Guest Speakers

A native of Korea, Chin-Sook Pak is an Associate Professor of Spanish at BSU. Currently, she is a fellow at Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, teaching a 15-credit, community-immersion seminar entitled: "Servir y Aprender: Creating a Community-Centered Classroom."  Working with various community agencies in Hamilton County, the seminar will produce educational videos in Spanish intended to disseminate legal/community information to under-represented Hispanic population in the county.  Chin-Sook received her B.B.A. in Finance from College of William and Mary and M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Michigan.  Many of her courses taught at Ball State University include a community-based learning component.

Rod Russell applied to the ISP five times between 1977 and 1985. He sincerely wanted a career with the best of the best and at age 32 that dream of “making a difference everyday” came true. Russell was a road trooper at the Redkey District prior to becoming a Public Information Officer. His greatest pleasures come from working with people, the media and road troopers. His saddest times are those surrounding injuries and death of officers.

Kim Shelton is a Marketing Producer for WISH TV in Indianapolis, IN. She has been in her current position for 2 years. In that time she has produced numerous commercial spots, assisted in special event planning and appeared on Work Shop Eight, a weekly home improvement segment. Kim is married to the Rev. Timothy Shelton they have a new six month-old daughter, Hannah-Rose Ruth.  Kim is a graduate of the University of Louisville with a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications.  Kim started her career in production at NBC affiliate WAVE TV in Louisville, KY.  Kim went on to work as an On Air Director for Ball State University’s Media Services Department. While at Ball State, she directed distance learning classes, produced videos for several departments on campus and hosted and produced a monthly talk show “How We See It” for WIPB.  Kim has worked for the Indianapolis Public Schools as a Producer/Director/Host.   Kim is active in her church, enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and daughter. 

Steve Sweitzer is the News Operations Manager for WISH-TV, the CBS affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. In that capacity, he supervises the photographic staff, works on long range planning for special events, oversees the newsroom computer system and supervises the station’s satellite coverage.  Steve is also a past president of the National Press Photographers Association and currently chairs several workshops. In 1971, he earned a BA from Earlham College in Photographic Journalism and in 1987 he earned a Masters in Journalism from IU.  He now teaches Broadcasting Journalism for IUPUI. In 2003 he won the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a part-time faculty member.

Young-Hee spearheaded the '13 Listens' project in 1997 to help WTHR-TV become more responsive to the community.  In that capacity she organized community forums, town hall meetings, and bus tours throughout the state to listen to people’s concerns.  Currently, she coordinates the station’s special projects and events.  She has a Masters Degree in Education from Indiana University and a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, also from Indiana University.  Young-Hee is a two-time Cleveland Emmy winner (1998 and 2002) and has won several awards from the Indiana Broadcasters Association for Community Service, Public Service Announcement and Promotion.