My name is Lauren Selmon Roberts. Originally I am from Norman, Oklahoma and I am an MFA candidate in Media Arts. My background is in broadcast news. Now in the Master of Fine Arts program I really love combining the news world with the world of fine art. My thesis project is a full-length documentary that was shot in Liberia, West Africa. It tells the story of one woman who saved the lives of over 250 kids during Liberia’s war. I initially found the MFA program in a film school book and what drew my eye to it was that the MFA program specifically has a three-year assistantship program for its students. So when you compare it to similar programs across the country, it’s very affordable. One of the favorite classes that I’ve taken is a digital documentary class with professor Angela Aguayo. In that class, it was really incredible because each student in the matter of a semester put their own documentary together and at the end of the semester we had a public screening where we invited the public to come and check out our work. Because of my background in news, when I came to SIU I really wanted to stay involved with news and some on-camera work. So I got involved with River Region and did some volunteer reporting. I also was the host for Scholastic Hi-Q, which is a game show that we have on campus here for high school students Also, I was involved with the Big Muddy Film Festival. Two years, I served on the selection committee to see which films got into the festival. For …
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