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Winners of the 2012 North Dakota Professional Communicators (NDPC) College Communications Contest were recognized at the NDPC state conference held in April. More than 75 students and teams from seven North Dakota and western Minnesota schools participated in the annual competition. NDPC presented awards in 35 categories. MSUM students received 46 of the 91 awards (or nearly half!).

Participating institutions were: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.; North Dakota State University, Fargo; Lake Region State College, Devils Lake.; Minot State University; Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.); and Minnesota State University Moorhead.

NDPC is devoted to the advancement of professional and student communicators through workshops, contests, mentoring and continuing education opportunities. For more information, visit the NDPC website: www.aboutndpc.org.

Category & MSUM Winners

Print Media Entries

News Reporting
2nd Place (tie) Bryce Haugen and Jared Winmill MSUM
3rd Place Charly Haley MSUM

Editorial
3rd Place Tyler Sorensen MSUM

Feature Story
1st Place Charly Haley MSUM
3rd Place Tyler Sorensen MSUM

Special Articles
1st Place Charly Haley and Jessica Fleming MSUM

Personality Profile
1st Place Danny Determan MSUM
2nd Place Andrew Jason MSUM
3rd Place Jasmine Maki MSUM

Personal Column
1st Place Tyler Sorensen MSUM
2nd Place Meghan Feir MSUM

Sports Writing
1st Place Danny Determan MSUM

Reviews
1st Place Meghan Feir MSUM
3rd Place Tyler Sorensen MSUM

Personal Essay
1st Place Tyler Sorensen MSUM

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Special Supplement
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1st Place Charly Haley MSUM

Photography

Single News Photo
3rd Place Jessica Fleming MSUM

Single Feature Photo
2nd Place Jessica Fleming MSUM

Single Sports Photo
1st Place Jessica Fleming MSUM

Photo Essay
1st Place Chris Franz MSUM
2nd Place Dannelle Blotter MSUM
3rd Place (tie) Jesses Trelstad MSUM

Broadcast

General News Reporting
1st Place (tie) Kallyn Klein MSUM
2nd Place (tie) Zach Denzer MSUM
2nd Place (tie) Kelsey Roseth MSUM
3rd Place Alison Voorhees MSUM

On-the-Scene News Reporting
1st Place Kelsey Roseth MSUM
2nd Place Robert Swansen MSUM
3rd Place Alison Voorhees MSUM

Investigative /In-depth Report
1st Place Zach Denzer MSUM
2nd Place Carly Lehmkuhl MSUM
3rd Place Kristi Larson MSUM

Feature Reporting
2nd Place (tie) Rebecca Lebak MSUM
3rd Place Kim Kressin MSUM

Interview

General Sports Reporting
2nd Place Chase Miller MSUM
Hon. Mention Corey Pierre MSUM

Feature Sports Reporting
1st Place Robert Swansen MSUM

Regularly Scheduled News/Information Program
1st Place Campus News MSUM

TV Weather Broadcast
TV News Photography
2nd Place Kelsey Roseth MSUM

TV Feature Photography
3rd Place (tie) Kaitlyn Teske MSUM

TV Sports Photography
2nd Place Garrett Matteson/ Daniel Zeibol MSUM
3rd Place Chase Miller MSUM

Television Electronic Graphics
2nd Place Nick Hanson MSUM

Web Design

Web Page Design
Writing for the Web
1st Place Sadie Jones MSUM
2nd Place Matthew Beckman MSUM
3rd Place Matthew Holding Eagle MSUM

Website Edited by Entrant
1st Place Rachel Leingang MSUM