CURRENT COURSES

COMM 195 – Intro to TV News
Applied learning, involving work assignments on Globe TV, the television broadcasting arm of Globe Broadcasting. Focuses on television news fundamentals including field reporting, videography, directing, producing and newscast studio operations.

COMM 200 – Communication Practice
Applied work in communication with the student newspaper, yearbook, GC-TV, WGCS or other on-campus communication activity. A maximum of two hours applicable toward a communication major or minor. Consent of instructor required.

COMM 212 – Digital Media Production I
An introduction to digital media with an emphasis on field video production. The primary goal of the course is the development of the necessary video and audio skills and understandings needed to create effective digital media messages. Secondary goals include providing an overview of digital video production tools and techniques and exploring aesthetic and ethical issues of media. Students will take creative responsibility for fundamental media projects.

COMM 215 – Turning the Lens on Documentary Film 
This course examines documentary as an art form and powerful storytelling tool. As distribution outlets like Netflix, hulu and YouTube become more popular, the access to documentaries is at a record high. The number of households without a paid cable or satellite subscription has increased over 67 percent in the last several years, as consumers shift to alternative distribution outlets, where documentaries are surging. The course will look at how documentaries shape our cultural conversations on topics of national importance. This course will draw from perspectives in PJCS, history, English and other disciplines in analyzing documentary films.

COMM 260 – Broadcast Writing
Students will study the principles, forms and techniques of writing for broadcast media. Assignments will focus on the writing and editing of broadcast news and commercial messages.

COMM 294 – Advanced Digital Media Methods: Pre-production 
Covers the advanced skills involved in the planning, conceptualizing and writing of complex productions. Emphasis will be on proper storytelling techniques for effective communication through the visual medium. Course may provide opportunities to work for and with FiveCore Media clients on projects.

COMM 296 – Advanced Digital Media Methods: Production
Covers the advanced production skills in filming, framing, audio recording, lighting and directing. Emphasis will be on proper storytelling techniques for effective communication through the visual medium. Course may provide opportunities to work for and with FiveCore Media clients on projects.

COMM 298 – Advanced Digital Media Methods: Post-production 
Covers advanced post-production editing, motion graphics, audio mastering, color correction and producing skills. Emphasis will be on proper storytelling techniques for effective communication through the visual medium. Course may provide opportunities to work for and with FiveCore Media clients on projects.

COMM 314 – Advanced Digital Media Immersion
The course focuses on advanced integration of video and audio elements in program-length productions. Students will work as members of a production team to create professional digital media projects. The primary goal of this course is immersion in a “real world” production experience. Students may play many roles as a part of the team, including producer, director, writer, videographer and video editor.

COMM 326 – Creating for the Web
This course examines the necessary tools for building successful web pages. Students utilize design elements and principles to emphasize the importance of the web as an effective form of communication. They also learn languages of page development (HTML/CSS) and responsive web design.

COMM 386 – Film 
Survey of film as art, literature and mass medium. Historical development; authors and genres; philosophical, economic and political issues. A selection of 12 films for detailed study. Emphasis on “reading” film, understanding the medium’s function and exploring contemporary cinematic issues.

COMM 410 – Senior Seminar
A consideration of ethical and professional issues in contemporary communication. Information interviews with practitioners in communication. Writing of resumes. Required of all communication majors.

PAST COURSES

Graphic Design Practices and Theory
This course offers an introduction into the practice of graphic design and it’s theories. This course is a computer lab based course where skills and theories will be taught and put into practice. Students will learn basics of the main aspects of print production, graphic design for web, and designing for communication. Students will be taught both the theory and mechanics of computer-aided graphic design.

TV Production
This video production course focused on studio operations and field production. It is designed to give students the background and instruction they need to communicate using television equipment in group and individual productions. Class discussions, lectures, labs and hands-on projects will be used to teach the process and skills of production.

