The Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Carl Heastie came to Old Westbury on Wednesday, February 21st to meet with our president, Dr. Calvin Butts.   After the meeting, the President took the Speaker on a tour of the OWTV studios in the G-Wing of Campus Center.

OWTV’s new Station Manager Jing Wang and Professor Lisa Payton introduced the visitors to the students at the station.  The tour showcased a newly reorganized equipment room, Studio A and B and the editing rooms.  Dr. Butts and Speaker Heastie spoke with students taking a production course and  several professors including Director of OWTV, Laura Chipley, and Samara Smith who gave a presentation on the future of OWTV. The G-Wing is becoming a center for emerging media as well as student TV and video production.  Several interns from OWTV  helped show off the equipment and projects they are working on this semester.  According to OWTV intern Brian Vignola, “I think it’s great that President Butts with the Speaker of the Assembly came to check out what we’re doing. We have a lot of ideas and can’t wait to execute them!”