Tony Reyes has been chosen a Chips Quinn Scholar by The Freedom Forum. He will intern at The Day in New London, Connecticut, in summer 2001.

Broadcast students won 20 awards, to be presented in April 2001, in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters competition.

First place televsion awards: Doug Thompson, KUJH-TV complete newscast; Jeannie McCarragher and Raegan Fisher, hard news package; Tina Terry, complete news feature; Jeannie McCarragher, hard news package as an intern; Sarah Glynn, complete news feature as an intern; and Erin Bajackson, complete sports feature.

Second place television awards: Marta Costello, complete news feature; Eric Boedecker, complete news feature as an intern and complete sports feature.

Third place television award: Jeannie McCarragher and Jenny Scott, complete news feature.

First place radio award: Brian Hanni, radio sports report.

Second place radio award: Brian Hanni, radio play-by-play.

Honorable mentions: Sarah Glyn and Brian Hanni, radio complete newscast; Brian Hanni, complete sports feature; Jan Sanderson, radio sports play-by-play and the same category for work as an intern.

Non-news radio awards: Ramona DeNies, Brad Koehler, Buck Rowlan, Phil Cauthon.

Nine members of the Art & Copy Club attended the Chicago Advertising Federation Career Day and visited the Leo Burnett, Foote Cone & Belding and J. Walter Thompson agencies during Spring Break 2001.

The Kansan advertising staff received two top awards and six others March 14, 2001, at the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers conference in Baltimore. For the second consecutive year, the Kansan received the Best Staff of the Year; and Chrissy Kontras was named Sales Representative of the Year.
The Kansan received second-place awards for electronic banner display ad, electronic banner house ad, run-of-paper group promotion for the Apartment Guide, newspaper promotion ad and best display ad campaign; and third place for best display spot color.

Staff members attending the CNBAM conference were: Trent Guyer, business manager; Cecily Curran, retail sales manager; Anika Entwistle, marketing director; Erin Endres, creative director; Chrissy Kontras, zone manager; and Matt Fisher, sales and marketing adviser.

Kursten Phelps placed 10th in the William Randolph Hearst personality/profile writing competition.

Sarah Smarsh has been awarded the Mike Bates Memorial Scholarship by the Society of Professional Journalists of Kansas.

Two School students were part of a Topeka Capital-Journal team that won a second-place award for in-depth reporting by the Kansas Press Association. Graduate student Tim Hrenchir, a full-time Capital-Journal staff member, headed the reporting team for the series, "Crime, Talk of the Town." J.R. Mendoza also was a reporter for the project during summer 2000 while working at the paper as a Freedom Forum Chips Quinn Scholar.

Jason Franchuk placed seventh in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation sports writing competition for his Kansan report on gambling in college sports.

Doug Pacey received an NCAA/Freedom Forum Sports Journalism Scholarship for 2001 - 2002 in national competition.

Leita Schultes placed 12th in the Hearst in-depth writing competition.

Audrey Korte and Leita Schultes were chosen as University Scholars. Korte is majoring in international studies and journalism and will be mentored by Prof. Fiona McLaughlin of African and African American Studies. Schultes is majoring in religious studies and journalism and will be mentored by Prof. Tim Miller of Religious Studies. They are among a group of 20 scholars chosen.

Two students have been chosen as Chips Quinn Scholars by The Freedom Forum. Katie Nelson will intern at the St. Cloud, Minn., Times, and Christina Woods at the Wichita Eagle, during summer 2001.