Merrie Sue Holtan won first place awards at the North Dakota Professional Communicators conference

Merrie Sue Holtan won first place awards at the North Dakota Professional Communicators conference

Merrie Sue Holtan, Communication Studies instructor, won first place awards in Travel, Sports, Home and Personality Profile writing at the North Dakota Professional Communicators spring conference held in Minot, N.D. She also won third place and honorable mention in feature writing. The articles will go on to national competition at Salt Lake City, Utah, in August.

Holtan also serves as president of ND Professional Communicators.