ISU School of Communication Awards and Scholarship Luncheon Program 2016

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WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON IN CONJUNCTION WITH:

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AWARDS PROGRAM OPENING REMARKS

Denise Thomas I Business Manager, School of Communication

WELCOME

Dr. Stephen Hunt I Executive Director, School of Communication

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Dr. Lance Lippert I Associate Professor, School of Communication

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AWARDS We request all award winner recipients remain for pictures after the program.

OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS JOURNALISM OUTSTANDING SENIOR | Breanna Grow

PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTSTANDING SENIOR | Hannah Sheley COMMUNICATION STUDIES OUTSTANDING SENIOR | Katheryn Cory Green MASS MEDIA OUTSTANDING SENIOR | Laura Smith

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS JOURNALISM OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS | Sandra Torres

PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS | Katie Durkin COMMUNICATION STUDIES OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS | Frank DiLeonardi MASS MEDIA OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS | Rob Kass and David Congalton

STUDENT ORGANIZATION AWARDS PUBLIC RELATION STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA (PRSSA) MEMBER OF THE YEAR | Alison Keck

STUDENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD | Dylan Williamson, Kenneth Porter

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AWARDS

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION BONE SCHOLARSHIP NOMINEES | Dillon Maher, Jennifer Hoffstadt

LEVEL I MASTER’S OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING AWARD | Sean Goatley-Soan OUSTANDING THESIS AWARD | Caitlin Landsman OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD | Kenneth Porter OUTSTANDING NEW GRADUATE ALUMNI AWARD | Joe Mazer OUTSTANDING GRADUATE ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | Bobby Huegel PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS | Dania De La Hoya Rojas, Constance Garritano, Dillon Maher, Tiffanie Verberke

DEPARTMENTAL HONORS | Laura Smith, Nichole Weishaar SOC COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NOMINEE | Hannah Sheley JAMIE COMSTOCK GRADUATE FACULTY STUDENT MENTORSHIP AWARD | Maria Moore, Brent Simonds, Caleb Carr, John Baldwin

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION SCHOLARSHIPS IOLA STOOPS JUAREZ ENDOWED JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP | Ave Rio, Ema Sasic, Josh Tolentino

THE PANTAGRAPH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP | Ave Rio THE MARTIN F. DUFFY SCHOLARSHIP | Mary Cullen THE RANDY SALERNO ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP | Ema Sasic THE MARY JUDY SCHOLARSHIP | Sydney Velez THE VICKI LYNN KELLEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP | Jennifer Hoffstadt EDWARDS MEDAL SPEECH CONTEST | Tom Forrest THE DORIS DUNGEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP | Carleigh Gray LLOYD & MARY WATKINS ENDOWED COMMUNICATION STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP | Alyssa Fabry, Christopher Cox

MARVIN D. KLEINAU ENDOWMENT IN FORENSICS |

Hananiah Wiggins, Zachary Hanks, Alyssa Fabry

DR. JOHN BALDWIN LEADERSHIP ENDOWED AWARD | Lynn Rossi HARRY & JO THIEL “RED LINE” SCHOLARSHIP | NEED

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TV-10 AWARDS

INBA STUDENT ILLINOIS NEWS BROADCASTERS SPORTS TV PROGRAM

2nd place I “The SportsZone” by TV-10 Staff

SOFT TV PROGRAM

2nd place I “Ten on 10” by TV-10 Staff

VIDEOGRAPHY

2nd place I Cody Bergquist

SCHOLARSHIPS | Tyrianna Jones, Falynn Lannert, Kristi O’Connor,

Emily Pomorski

IBA STUDENT SILVER DOMES TV LONGFORM PROGRAMMING

2nd place I “The Bottom Line” by TV-10 Staff

SPORTS PACKAGE

2nd place I Katy Winge 3rd place I Steven Wrzala, Kyle Vincent

TV PHOTOJOURNALISM

2nd place I Brittany Hart 3rd place I Jaliya Jones

NEWS PACKAGE

3rd place I Cristina Perez

TV SPOT

3rd place I Kevin Bolda, Ryan Fernandez, Erin Moore, Casey Ross, Kyle Worth

IBA MULTICULTURAL INTERNSHIP GRANT |

Celina Porretta - Interned at WGN-TV, Chicago

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WZND AWARDS

COLLEGE BROADCASTERS INCORPORATED BEST AUDIO SPECIAL BROADCAST

Top 4 in the Nation I “Ben Allison Tribute” by WZND staff

BEST SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY

Top 4 in the Nation I “NIT Game” by Sam Ostrowski, Jake Wohlwend

IBA STUDENT SILVER DOMES BEST RADIO SPORTS STORY

1st place I “MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament” by Bryer Lehr

BEST STATION COMMUNITY SERVICES PROJECT

1st place I “WZND Organ Donation Campaign” by WZND Staff

BEST STATION/PROGRAM WEBSITE

1st place I “WZND.com” by Andrew Wegrzynski, Tim Young, Multimedia Staff

BEST RADIO NEWS STORY

1st place I “Organ Donation” by Andy Dahn 2nd place I “Organ Donation” by Emily Pomorski

