Kevin F. Pulz has an array of positions in Milwaukee Public Television. As Senior Producer/Director of MPTV, and Co-Chair,Media and Creative Arts Division Program Coordinator, Television and Video Production for MATC, he also has a great deal to be proud of with this year’s student projects.
The reason? The students have raked in some pretty impressive and elite National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Midwest Emmy Award nominations. Pulz tells the Times, “The TVP program at MATC turns loose amazingly prepared and talented graduates each year,” and this time around they have outdone themselves.
This year’s nominees are:
Information Program/Segment
— Skate Parks in Milwaukee: Time for a Public Option. Student nominees: Steve Paluch, Taylor Imm and JJ Kenealy.
Information Program/Segment — A Glass of Warm Milk: A Message on Climate Change from America’s Dairyland. Student nominees: Nathan Schardin, Jacob Fatke and Antonio Cole.
Entertainment Program/Segment — Connections 2010. Student nominees: Jonathan Bare, LC Satterfield.
Also featured in the program is the work of MATC students from the Animation, Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, Music Occupations, Photography and VisualCommunications/Computer Graphics programs.
Entertainment Program/Segment — Grumpy the Snowman. Student nominee: Jonathan Bare.
Although the students had turned out some of the best of the best, running up against the competition coming from huge and respected universities and colleges throughout the Midwest such as Northwestern, Purdue, Notre Dame, etc., the students cannot collect an actual Emmy.
According to the NATAS Chicago/Emmy Awards rules, students and the school are not eligible for an Emmy Statue if they win, but an award plaque and/ or certificate will be granted.
The NATAS has states, “Students responsible for the production will receive a Production Certificate if the entry is awarded a plaque.
“The winning plaque will be awarded to the school.” Pulz adds, “To have our students honored in the same sentence as those revered institutions is humbling, but having MATC student TV work judging above those universities is exciting and well-deserved.”
One MATC student, Dori Klitzka, who is actively involved with the TVP program as a peer and is the Scene Editor for the Times Newspaper, said, “I am very proud of my classmates, as this is the highest achievement in our field. They worked hard and deserve to be recognized. My congratulations to them.” GREAT job, guys!
