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ABOUT US
The Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement is housed in the Brian Lamb School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts. The Lamb School is a thriving community of students, alumni, faculty, and partners from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Students have access to numerous opportunities for experiential learning, interdisciplinary and intercultural studies. Our faculty is comprised of award-winning instructors, scholars, and media professionals, including the Executive Director of C-SPAN’s Video Archives.
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The Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement (CCSE) was established in 2017 at Purdue University as a national research center focused on discovery, learning, and engagement utilizing the C-SPAN Video Library. At its helm was C-SPAN veteran producer, Connie Doebele who served as CCSE’s first Managing Director from 2017 to 2021. Under her leadership, the CCSE established many of its signature programs including the CCSE Internships, Pizza & Politics Debate Watch, Undergraduate Research Competition, Conversation with Brian Lamb, My Constitution Podcast series, and the CCSE Student Community. Connie created many incredible opportunities for students including internships with C-SPAN for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses and visiting historic presidential sites as well as connecting students with nationally known guest speakers. In 2021 Connie stepped down from her role as Managing Director and moved back to the east coast. Although actively working on a variety of new projects, Connie has remained connected to the CCSE and was instrumental in arranging special, VIP only access for students attending Boilers Go to D.C. in 2022.
Since its founding, the CCSE has continued to promote the use of the C-SPAN Video Library in research and class instruction and provides training and course-ready video clips to faculty, researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students. The C-SPAN Video Library includes over 275,000 hours of content including video, audio, and text.
Our School
The Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement is housed in the Brian Lamb School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts. The Lamb School is a thriving community of students, alumni, faculty, and partners from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Students have access to numerous opportunities for experiential learning, interdisciplinary and intercultural studies. Our faculty is comprised of award-winning instructors, scholars, and media professionals, including the Executive Director of C-SPAN’s Video Archives.
Our Vision
To increase the knowledge and use of the C-SPAN Video Library and related public resources for scholarly activity.
Our Mission
The Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement (CCSE) is an actively engaged resource at Purdue University within the Brian Lamb School of Communication and the College of Liberal Arts. The mission of the CCSE is to broaden awareness, expand access, and increase utilization of the C-SPAN Video Library in higher education through initiatives that support research, learning, and engagement.
Our School’s Namesake
The Lamb School is named in honor of Brian Lamb, founder of C-SPAN and distinguished Purdue alumnus. He is one of only two Purdue graduates to have been awarded he Presidential Medal of Freedom in acknowledgement for his service to the American peopled by promoting civic engagement and transparency in government through the founding of the C-SPAN networks. Lamb remains actively involved with the Lamb School, Purdue University and the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement. He continues to serve as the host and moderator for the annual Center for C-SPAN Conversation, co-leads the Boilers Go to D.C. course and enjoys speaking with faculty and their classes as well as with the members of the CCSE Student Community.
More information about Brian Lamb available here.