BEST RADIO/TV PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN

1st place I “WZND Imaging and New Logo” by Emma Rimsa, Justin Spellman, Tim Young, Andrew Wegrznski

BEST RADIO LIVE SPORTS BROADCAST

2nd place I “MVC 2nd Round Men’s Basketball Tournament”

by Connor Boyd, Jason Klaer

BEST RADIO NEWSCAST

2nd place I “WZND Newscast” by Emily Pomorski

BEST RADIO SPORTS STORY

2nd place I “ISU Football Coach Brock Spack” by Sam Ostrowski

BEST RADIO LONGFORM PROGRAMMING

2nd place I “Marijuana Birds-I-View” by Emily Pomorski, Tyler Bachman, Connor Boyd, Mike Bonetti, Sam Ostrowski, Melissa Williams 3rd place I “Ben Allison Tribute” by WZND Staff

BEST RADIO AIRCHECK

3rd place I Sarah Clayton

BEST RADIO PSA

3rd place I Emma Rimsa, Justin Spellman

INBA STUDENT ILLINOIS NEWS BROADCASTERS OUTSTANDING HARD RADIO PROGRAM

1st place I “Marijuana Birds-I-View” by Emily Pomorski, Tyler Bachman, Connor Boyd, Mike Bonetti, Sam Ostrowski, Melissa Williams

INBA SCHOLARSHIP | Emily Pomorski

WALTER S. PATTERSON AWARD | Mike Miletich

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VIDETTE AWARDS

ILLINOIS COLLEGE PRESS ASSOCIATION IN-DEPTH REPORTING

1st place I Ave Rio, Andrew Marshall

COLUMN WRITING

2nd place I Holly Petrovich

SPORTS GAME STORY

2nd place I Zack Carpenter

SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

2nd place I Tracy Conoboy

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION

2nd place I Breanna White

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

2nd place I Vince Kizior

SPORTS PHOTO

3rd place I Dan Baranowski

EDITORIAL CARTOON

3rd place I Athena Tapia

PHOTO ESSAY

3rd place I Adam Weiss

SPORTS PAGE DESIGN

3rd place I Zack Carpenter and Josh Tolentino

SPORTS COLUMN

Honorable Mention I Zack Carpenter

ADVERTISEMENT (LESS THAN FULL PAGE) Honorable Mention I Andrew Bybee

IN-DEPTH REPORTING

Honorable Mention I Vidette Staff

FRONT-PAGE LAYOUT

Honorable Mention I Vidette Staff

CLASSIFIED SECTION

Honorable Mention I Vidette Staff

OPINION PAGE

Honorable Mention I Vidette Staff

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FORENSICS DEBATE

Qualified two students to the 2015 National Forensic Association National Tournament where Colin Gahungu advanced to DoubleOctofinals. Colin also won the Missouri State Championship in Lincoln Douglas Debate. ISU is sending five debaters to Pi Kappa Delta Nationals and has qualified five debaters to the National Forensic Association National Tournament in April 2016.

SPEECH

NATIONAL FORENSICS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (SPRING 2015)

ISU placed 5th out of 90 schools. The team earned 16 Quarterfinalists, 8 Semifinalists, and 4 Finalists. Hananiah Wiggins placed 12th overall.

AMERICAN FORENSICS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (SPRING 2015)

ISU placed 6th out of 85 schools. The team earned 14 Quarterfinalists, 6 Semifinalists, and 5 Finalists. Zachary Hanks and Hananiah Wiggins earned a National Championship in Dramatic Duo. In individual sweeps, Hananiah Wiggins earned 3rd overall, Zachary Hanks took 12th, and Kambria Vance took 26th.

2016 ILLINOIS INTERCOLLEGIATE FORENSIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP ISU advanced 16 events to final rounds and placed 2nd as a team. Zachary Hanks earned a State Championship in Dramatic Interpretation. Alyssa Fabry took 2nd overall and Zachary Hanks took 5th overall.

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION SCHOLARSHIPS IOLA STOOPS JUAREZ ENDOWED JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP

Created to assist in the education of an undergraduate journalism student who is employed at the Vidette. Strength, dignity, beauty and grave are words that have been used to describe Iola. Her family wishes to remember the university she so dearly loved, and which helped foster these characteristics in Iola. Her service to her family, neighbors, country and to God will always be remembered by those who loved her. It is the hope of her family that all who benefit from this scholarship will also lead rich and full lives of service to others.

THE PANTAGRAPH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

This Journalism scholarship provides educational support to students preparing for professional work as journalists or in the area of mass communication. Jesse Fell founded the Pantagraph on January 14, 1837, a full 10 years before the Chicago Tribune was conceived.