Digital Media Production
Innovation continues to occur on the internet at an extremely lively pace. What was once the realm of email, FTP, Gopher, and the Web is barely recognizable a mere 10 years later. Keeping up with the speed of innovation and maintaining a familiarity with the most recent tools and capabilities is critical for communication students to understand. This course is designed to help students understand and effectively use a variety of “web 2.0″ and social media technologies in order to become better communicators in their selected fields.

2020 – Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival (Fort Myers Beach, FL)  – Official Selection
Directed and produced “Deep Dive“, a short documentary detailing the fifty year history of Goshen College’s Marine Biology Program.

2019 – Faculty Renewal Grant
Continuing education grant to take a cinematography master class in Los Angeles.

2019 – International Christian Film & Music Festival (Orlando, FL) – Student Film Audience Choice Award
Directed and produced “Deep Dive“, a short documentary detailing the fifty year history of Goshen College’s Marine Biology Program.

2019 – Riverbend Film Festival (Goshen, IN) – Official Selection
Directed and produced “Deep Dive“, a short documentary detailing the fifty year history of Goshen College’s Marine Biology Program.

2019 – Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – Official Selection
Directed and produced “Deep Dive“, a short documentary detailing the fifty year history of Goshen College’s Marine Biology Program.

2019 – Rendezvous Film Festival (Amelia Island, FL)  – Official Selection
Directed and produced “Deep Dive“, a short documentary detailing the fifty year history of Goshen College’s Marine Biology Program.

2019 – Victory Film Festival (Evansville, IN)  – Official Selection
Directed and produced “Deep Dive“, a short documentary detailing the fifty year history of Goshen College’s Marine Biology Program.

2019 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the Goshen College Music Department’s 2016 Festival Of Carols television program, which was broadcasted in various television markets during the Christmas seasons of 2017 & 18.

2019 – BEA Media Arts Festival Awards of Excellence
Directed and produced the Goshen College Music Department’s 2016 Festival Of Carols television program, which was broadcasted in various television markets during the Christmas seasons of 2017 & 18.

2018 – Silver Telly Award
Directed and produced the Goshen College Marine Biology Promo, that won a national Silver Telly award in the Schools/Colleges/Universities Marketing category.

2018 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and create the Three Groups: One Story Title Sequence, that won a national Bronze Telly award in the Title Design category.

2018 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the Three Groups: One Story Documentary that won a national Bronze Telly award in the History Program category.

2017 – BEA Media Arts Festival 1st Place Award
Directed and produced From the Garage: Wilson’s Reservoir which was awarded first place in the Multi-camera Program category.

2017 – BEA Media Arts Festival Awards of Excellence
Directed and produced three videos that were honored with Awards of Excellence at the 2017 BEA Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas, NV at the annual conference.

2017 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the FiveCore Demo Reel that won a national Bronze Telly award in the Production Company Demo Reel category.

2017 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the Goshen Health Center for Cancer Care Integrative Care Team Orientation Video that won a national Bronze Telly award in the Health and Wellness category.

2017 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the Goshen College Music Department commercial that won a national Bronze Telly award in the College/University Marketing category.

2017 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced From the Garage: Wilson’s Reservoir that won a national Bronze Telly award in the Music/Concert Non Broadcast Program category.

2017 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the Goshen Health Brand Teaser that won a national Bronze Telly award in the Employee Communication category.

2016 – Regional Emmy Nomination
Nominated for a Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy award for directing and producing the 2014 Festival Of Carols television program, which was broadcasted in various television markets during the Christmas season of 2015.

2016 – BEA Media Arts Festival Faculty Award of Excellence
Received an award of excellence in the Faculty Promotional Video category. Kyle Hufford, along with alumni Jake Smucker and Abby Deaton, won this award for their work on a feature video for the Good of Goshen campaign that highlighted the craftsmanship and entrepreneur atmosphere in Goshen. This was one of three awards given in this category.

2016 – Silver Telly Award
Directed and produced the “Good of Goshen” Campaign Commercial “The Shopper“, that won a national Silver Telly award, the Telly’s highest honor.

2016 – Bronze Telly Award
Directed and produced the “Merry Lea” video campaign that won a national Bronze Telly award in the Online Video Campaign category.

