into different primary documents through voiceovers, providing audio to accompany the text contained in the personal letters and diary entries featured on the site. The students were led by Kyle P. Snyder, a Lecturer in Ohio University’s School of Media Arts & Studies and the Scripps College of Communication.

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“We have a lot of tremendously interesting historical materials,” Harrington said. “This project provided us a different way of contextualizing it because it has the story of the history of the University around it.”

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Snyder Hosts 2015 MDIA High School Media Workshop

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This year marked the second annual High School Media Workshop, which took place from July 8-11, and welcomed students from eight states and an international student from Vietnam. The workshop introduced students to the latest techniques and equipment in audio, video, games & animation, and storytelling/producing.

“It was wonderful to see so many students completely engaged over the three days,” said High School Media Workshop Director Karen Riggs. “Now in our second year, we grew from 55 to 62 students and have even gone international. A key asset for us was our MDIA student ambassadors. Workshop participants said they benefited greatly from one-on-one time with our college students.”

During the workshop students spent most of their time in Core Sessions that focused on each of the four media groups: audio, video, games & animation, and storytelling/producing. In these focused classes taught by School of Media Arts & Studies professors students received hands-on experience using the tools and equipment in the media labs.

Keaton Kreps of Athens, Ohio heard about this workshop from a peer last year, which led him to register for the workshop. He said that even though there are a lot of students here who are Athenians he enjoyed meeting students from states as far away as North Carolina, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Illinois. Kreps found all of the workshop sessions interesting but enjoyed working on audio and sound editing the most.

“We had a lot of long three-hour class sessions during the workshop, my favorite one was where we did music and editing,” said Kreps. “One of the coolest class sessions we had we did sounds for a short film. We learned how to do sounds while watching a video and editing. One of my favorite parts was creating a song with everyone in the group.”

Student Hang Le Thi Minh from Ha Noi, Vietnam had been eagerly waiting to attend the workshop since she had first heard about it, but was unable to until she was old enough. This trip was her first out of her country.

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“The High School Media Workshop had a profound impact on the way I see my passion and future career,” she said. “The experience I had here was definitely worth my 22 hour flight.”

Students who came for the workshop were about to have a look at what college life was like at Ohio University and wrapped up the week with a farewell banquet and a screening of their projects.

“An incredible aspect of the High School Media Workshop is that students attend not only to experience what the School of Media Arts & Studies has to offer within its curriculum but also for that first college experience, including one-on-one mentoring to help focus their passion and future career goals,” said High School Media Workshop Associate Director Kyle Snyder. “After several days experiencing a variety of required and elective workshops, it’s gratifying to hear students tell us we’ve opened their eyes to new possibilities and that they now know what they’ll be majoring in upon acceptance to the Scripps College of Communication.”

For more information, including pictures, on the 2015 High School Media Workshop please visit http://mediaschool.ohio.edu/hsmw-news. To see coverage of the workshop on Twitter visit #OUHSMW.

Original article by Claire Berlin

Snyder Named Distinguished Faculty Mentor By Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College

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htc_crestKyle P. Snyder, a Lecturer in Ohio University’s School of Media Arts & Studies and the Scripps College of Communication received an award from the Honors Tutorial College recognizing his role as a mentor.

Snyder won the Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award which was presented May 1 at the Honors Tutorial College (HTC) graduation dinner, held in Baker Ballroom. Snyder was nominated for his award by tutee and student Steven Van Dyne who wrote the thesis Case Studies in Classical Location Recording Using Improvised Techniques as Snyder’s advisee.

The Honors Tutorial College allows its students to create a customized curriculum—largely through one-on-one tutorials—based on their creative interests.