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National awards
earned by Huntington University students
2005 Intercollegiate National Religious
Broadcasters awards
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Todd Stapleton, a
sophomore broadcast communication major from Tipp City, Ohio,
placed first in the radio
drama category with his short radio play titled “John 1513.” Ashley
Schermerhorn, a junior broadcast communication major from Paw Paw, Mich.,
won third place in radio
drama with her radio play titled “Unanswered Questions.”
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Anca Thompson, a senior
public relations major from Fort Wayne, Ind.,
placed second in the Al
Sanders essay contest with her research paper, “Got Game.” Her paper,
which discusses the role of video gaming in Christian communication, will
be presented at the upcoming convention.
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Jeff Blossom, a senior
digital film studies major from Fort Wayne, Ind., and Erica Nazarenus, a
senior digital film studies major from Fishers, Ind.,
placed third in the Music
Video category with “Masquerade Shore,” an entry based on a song written
by a Huntington College student.
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Chris Wright, a senior
broadcast communication major from Goshen, Ind., Katie Haifley, a senior
communication studies major from Roanoke, Ind., and Stapleton took
second place in the TV
Studio category with a submission of HCTV, the Huntington College
Communication Department’s weekly news magazine.
Intercollegiate National Religious Broadcasters
awards
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Jonathan Rice of Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin, placed first in the Al Sanders Scholarship essay competition, a
program funded by Focus on the Family on behalf of Al Sanders, a pioneer
in religious broadcasting. The competition is open to all full time US and
Canadian undergraduate students who are majoring in communication,
broadcasting or journalism. Rice’s paper, Armistice or Armageddon:
Communicating Christ Without Presenting the Gospel, focused on
spiritually-based films coming from Hollywood and the need for
character-driven films produced by Christians that can compete with these
productions. Rice’s first place paper earned him a $1,000 scholarship
award.
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Senior Andrew Keck from Peru,
Indiana, placed
first in the 2002 NRB Student Achievement Awards TV/Video division
of Field Production for his production of The Vision. The 30-minute
variety program, started by HC graduate Josh Bean, deals with Christ in
modern cultural issues aimed at high school students. It has been
broadcast over the Dish Network and SkyAngel for two years.
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Senior Kristen Freeman of
Crawfordsville, Indiana, teamed with sophomores Zach Hill of Archbold,
Ohio and Michael Szapkiw of Lagrange, Indiana as well as Cassie Dupois
placed second
in the 2002 NRB Student Achievement Awards Radio/Audio division. The radio
drama titled “Reborn” was a 27-minute drama about a young woman who was
raped, gave the child up for adoption and then had to find that child 18
years later to save her other young child.
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Keck, Freeman and Rice joined
David Bryan of Auburn, Indiana, and Lily Anderson of Virginia Beach,
Virginia to earn
second place in the 2002 NRB Student Achievement Awards
TV/Video. The music video “Lullaby” chronicled the journey of a man who
chased worldly success in his life only to find sin and later found rest,
comfort and purification in submission to Christ.
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Robert Johnston of Canton,
Ohio, Heather Wiltse of Walker, Michigan, and Kathryn Nix of Fort Wayne,
Indiana earned second place honors for the studio production “HCTV” 2002 NRB
Student Achievement Awards.
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Johnston and Keck
placed third
in the 2002 NRB Student Achievement Awards TV/Video division for the
Public Service Announcement “Living Cross”. The 60-second PSA was done for
the Huntington First Church of the Nazarene’s musical/drama Easter
Production of “The Living Cross.
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Josh Bean, a senior at
Huntington College from Olivet, Michigan,
placed first in the 2001 NRB Student Achievement Awards Studio
Production category with his entry titled, "The Vision." Bean also placed
third in the Video Public Service Announcement category with his entry
titled "Armor of God."
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Sophomore Justin Clifton of
Grabill, Indiana, and junior Christine Slagel of Del Haven, New Jersey,
placed first in the 2001 NRB Student Achievement Awards Music
Video category with their entry, "Hands and Feet." The video was produced
with footage they shot during a Huntington College student mission trip to
the Dominican Republic. Both Justin and Chris, who are engaged to be
married, have pledged to donate the $125 first-place cash award to the
Dominican orphanage they served.
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Clifton also teamed up with
junior Heather Wiltse of Walker, Michigan, to produce the
placed first winner in the 2001 NRB Student Achievement Awards
Radio Drama category. Their entry, "Criminals on the Cross," is a
twenty-minute dramatic radio play offering a unique look at the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Sophomore James Hogg of
Webberville, Michigan, and junior Jonathan “Jonny” Rice of Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin,
placed first in the 2001 NRB Student Achievement Awards Radio
Public Service Announcement category with their entry titled "Link
Institute." This 60-second PSA features a creative look at the
youth ministry research center
based at Huntington College.
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Senior Robert Johnston of
Canton, Ohio,
placed third in this same category with his public service
announcement titled "Open Door." This PSA featured the community service
opportunities citizens can have by volunteering to serve with the Open
Door charitable organization.
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Junior Sharra Sieminski of
Charlottesville, Virginia,
placed first in the 2001 NRB Student Achievement Awards Radio
News category with her entry titled "Kids Kampus 2." Her investigative
reporting style takes the listener inside this community outreach center.
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Senior Brad Richardson of
Shullsburg, Wisconsin, and Ryan Howe of Carmel, Indiana, took
second place in the 2001 NRB Student Achievement Awards Video
Field Production category with their dramatic story, "Critical Measures."
This thirty-minute short film pits good cop against bad cop as a
distraught woman considers suicide.
- An essay by Huntington College student
Alison Young won
second place in the 2001 Al Sanders Scholarship Essay Contest
sponsored by the National Religious Broadcasters. The national competition
examines issues and concerns regarding Christian broadcasting and
education.
- A paper by Huntington College student
Sharra Sieminski titled "Standing Out in a Crowd: Distinctive Programming
for Distracted Audiences"
won first place in the 2000 national Al Sanders Scholarship
essay contest sponsored by the National Religious Broadcasters.
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- A radio drama produced by Huntington
College students Sharra Sieminski and Christine Slagel
won
first place in the 2000 National Religious Broadcasters’ Student
Achievement Awards Competition. The annual contest involves students from
over three hundred colleges and universities nationwide, and recognizes
outstanding achievement in radio and television production.
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- In the NRB 2000 music video competition,
the Huntington College team of Ryan Howe, Tim Manock, and Angie Steffen
placed
second nationally with their winning entry, "Where is God?"
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- The HC team of Jen Swineford, Josh Bean,
and Carrie Johnson took
third
place in the NRB 2000 music video competition with our video "All
I Want," featuring the Huntington College band, Rejected Stone.
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- 1999-2000 was the fourth academic year
Huntington College students have participated in the NRB's intercollegiate
competition, and the fourth consecutive year in which HC student
productions took top national honors. In the 1999 NRB competition, HC
students won second place in four of the eight award categories: Radio
Documentary, Radio Demo, Radio Drama, and Television Short-Form Video.
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- In 1998, a team of five HC students
won
second place in Music Video with their production, “World Gone
Mad.”
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- The previous year, two entries produced by
1997 graduate Christia Campbell Whitacre took
second and fifth place.
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