2016 – Addy Award
Directed and produced videos that won a silver and two bronze ADDY Awards for their digital advertising campaigns from the American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Michiana.

2015 – Regional Emmy Nomination
Nominated for a Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy award for directing and producing the 2013 Festival Of Carols television program, which was broadcasted in various television markets during the Christmas season of 2014.

2015 – BEA Media Arts Festival
Directed the “Goshen’s Urban Forest” video which won a 2015 national BEA Media of Arts Festival award for educational/instructional video.

2015 – Telly Award
Directed and produced the “Good of Goshen” Video Campaign, that won a national Bronze Telly award for Online Campaign Videos.

2015 – Addy Award
Directed and produced the “Good of Goshen” Video Campaign, that won a regional AAF Addy award for Online Campaign Videos.

2015 – Minniger Center Faculty Development Grant

2014 – Telly Award
Executive Producer for “Breaking Down Barriers: Journeys of the Apostle Paul” that won a national Bronze Telly award for Religious Television Program.

2013 – Telly Award
Director and Producer of “Goshen College Theater Department: Take 1” which won a national Bronze Telly award for Online Commercial.

2013 – Telly Award
Director and Producer of “Powerful Assessment. Personalized Learning” which won a national Bronze Telly award for Online Commercial.

2013 – BEA Festival of Media Arts Faculty Award
Director and Producer of “Goshen College Theater Department: Take 1” which won a national BEA Festival of Media Arts Award in Mixed Video (Student/Teacher co-production) category.

2012 – Addy Award
Directed and produced the “Globe Radio: Culturally Progressive Music” promotional commercial, that won a regional AAF Silver Addy award for Digital Online Commercial.

2010 – Indiana Broadcasters Association Spectrum Award Nominee
Directed and produced “Good Hoosier Cookin'” television program that was nominated for an IBA Spectrum Award.

2009 – Telecommunications Graduate Student of the Year, Ball State University

2009 – Ball State University Graduate Thesis of the Year Nomination

2009 – Ball State University Research Grant

2009 – Regional Emmy Nomination
Nominated for a Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy award for editing.

2008 – United Way Golden Excellence in Media Award
Co-Produced three hour long “United Way of Grant County Telethon” which won a Golden Excellence (GEM) in Media Award in the Campaign Video category by the Indiana Association of United Ways.

CURRENT

“Vital Passage”
This documentary, in partnership with the Goshen College Maple Scholars program, will chronicle the Plaught family who rescued 28 Jews from Germany in the early 1940’s. The Plaughts sponsored these families to come to the United States and most ended up living and working in Goshen. Much of this story is unknown to most who live in Goshen today where little remains of a once thriving Jewish community.

Goshen College Marine Biology Program Documentary
This documentary, in partnership with the Goshen College Biology program, will explore the legacy of the college’s unique and long standing Marine Biology program. Professor Kyle Hufford traveled with a group of six film students to document Goshen College’s program at their facility in the Florida Keys in May of 2017. Following this course a post production course in the Fall of 2017 will edit the documentary. The film is expected to be released in Winter of 2018.

PAST

2016 – “Admit One: The Story of the Goshen Theater”
As classic turn-of-the-century movie houses are decaying and being torn down, one town in rural northern Indiana is trying to save theirs. The Goshen Theater has seen multiple fires and still stood the test of time. Now its a race to save this cornerstone of the community and return it to its former glory. “Admit One” is the story of the history of this classic theater and of the people who are trying to revive it. This documentary was a faculty/student project in partnership with the Goshen College Maple Scholars program and FiveCore Media.

2014 – “Sunrise to Sunset: Sustainable Living in Ndeiya, Kenya”
Sunrise to Sunset: Sustainable Living in Ndeiya, Kenya is a short documentary, produced by Goshen College students and directed by COMM professor Kyle Hufford, looks at a new community oriented sustainability project in the region of Ndeiya, Kenya. Just outside of Nairobi in a rural farming area, there is a unique self help community who is tackling the challenges of a changing environment and economy. This community is helped and supported by the local Anglican Development Services ads-mtkenya.or.ke/ World Renew worldrenew.net/ and Foods Resource Bank (FRB) foodsresourcebank.org. In May of 2014 students and faculty from Goshen College traveled with FRB staff members to Kenya to learn, film and record the stories of these self help communities who FRB supports. Goshen College and FiveCore Media Students finished the documentary.

