Season 2 starts on March 14!
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Chronicle of Higher Ed covers Office Hours!
January 2, 2011
The Ivory Tower as Comedy Gold Mine
A Web video series created at Juniata College parodies academic life
Jay Hosler, a Juniata College biology professor and science cartoonist, drew the storyboards for the Web comedy series "Office Hours." Mr. Hosler also plays the nerdish history lecturer, Mark Deacon, on the show.
What it is: a Web-based sitcom that parodies academic life.
What it's like: The Office, 30 Rock, Dilbert.
Who created it: a group of Juniata College employees, alums, and students.
How long it lasts: Five episodes are already online, and each one is four to five minutes long. The sixth and—for now—final episode goes live on January 10.
Where you can find it: http://junipercollege.gloriousrobot.com
Huntingdon, Pa.
No Nielsen-savvy sitcom writer would drop the phrase "curricular glut" into a script aimed at America's sought-after 18-to-49 age demographic.
But when viewers of Episode 2 of the Web comedy series Office Hours hear a character use the phrase, most are at least familiar with it, and some even grasp it like a secret handshake. That is because this parody of academic life is aimed at a narrow slice of humanity, the kind of people who read publications like The Chronicle of Higher Education, people just like you.
Nathan Wagoner, who produces the series, is director of new-media communications at Juniata College. He is a faculty brat, son of an emeritus philosophy professor at Juniata, and has long known that academe is a uniquely absurd place. It has its own vocabulary, its own customs, and quite possibly the funniest-looking hats not sold in novelty stores.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Continental In Flight Magazine writes about Juniata Video
Consider Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. The small liberal arts school of approximately 1,600 students boosted the percentage of alumni who give from 29 percent in 2009 to 31 percent this year. A two-minute, tongue-in-cheek video called "I Give a Latte" undoubtedly helped in the fundraising effort. The video, which proposes that each graduate donate the cost of a cup of coffee ($5) to the school, shows Juniata president Thomas R. Kepple Jr. slowly being buried under a mountain of coffee cups. The "ask" (philanthropy-speak for the request for a donation) comes at the end of the video when provost Jim Lakso pops his head into the frame and says, "People, it was just a metaphor."
The "Latte" video was released just before the end of fiscal year 2010. In the four days that followed, Juniata received $84,000 in gifts, according to Gabriel Welsch, vice president of advancement and marketing. "We can attribute with confidence $25,000 or $26,000 of that to the video," he says. Impressive numbers, he adds, considering the college's overall annual giving hovers around $1 million.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Office Hours Episode 1.5 is out!
The newest Episode of Office Hours, in which Jenny and Mark take a break from their office hours and Mark reluctantly reveals his most embarrassing moment in the classroom, is released on the Juniper College website.
College Web Editor Blogs Office Hours
Do you remember lonelygirl15 and the web series that made YouTube history as many viewers (including yours truly) wondered if she was just another teenager turned successful YouTuber?
Office Hours, a new web series created and produced at Juniata College, is reminiscent of this YouTube blockbuster. Nothing surprising since lonelygirl15 was listed as one of the web series that inspired Nathan Wagoner, Director of New Media Communications at Junita College, for this side project he developed with the help of students and alums from Juniata.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
OTR Animation Sequence!
An animation I produced as part of Justin Guyer's film, Over The Rainbow. This was made by Mike Wilson, '09:
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
New site for Office Hours
We've finally completed the renovation on the Juniper College website, home of the series Office Hours.
And here's the latest episode:
And here's the latest episode:
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