Life is an improv. Thats what Stewart Oleson, associate professor of journalism and broadcast journalism advisor, tells his students. How else could he explain his all-over-the-place career?

Oleson started in radio, graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelors in journalism. Though broadcasting was his passion, he went on to earn his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, which led to eight years as an assistant states attorney in Chicago and three more as a defense attorney. While still practicing law, he started a group called The Original Comedy Rangers, which consistently performed improv for 10 years in clubs throughout the city.

I was called the comedian-at-law, he said. I tried cases during the day, and then I did stand-up comedy at night, sometimes to the same audience.

After leaving the courtroom behind in 1992, Oleson started several morning news shows and won 13 Telly Awards for his travel show, RV Today. He uses all these experiences to teach broadcast in his fiefdom at 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s Studio B, he says.

Heres your chance to get to know him.