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COMM HONOR DINNER- Please join us for a light buffett dinner and awards ceremony for our Communication Honor Society members and Department Award Winners for 2008.   The event will take place on Thursday, June 5th on the patio of the Arts & Science Bldg, from 5:00-7:00pm.  If you have questions, please contact the office.

GRADUATION RECEPTION:  All Communication Graduates are invitied to bring their families to meet with faculty, immediately following the graduation ceremony.  Join us for a refreshing drink and light refreshment in the lobby of the Arts & Science Bldg.  Congratulations!

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Communication Student Interns Win Awards

Several Communication majors who were interns at local Television and Radio companies were awarded "Outstanding Intern" by the Bay Area Society for Television, Adverstising and Radio:

Kelley Franke, Sarah Balagia, Alexis Beach- NBC 11 / KNTV

Marianna Pappageorge - Action 36/ KICU

Helena McNulty - Clear Channel/ 98.5 FOX

Jerrica Castagno- Fox Sports Net Bay Area

California College Media Association Awards SCU Students as best in state for student Journalism:

The Santa Clara student newspaper took home several top prizes:  General Excellence- 2nd Place, The Santa Clara

Best Overall Design- 3rd Place, The Santa Clara,  New Series- 1st Place, Mary Georgevich & Michele Enos, The Santa Clara

Best News Feature- 1st Place, Megan O'Connor, The Santa Clara, 2nd Place- Jeremy Herb, The Santa Clara

Best Editorial - 1st Place, The Santa Clara, Best A&E Story- 1st Place, Brittany Benjamin, The Santa Clara

Best Sports Column - 3rd Place, Katie Powers, The Santa Clara,  Web Site: Best Interactivity- 3rd place, The Santa Clara

Communication Students Win National Awards

Student journalists from The Santa Clara took home three national awards in the Story of the Year competition at the 86th annual National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. on October 27.

The Story of the Year competition, co-sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP), "recognizes initiative and original reporting of a situation, problem or issue affecting students." Judges look for entries which show leadership, quality writing, sensitivity and fairness.

The competition recognizes the top student journalists in the country. Santa Clara and Harvard University were the only multiple first-place winners.

The Santa Clara Editor Jeremy Herb took first place in the Feature category. Jeremy is a Communication major who was recently awarded the Edward Shipsey, S.J., Journalism Scholarship by the university.

"While the individual winners deserve to be congratulated for their efforts in reporting and writing great stories," Herb said, "the awards reflect the hard work of the entire staff. Many people were involved in editing, designing and taking pictures for the stories."

Megan O’Connor, a Communication major who graduated in 2007, earned first place in the Diversity category.

The stories were completed in Senior Lecturer Barbara Kelley’s magazine journalism course in the Communication Department. "Megan and Jeremy both tackled difficult, almost overwhelming subjects conscientiously and tenaciously," said Kelley who is the director of the journalism emphasis. "The awards are a testament to their hard work and the synergy between the journalism program and the student media."

The Santa Clara’s editorial board won third place in the Editorial/Opinion category. The board was made up of Herb, senior Communication major Ryan Groshong, Jessica Silliman ‘07, and Elizabeth Weeker ’07.

Gordon Young, who advises the newspaper and teaches journalism in the Communication Department, praised the students for their ethical decision making. "The newspaper staff put an enormous amount of time and effort into ensuring that the stories were fair and accurate. They wanted their work to make a difference."

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!