Originally called The Bloomington Observer and McLean County Advocate, the newspaper went through seven names that led to the final change in 1985 to the Pantagraph. The editorial motto, “Independent in Everything, Neutral in Nothing,” has helped the Pantagraph weather more than a century and a half and remain the sole survivor of more than 150 papers that had at some time or another started publication in Bloomington. page|8

THE MARTIN F. DUFFY SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMUNICATION

To memorialize their friend and colleague, employees at USG Corporation, along with members of Martyr’s family, established this journalism scholarship to aide a student in the School of Communication. “Marty was a key member of our communications team and friend to many. He was well respected not only for his communication skills, bus as somebody who always made time of others. We will miss his enthusiasm for life, his laughter, and his positive spirit,” said Marci Kaminsky, USG’s Vice President, Communications.

THE RANDY SALERNO ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

This Broadcast Journalism scholarship was made possible by a gift from the Randy Salerno Foundation and alumni, faculty, and friends who knew and appreciated Randy’s dedication to excellence in broadcast journalism. Randy was an award-winning reporter and anchor at WGN-TV and CBS2 in Chicago. He was smart and sarcastic and wickedly funny. He always drew a crowd; wherever he went, people wanted to be near him.

THE MARY JUDY SCHOLARSHIP

In 1986, Judy Markowitz made a major financial commitment to ISU to establish a fund to assist students in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication who major in public relations. Markowitz is the former mayor of Bloomington, as well as the former community relations director at Radio Bloomington. Income from the endowment fund is to be used toward tuition and academic expenses.

THE VICKI LYNN KELLEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

The Vicki Lynn Kelley Endowed Scholarship supports undergraduate students in the School of Communication studying communication with a preference given to those pursuing careers in radio Journalism.

Vicki’s infectious laugh and comic perspectives on life were embraced by thousands of people around the country who listened to her daily broadcasts from the Wall Street Journal radio in the Big Apple. Stories about her adventures in New York and growing up on the family farm in Central Illinois forged an affectionate bond that was revealed through an outpouring of cards and well wishes following the news of her illness. It was a bond best understood by Vicki’s family and friends.

Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, she always said, “there’s no place like home,” and home was here her heart was.

THE DORIS DUNGEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship supports undergraduate students in the School of Communication studying in Journalism. Doris Dungey, was known as “Tanta” to her family, friends, and readers. Tanta spent most of her life working as a mortgage banker, while her true passion was writing.

She always did so with humor, a passion for delving into the details, an understanding of people, a strong sense of human decency and an instantly recognizable style filled with spirit, insight, and literary allusions, which continues to attract, inform and entertain readers from a wide variety of backgrounds. She enjoyed interacting with her readers and was a generous teacher, touching many lives through her work. page|9

EDWARDS MEDAL SPEECH CONTEST

Based on a gift from Richard Edwards, this scholarship assists students in the School of Communication who have made a large contribution as a participant and a leader to the forensic program.

LLOYD & MARY WATKINS ENDOWED COMMUNICATION STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP

The Lloyd and Mary Watkins fund was originally establishes in 1988 by a gift from Champion Federal Savings and Loan, headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois to honor former President and First Lady, Llloyd and Mary Watkins. At the request of Dr. Watkins, the purpose of the fund was changed to support scholarships in the School of Communication.

ILLINOIS BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is created by the Illinois Broadcasters Association in recognition of the excellent education offered by the School of Communication at Illinois State University. The purpose of the scholarship is to recognize those students who seek a career in media management, sales and promotion broadcasting.

MARVIN D. KLEINAU ENDOWMENT IN FORENSICS

The Marvin D. Kleinau Endowment in Forensics supports students involved with forensics. Dr. Marvin D. Kleinau recognized the need for forensics teams to receive more sufficient funding for travel and tournament hosting and this scholarship is to be put towards those needs. The award was created by Dr. Kleinau in 2006, in gratitude for the life changing instruction given at the time of his undergraduate experience, by the department chair and debate coach, Dr. Ralph A. Micken, and the generous support of the Department of Communication speech faculty for forensic activity. The purpose of the fund is to provide financial support for students engaged in nationally competitive speech and debate activities as representatives of Illinois Sate University. Income available may be used to defray expenses related to education, travel, and/or other costs associated with participation in the Forensics Program at Illinois State University.

DR. JOHN BALDWIN LEADERSHIP ENDOWED AWARD

The Dr. John Baldwin Leadership Award celebrates the faculty of Illinois State University and specifically, the School of Communication.

The award honors Dr. John Baldwin, a professor in the School of Communication, who like many of his colleagues, teaches students the value of scholarship and charity in service to the university community.

The award recognizes student leaders who demonstrate a similar commitment to the university, their peers, and their own education.

HARRY AND JO THIEL “RED LINE” SCHOLARSHIP

The Harry and Jo Thiel “Red Line” Scholarship is in honor of Harry Thiel, The Vidette general manager from 1976 to 1996, and his wife Jo, who together guided countless Vidette staffers in journalism and life. Harry and Jo both passed away in 2014. The “Red Line” refers to the enduring and endearing red pen Harry used to provide journalistic tutelage to all Vidette staffers who served during his extremely influential ISU career. Harry’s red pen was a teaching tool as valuable as any other to Vidette journalists. This scholarship is awarded annually to a current Vidette staff member in good financial and academic standing with ISU. page|10

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