Missouri Western State University students were honored with more than two dozen awards at the Missouri College Media Association’s Awards Banquet on April 11.
The Griffon Yearbook won nine awards:
First Place
- Hardy Ho, Sports Design
- Christina Wade, Personality Sketch
Second Place
- Hardy Ho, Sports Design
- John Ellis, Sports Photography
Third Place
- Griffon Yearbook Staff, Theme Development
Honorable Mention
- Christina Wade, Personality Sketch,
- Jodi Stamback, Personality Sketch
- Blake Haynes, Feature Writing
- Gilbert Imbiri, Feature Photography
The Griffon News student newspaper won 18 awards:
First place
- Nat Larsen, News Photography
- Daniel Cobb, Entertainment Review
Second Place
- Jessica Kopp, Column
- Katelyn Canon, Editorial Writing
- Mika Cummins, Sports Writing
Third Place
- Daniel Cobb, Entertainment Review
- Nat Larsen, Information Graphic
- Daniel Cobb/Brooke Anderson/Nat Larsen, Feature Page
- Katelyn Canon/Nat Larsen/Nick Ingram/Adina Ogle, Photo Page
Honorable Mention
- Daniel Cobb, Multimedia Element
- Nat Larsen, Editorial Cartoon
- Katelyn Canon, Front Page Design
- Nick Ingram, Feature Photography
- Nick Ingram, Sports Photography
- Mason Marshall, Sports Writing
- D’vonta Richard, News Writing
- Noah Green, Editorial Writing
- Jacob Dowell, Sports Column
In addition, Brendan Welch of the Griffon News was elected as secretary and the Jodi Stamback of the Griffon Yearbook’s as vice president for the 2015-2016 Missouri College Media Conference executive board.
Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu.