Flyer TV will air monthly hour-long segments of the Energy Colloquium to discuss the use of energy in today's world starting Sept. 24.

The six programs will focus on energy, varying from alternative energy to energy in the media. Each episode will involve professors and experts from UD and other surrounding universities speaking about the subject in front of a live audience.

Students can attend any of the six programs, e-mail the presenters to ask questions or post their ideas and responses on the Colloquium's Web site message boards, communications professor Glenn Walters said. They will also have an opportunity to meet the speakers from the program afterward.

"I hope that this venture will contribute to the public understanding of the real issues involved in the energy crisis and help stimulate our will to make major changes in our uses of energy and our improvement of the quality of life on our planet," Walters said.

Three UD professors and a professor from Wright State University will present the first program that centers on climate change, according to the Web site energyforum.udayton.edu. It takes place at 5 p.m. in Kennedy Union's Boll Theatre and will air live on Flyer TV.

"I felt that this would be a very appropriate use of Flyer TV to teach broadcast journalism to our students, and to inform our students, faculty, staff, alumni and community friends on these very important energy issues," Walters said, who teaches electronic media classes and works with Flyer TV.

"The Energy Colloquium seems like a really good program for UD to sponsor and it is really relevant right now," sophomore Christine Olding said. "We are the next generation, and it's something that we as students should really be educated about."

"I hope that it will stimulate a more sane and sensible understanding of our role in the family of nations and cultures in the years ahead," Walters said. "Flyer TV hopes to enlarge its audience and to establish itself more firmly as a valuable news and information organization."

The program can be viewed on Flyer TV's Web site: campus.udayton.edu/~flyer-tv.

The Colloquium will also be airing on public-access channels in surrounding areas, according to a Campus Report article published this summer.

For more information on the Energy Colloquium topics or to discuss the program on message boards, visit energyforum.udayton.edu.