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The Orange Cord: The Page for Student Media Alumni

Starting in 2017, students involved in RMSMC graduate with an Orange Cord to distinguish themselves. The “Orange Cord” is the home of all alumni and supporters of Rocky Mountain Student Media. 

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Congratulations to the Rocky Mountain Student Media Class of 2020!

What We Do

The Orange Cord Board is made up of passionate Alumni and current RMSMC students looking to contribute to the education, guidance, and success of our current student and the RMSMC organization. We send out monthly newsletters and hold events for alumni and students. 

Testimonials

"I'm very grateful for my experience as the corporate webmaster. While I did many things to prepare for [my] job at Amazon, the opportunity to work in a technical position at a professional media company as an undergraduate was truly unique and extremely valuable for my future career. I'm ecstatic to be starting my post-graduation career at my dream job, but I'll never forget the great times I had with Rocky Mountain Student Media. Thank you!"
Mason Force
Corporate Webmaster, RMSM Class of 2020

Events

In October, the Orange Cord hosted a barbeque for student media alumni at the homecoming tailgate. It was a great opportunity for alumni to meet current students involved in Rocky Mountain Student Media and for alumni to reconnect
In December, the Orange Cord held a holiday party for students and alumni at the Denver Press Club. It was a great opportunity for alumni to reconnect and for students to talk to alumni about their career and experience at Rocky Mountain Student Media. We also learned the history of the Denver Press Club, it was a perfect venue for guests with a passion for media.
In April, the Orange Cord hosted a Freelancing Webinar via Google Hangouts for RMSMC and Journalism students. We had several presentations from RMSMC alum on their experience in freelancing. Additionally, we had a presentation from Student Legal Services and the Career Center.

Contribute To Our Work in Student Media

Donations help us continue our work for student media and maintain communications with alumni. We purchased eTapestry from Blackbaud to use as our student media alumni database. We use this system to keep track of contributions, alumni contact information, and send out our newsletter and event details. We already have over 4000 names imported into our system! While eTapestry is a great resource for us to complete our work, it costs us $2,400 a year for unlimited training and licenses. We would greatly appreciate your contribution to help us continue our work for student media and alumni!

For a recent persuasive article on why student newsrooms are worthy of donations and the investment of student fees, please read this article from Inside Higher Ed website.

All Donations are tax-deductable and controlled by the Orange Cord.

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Get Involved

To receive our monthly newsletter and to stay hear about upcoming events, email [email protected]  with your name, email address, zip code, year you graduated, and what student media department(s) you worked for.

You can also stay up to date by liking our Orange Cord Facebook Page and joining the RMSMC LinkedIn Page.

October Newsletter Updates

Student Awards

What RMSMC students have been up to

Lucy Morantz, first place, Best Sports Feature Photo

Brendon Kelley and the Advertising Department, second place, Best Display Ad

Amy Noble, second place, Best Newspaper Feature Page/Spread

Amy Noble, second place, Best Newspaper News Page/Spread

Carter Minter,Third Place in the National Student Electronic Media Conference by College Broadcasters Inc. in the “Best DJ” category for the “3.0 Radio Show with DJ Carter Minter.” Best Audio Talk/Entertainment Program

Leta McWilliams and Kenia Ortiz, third place, Best Diversity coverage

We launched a new website for College Avenue at CollegeAveMag.com. A big congratulations to our editorial team of Meg Metzger-Seymour (editor-in-chief), Arlee Walls (executive editor) and Samantha Ye (multimedia editor) for the launch of College Avenue’s first standalone website. 

Have you checked out KCSU’s podcast series “Land Grant Chronicles? History at CSU”? Download through your favorite podcasting app to listen to 17 unique stories as told by Professor Thomas Cauvin’s 2019 Fall Semester Public History course.

You may be missing live and local music, and KCSU has a new podcast to fix that: International Local Music Exchange is a world wide collaboration between different college radio stations contributing a 1-hour sampling of local music from their community!

If you like this kind of content from KCSU, please consider donating to DJ-Athon, which starts Nov. 9. 

CSU Source wrote about efforts to digitize the Rocky Mountain Collegian.  

We were all really excited to meet Kyle Clark from Denver’s 9News when he was on campus to moderate the U.S. Senate debate between John Hickenlooper and Cory Gardner. 

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    The RMSMC Marketing and Advertising Departments hosted a special advertising sales training on Jan. 15 in Denver that was highly attended by both college media and professionals. The event featured renowned expert Ryan Dohrn. Read More

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