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NDPC 2003 College Communications Contest Winners

North Dakota Professional Communicators recently gave 110 awards in 35 categories in its 23rd annual college communications contest. More than 100 students and teams submitted 193 entries in the contest.

Institutions represented in the contest were Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; Dickinson State University; Minnesota State University Moorhead; Minot State University; North Dakota State University; University of Mary, Bismarck, N.D.; and the University of North Dakota.

Winners were recognized at NDPC’s spring meeting awards dinner June 6 on the campus of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.

The communications contest is open to any student enrolled in at least a two-year college or university in North Dakota or Moorhead, Minn. All student entries are judged by communications professionals who critique the entries and provide students with feedback about their work.

Winners were:
Concordia College:
Elizabeth Capouch – second place, personal essay; third place, special supplement
Sarah McCurdy – first place, special programming documentary

Dickinson State University:
Jaylynn Huiner – third place, news reporting
Nick Ugrin – honorable mention, news reporting
Tara Deseth – second place, editorial
Kim Halvorson – honorable mention (tie), feature story
Tyler Schmalz – second place, review
Jessica Campbell – third place, review
Ryan Pavlicek – honorable mention, review
Kalen Ost – third place, publication regularly edited by entrant
Bethany Nesheim – first place, newsletter
Kalen Ost and Marcy Sayler Fix – first place, special supplement
Theo Bohn, Nichole Justrzebski, Cory Neumiller, Kalen Ost and Joel Sikes – second place, yearbook/annual literary magazine

Minnesota State University Moorhead:
Amy Dalrymple – first place, editorial; first place, special articles; first place, personal essay; second place, news reporting; second place, publication regularly edited by entrant
Alicia Strnad – second place, personal column; third place, editorial
Joe Whetham – second place, sports writing; third place, feature story; third place, section regularly edited by entrant
Teri Finneman – first place, interview; second place, special articles; third place, sports writing
Bronson Lemer – second place, interview; second place, section regularly edited by entrant; third place, personal essay
Kelly Hagen – first place, section regularly edited by entrant
Brad Feldman – third place, general TV sports reporting; honorable mention (tie), general TV news reporting; honorable mention, TV feature reporting
Kadie Kippen, Heather Stulken, Karen Engelter, Amy Shimelfenig and Julie Drietz – first place, combination promotion campaign
Lorael Jerger, Kelli Weaver, Ashlee VanVleet, Nathan Braget and Mark Nissen – second place, combination promotion campaign
Jason Schoen, Lori Huseby, Heather Berley, Amanda Taszarek and Audrey Peeters – honorable mention (tie), combination promotion campaign
Emily Michaelsen, Trevor Vossen, Zach Zirbel, Sarah Jeschke and Sandra Kobernick – honorable mention (tie), combination promotion campaign

Minot State University:
Melinda Obach – honorable mention (tie), feature story
Natasha Johansen – second place, special supplement; third place (tie), personal column
Slade Bryantt – honorable mention (tie), sports writing
Mandy Taniguchi – first place, single feature photo; third place, single commercial; honorable mention, photo essay
Mike Lee – first place, TV feature sports reporting; second place, general TV sports reporting
Daniel Sharbono – first place, poster/flyer

North Dakota State University:
Brooke Dahl – second place, feature story; third place (tie) personal column
Joe Schirmer – first place, single sports photo; honorable mention, personal column
Dave Nilles – honorable mention (tie), sports writing
Ty Hagerott – honorable mention, section regularly edited by entrant
Neal Coolong – first place, publication regularly edited by entrant

University of Mary:
Lauri Patterson – first place, news reporting
Mindy Gonzales – first place, feature story
Nolan Canright – first place, on-the-scene TV reporting; second place, TV weather broadcast
Julie Fudge – third place, Web page design; third place, news releases; honorable mention, poster/flyer
Merretta Kahl – second place, brochure

University of North Dakota:
Justin Luther – first place, sports writing
Stephanie Shimek – first place, general TV news reporting; first place, investigative/in-depth TV reporting
John Randall – second place, general TV news reporting
Haley Wamstad – third place, general TV news reporting
Kristin Gillick – second place, on-the-scene TV reporting; second place, TV feature reporting; honorable mention (tie), general TV news reporting
Leanna Anderson – first place, TV feature reporting; second place, investigative/in-depth TV reporting
Kari Versdahl – third place, TV feature reporting
Cory Morlock – first place, general TV sports reporting; first place, TV sports photography; second place, TV feature sports reporting
Sarah Spencer – third place, TV feature sports reporting
Rich Marcis – honorable mention, TV feature sports reporting; honorable mention, TV sports photography
Studio One – first place, regularly scheduled TV news/information program
Studio One Weather Team – first place, TV weather broadcast
Frode Tilden Nordby – first place, TV news photography
Sten Brand – second place, TV news photography
Daniel Turner – honorable mention, electronic graphic
Studio One Marketing Team – second place, news releases
Season 29 Marketing Team – second place, newsletter
Season 31 Marketing Team – third place, combination promotion campaign
Season 30 Marketing Team – second place, poster/flyer

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