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Dalton K. Camp Endowment in Journalism by Bob Edgett, BA '84 |
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Dr. Camp, who received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from St. Thomas in 1992, was Canada’s finest non-fiction stylist. He left a remarkable legacy in political columns and book-length journalistic studies of Canadian politics and public policy. Throughout his extraordinary career, Dr. Camp always found time to encourage and support young journalists throughout Canada. Beginning in September, 2002, St. Thomas University will offer a new Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree in addition to its current Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism degree. The new BA in Journalism programme, which is unique in Canada, will offer students both the technical and practical training necessary for a career in journalism, and extensive studies in the liberal arts. The programme will produce graduates with strong writing skills and a breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding of history, politics, ethics, religion and society that will allow them to positively influence the future of journalism in Canada. This was the spirit in which Dalton K. Camp practiced journalism. The Dalton K. Camp Endowment in Journalism, a $1.5 million fund raising initiative, is designed to enhance journalism education at St. Thomas and to create a national quality programme in journalism located in Atlantic Canada. The Endowment will fund a number of discrete activities within thejournalism programme including: The Dalton K. Camp Lecture Series. This lecture series will sponsor a public lecture delivered by a prominent journalist every fall on the campus. The lecture series will be a partnership between St. Thomas and the CBC Radio program Ideas, whose host will attend the lecture and moderate both the speech and question and answer session for national broadcast on CBC Radio. The Dalton K. Camp Journalist in Residence. The Endowment will fund a Journalist in Residence Programme that will allow St. Thomas to attract a distinguished journalist to reside in Fredericton and work on campus for one academic term each year. Preference will be given to prominent Canadian journalists. The Journalist in Residence will enhance the programme by bringing a kind of journalistic expertise not easily found in Atlantic Canada to St. Thomas. The Journalist in Residence will enrich the experience of students through public lectures, teaching, and community outreach. The Journalist in Residence will also conduct research in journalistic ethics and other issues related to the Canadian news media. The Dalton K. Camp Journalism Scholarships and Bursaries. The Endowment will create a number of scholarships and bursaries to assist students in journalism, which will open the program to students from a variety of social and economic backgrounds. The Dalton K. Camp Journalism Internships. The Endowment will create partnerships with professional media organizations across the country to offer summer and post-graduate internships to St. Thomas students. These internships will offer students practical experience and a foothold in the industry, and also will allow employers to evaluate prospective employees. Looking to the future, the expansion of the journalism programme will require additional space on campus. Students will require access to broadcasting studios and editing suites, multi-media labs, state of the art digital technology, “smart” classrooms and lecture theatres. The programme will require study and “newsroom” space for students working on journalism projects, and office and research space for journalism faculty and the Journalist in Residence. To
learn more about the Endowment or to contribute to this project contact
Bob Edgett, Director of University Advancement, St. Thomas University
by phone at (506) 452-0512 , by email at edgett@stu.ca. |
In
recognition of Dalton K. Camp’s significant contribution to excellence
in Canadian journalism, St. Thomas University launched The Dalton K.
Camp Endowment in Journalism at a ceremony on July 24, 2002 in Brian
Mulroney Hall.