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[Congressional Record: October 18, 2000 (House)]
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         CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINE MARTIN, NEW J-SCHOOL DEAN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shimkus). Under a previous order of the
House, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan) is recognized
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer my congratulations
to Christine Martin, who was recently named dean of the Perley Isaac
Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University.
  Dean Martin lead the school of journalism in an interim capacity for
1 year before receiving a permanent appointment. In that short term,
she has greatly contributed to a first-class faculty with the addition
of award-winning journalists George Esper and Terry Wimmer.
  Mr. Speaker, in tribute to this talented, well-respected educator and
journalist, and in recognition of her many achievements, I provide for
the Record a recent newspaper article written on the occasion of her
appointment as dean and extend my congratulations.

                  Martin Selected As New J-School Dean

                        (By Chandra Broadwater)

       Christine Martin, a West Virginia University journalism
     professor and interim dean of the Perley Isaac Reed School of
     Journalism, was selected as the permanent dean of the school
     last week.
       The selection of Martin formally concluded a nationwide
     search for the position.
       Martin was named to the post of dean after the search was
     narrowed down to three total finalists.
       ``I think that the school of journalism will be very well
     served with Chris as dean,'' Dean Bill Deaton of the College
     of Human Resources and Education and chair of the Journalism
     Dean Search Committee said. ``She's demonstrated through her
     progress as interim dean her ability to effectively work with
     different media in the school.''
       Martin will be the first woman to lead the school and the
     sixth dean in its history.
       ``I've worked with Chris since I came to WVU in 1996 and I
     had also known her from a Pennsylvania paper that we both
     worked at,'' journalism professor and search committee member
     Leslie Rubinkowski said. ``I know her as being an excellent
     journalist and good editor. She brings a lot of these
     qualities to her job.''
       Rubinkowski also acknowledges that Martin did a great job
     in getting projects within the journalism school started.

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       ``Chris has spearheaded many projects in the last year,''
     she said. ``Under her guidance, we are redesigning the
     journalism curriculum. The way that scholarships are awarded
     has been changed and Journalism Week, which faded away in the
     last five years, was revived.''
       In addition to noting Martin's work in creating the Vietnam
     war correspondent women's panel, Rubinkowski ultimately felt
     that Martin was chosen as dean of the journalism school
     because of the respectable and likeable persona that she
     reflects.
       ``People like and respect her because she's a good
     journalist and leader.''
       After coming to WVU in 1990 as an associate professor,
     Martin directed the school's writing program, chaired the
     news editorial sequence and coordinated its honors program.
       Before coming to WVU, she taught writing, literature and
     journalism at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington,
     Pa. Martin also worked as a reporter, education writer and
     news editor for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and the
     Uniontown Herald-Standard.
       Martin is also a 1999 Freedom Forum Teacher of the Year, a
     1998 Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year (the only one
     in West Virginia), a 1997-98 WVU Foundation Outstanding
     Teacher and the 1996-97 Journalism Teacher of the Year.
       Martin also began a program that brings together WVU and
     state newsrooms called, ``Bridging the Gap: A Personnel and
     Resource Exchange.'' In addition to her work with WVU, she
     conducts writing workshops for newspapers across the state.
       Martin also co-directs the reporting and writing fellowship
     program for college graduates at the Poynter Institute in St.
     Petersburg, Fla. every summer.
       Martin earned her undergraduate degree in English from
     California University (Pa.). She also holds a master's degree
     from the University of Maryland, where she is currently
     completing a Ph.D. in American studies.
       Martin currently is in Vietnam, pursuing her interests in
     female war correspondents who covered the Vietnam War. She
     was unavailable for comment.

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