2014 – “Culture & Community: The Maasai Shift to Settled Life”
Culture & Community: The Maasai Shift to Settled Life is a short documentary, produced by Goshen College students and directed by COMM Professor Kyle Hufford, tells the story of the Maasai people of Kenya and their shift to settled life. In the Ngong hills at the edge of the Great Rift Valley the traditional Maasai people struggle for food and water security. Efforts are being made to transition these tribes from their traditional pastoral ways to crop farming and livestock rearing. This community is helped and supported by the local Maasai Integrated Development Initiatives Services (MIDI), Mennonite Central Committee mcc.org and Foods Resource Bank (FRB) foodsresourcebank.org. In May of 2014 students and faculty from Goshen College traveled with FRB staff members to Kenya to learn, film and record the stories of these self help communities who FRB supports. Goshen College and FiveCore Media Students finished the documentary.

2012 – “Breaking Down Barriers: The Journeys of the Apostle Paul” 
The documentary was directed and produced by professors Seth Conley and Kyle Hufford, and the work of more than a dozen students, including nine who traveled to Greece and Rome for a May Term class in 2012. In “Breaking Down The Barriers: The Journeys of the Apostle Paul,” you’ll follow the path of biblical history through Greece and Italy and explore how Paul overcame religious, cultural, and physical obstacles as a leader of the first generation of Christians.

2019-Present – Member of the Friends of the American Society of Cinematographers

2019-Present – Member of the College Broadcasters, Inc.

2018-Present – Member of the Wawasee High School Pathways TV/Radio Advisory Board

2017-Present – Member of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System

2014-Present – Member of the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

2009-Present – Broadcast Education Association

2012-Present – Michiana Chapter of the American Advertising Federation

2012-Present – Goshen Chamber of Commerce

2009-2011 – Board of Directors – Fireside International

2009-2011 – Young Professionals Board Member, Marion, IN Chamber of Commerce

2007-2011 – Indiana Broadcasters Association

2019 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Moderator – “Finding a Compelling Documentary Topic”
Panelist – “Best Practices for International Documentary Planning”

2019 – Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Annual Convention 
Presenter – “Documentary Film Making for a Cause”

2017 – Mennonite Church USA Convention
Moderator – “Teamwork Building: How a film crew is a metaphor for life”
Moderator – “Social Media for Good instead of Evil”

2017 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Moderator – “Documentary Film Making for a Cause”

2016 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Panelist – “Putting the Community Engaged Learning: The Positives and Pitfalls”
Moderator – “Facilitating Effective and Productive Use of Tablets in the Production Classroom”

2015 – Mennonite Church USA Convention
Moderator – “Making the Most of College: Study Abroad”
Moderator – “Taking the Class out of the Classroom: Students Filming Documentaries All Over the Globe”

2015 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Panelist – “Shooting Global: The Challenges and Rewards of International Production Courses”

2014 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Moderator – “Taking Production Classes on the Road: Using International Trips to Break Students Out of Their Comfort Zone”
Moderator – “Following The Roman Road: How Two Classes Produced an International Documentary”
Panelist – “Get me a job! Integrating professional training initiatives into your academic program.”

2013 – Mennonite Church USA Convention
Panelist – “Faith & Film: ‘The Journeys of the Apostle Paul’”

2011 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Panelist – “Producing Domestic and International Documentaries That Tell the Truth and Still Get on the Air”

2010 – Broadcast Educators Association Annual Convention
Panelist – “Reaching and Teaching Around the World with Social Media”

2009 – Eastern Communication Association
Panelist – “Digital Communication Technologies in an International Context”

2009 – Published Thesis
Author – “The Impact of Technology and New Media on a Developing Nation’s Education System: A Qualitative Study of Haiti”