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The Final PSA is in….!!

Check out the final version of the Public Service Announcement completed with students and the TCNJ Bonner Scholars during our Community Engaged Learning project.

Thanks to the kind support of the Investors Foundation, Beyond Expectations has partnered with The Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) on activities that integrate experential learning with community service, student development, and civic participation.

This year, we brought along middle and high school students primarily from the Trenton area to join with the TCNJ Bonner Scholars for an early start to the college campus experience.

The group worked collaboratively to produce a Public Service Announcement on an environmental topic - this year the focus was on Recycling. The hands-on activities allowed the students to leverage Mobile Media, a visit to the TV Studio, Campus Dining Hall, and wrapped in the Editing Lab to pull together the footage gathered from the day.

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We’re Gearing Up for our 2019 Family Film Screening!

It’s that exciting time of year when we get to showcase completed film, video, and television projects produced by our amazingly talented students from across the region.

Stay tuned for details!

Another Phenomenal Television Production!

Feb 27 — Twenty middle school students (grades 6-8) recently completed our Introduction to Television Studio Production workshop facilitated by Executive Producer Leontyne Anglin. Following weeks of instruction on media terminology, conducting guest research, reading production schedules and hands-on simulation of varied roles of a production crew, they had the exciting opportunity to see their hard work come to life.

Students hosted and produced 4 episodes for Beyond Expectations TV in front of a live studio audience!

They did a phenomenal job working collaboratively on set as hosts, camera operators, floor managers, and in the control room as CG operators, audio, graphics and technical directors.

Special thanks to our longtime partner Riverview Studios CEO Jim Parker for his dedication to youth and continuing to make the state-of-the art broadcast facility accessible to BE for students to hone invaluable skills.

Our sincere thanks to the prestigious business owners and business leaders who served as featured guests for the student interviews:

Barry Zhang, CEO, Princetel
Multimedia Artist Chee Bravo
International Sculptor Autin Wright
Dianne Ciccone and Carol Hill, Trenton Museum Society
Chental Song Bembry, Author, Entrepreneur and former Beyond Expectations student returned after recently graduating from Hampton University as a Broadcast Journalist and completing an internship at ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. (Recent coverage in Buzzfeed)

The feedback from the day was overwhelmingly positive and will provide memories that the students won’t soon forget…

Press Conference with Governor Phil Murphy

February 26 — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined state lawmakers, advocates and employers to promote the state’s new Paid Sick Leave Law. Today marked the day that workers who started receiving paid sick leave when the law took effect last October could begin taking advantage of their accrued sick days. The official Press Conference announcing the important day for the state was held at the Hamilton, NJ based corporate headquarters of Princetel, Inc.

Beyond Expectations Executive Director Leontyne Anglin was invited to the event and presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Princetel CEO Barry Zhang for his recent participation in our television production and continued dedication to youth and community.

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