ADVERTISING

Kansan advertising staff won seven awards at the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers conference. First place awards were for best staff, newspaper promotion ad, display ad banner and promotional ad banner. The ad staff placed second in competition for the Trendsetter Award and third in display ad and spot color categories.

Amy Dodson, Monica Hahn and Staci Nicks were elected to Alpha Delta Sigma Honorary Society of the American Advertising Federation.

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

Campaigns by Business Communications Projects students for the National Benevolent Association of St. Louis won first and second place in the competition of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

The first place winning entry, "What We Do Best Is Care," was by Julie Crider, Jay Doughty, Kari Haverkamp, Mackenzie Lane, Kristen Merchant and Andy Strauss.

The second place entry, "The NBA and You: Together Achieving Miracles," was by Jennifer Anderson, Christopher Chelko, Thomas Finney, Camille Lauer, Natalie Matoukho, Colleen Devaney and Kristi Stancil.

MAGAZINE

Jennifer Curry was awarded an American Society of Magazine Editors Internship on Smithsonian magazine for summer.

KU students won six awards in the magazine competition of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Elissa Harris' prospectus and prototype for Film, a magazine for independent film fans, placed second. Michel Martin's Orbit men's magazine placed third, and Katie Burford received honorable mention for Alpine Male.

Cammie Heiman placed second in consumer and information writing and Jim O'Malley received honorable mention for people and places writing.

The 1999 Jayhawk Journalist received honorable mention.

NEWSPAPER

kansan.com was awarded a bronze medal in the 4th annual Best of College Press Network 1999 competition.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Editing Internships for summer were awarded to Allan Davis on USA Today; Matt Friedrichs on the Lexington, Kentucky, Herald-Leader; Chris Hopkins on the Corpus Christi Caller-Times; Katrina Hull on Dow Jones News Service; Darrin Peschka on the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Argus-Leader; and Nathan Willis on the Portland Oregonian.

Other editing internships went to Ann Premer and Laura Roddy on the Washington Post; Derek Prater on the Philadelphia Inquirer; and Kelly Clasen on the San Francisco Chronicle.

Katie Hollar received a reporting internship on the Kansas City Star.

Phil Cauthon received a Washington Politics and Journalism Internship to report on Congress for the Houston Chronicle.

Winners in the Hearst Foundation national writing competitions were Emily Hughey, first in sports writing; Jamie Knodel, sixth in in-depth writing; Matt Tait, seventh in sports writing; and Chris Borniger and Jessica Meyer, tied for 20th in profile writing.

In the Roy Howard Public Affairs Reporting national competition, Seth Jones was runner-up for his article on the local movie theater monopoly. The article resulted in establishment of a special student ticket price. Liz Wristen received honorable mention for her article, "Road to Nowhere," about the struggles over the South Lawrence Trafficway.

Warisa Chulindra and J. R. Mendoza were awarded Freedom Forum Chips Quinn Internships/Scholarships for summer. Warisa will report for the Wichita Eagle and J. R. for the Topeka Capital-Journal.

Kansan students also received five first place awards and two second place awards in the Society of Professional Journalists regional Mark of Excellence competition. The first place entries will be judged in national competition.

First place winners were Katrina Hull, editorial writing; Seth Jones, editorial cartooning; Mike Loader, spot news; Jamie Knodel, general news; and Emily Hughey, sports writing.

Second place awards went to Loader for column writing and to the Kansan in the best all-around daily newspaper category.

BROADCASTING

KJHK-FM observed the fifth anniversary of its December 3, 1994 debut as the first radio station in the world to provide a live, continuous programming signal on the Internet.

Michelle Tuckner placed fifth in the Hearst Foundation television news competition and 14th in the television feature category. She also was selected for the Class of 2000 Conference at the Poynter Institute.

Erin Bajackson has been awarded an ESPN summer internship at the sports production center in Bristol, Connecticut. Six interns were selected from 400 applicants.

Broadcast students won 13 awards, seven of them first place, in the 2000 Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition.

The television awards were: Melissa Yeager, producer, placed first for complete newscast on KUJH TV Internet News. Jenny Scott placed first and Erik Ashel placed second for complete news feature. John Ary placed first for station promotion done on an internship. Michelle Tuckner placed first, Jeannie McCarragher, second, and Amanda Shaw received honorable mention, all for complete news features done as interns. Erik Ashel placed first in complete sports feature done as an intern.

Radio awards: Brian Hanni placed first for complete sports feature and for sports play-by-play. Rachel Robson placed second for public affairs program. Jeannie McCarragher placed second for complete newscast. Michael Erb recieved honorable mention for sports play-by-play.

Marie Dispenza will be KJHK student station manager for Summer and Fall 2000. She is a broadcast management major.

AWARDS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS

Sandra Rainero received grants from the National Italian American Foundation and the Kansas Humanities Council to support the making of a documentary on the Italian language press in Southeast Kansas. She also presented a paper to the American Italian Historical Association in San Francisco.

Susan Franke, who completed her masterÕs degree in May, has been awarded a Poynter Institue Fellowship for its News Reporting and Writing program June 9 to July 21.

Winners who are graduate students and are listed in other categories are Elissa Harris, Katie Burford, Cammi Heiman, and Jim O'Malley in magazine; Allen Davis, Matt Friedrichs, Derek Prater, and Phil Cauthon in news.

UNIVERSITY-WIDE RECOGNITION

Frances Tan from Malaysia received the International Woman Student of the Year Award from the KU Commission on the Status of Women.

Erica Hawthorne and Tiffany Seeman were recognized by the Commission on the Status of Women for leadership in their living groups.

Five of the 18 New Student Summer Orientation leaders are journalism students. They are Yemi Adeyanju, Brian Cooper, Erin Day, Megan Esslinger and Kimberly Thompson.

Yemi Adeyanju, Katie Bartkoski and Rupali Limaye were inducted into Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors. Criteria are leadership, scholarship and community service.

Three journalism students are among five chosen to be KU international ambassadors to increase awareness of the University abroad. They are Frances Tan, Mariana Nissen daCosta Paiva from Brazil, and Manuel Angulo from Colombia.

Nine journalism students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society. They are Kari Adams, Jeremy Dewey, Adam Kruse, Amanda Moorhouse, Juliana Moreira, Roger Nomer, Eric Reid, Laura Roddy and Julie Wood.

Four journalism students were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi academic honorary society. They are Crystin Burd, Kari Adams, Aaron Knopf and Erin McHugh.