The annual report highlights N.C. State Student Media’s programs, initiatives and staff accomplishments while making recommendations for the future. It will eventually become part of a comprehensive annual report for the Division of Student Affairs.

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The 94-page publication contains prose, poetry, photography, fibers, illustration, graphic design and industrial design from N.C. State students, faculty, staff and alumni. The first 250 copies will contain an audio CD. The rest have download codes allowing for a one-time download of the CD for those with an NCSU email address.

Additional copies of the 46th edition of Windhover will be available at locations across campus and from the Student Media offices in Witherspoon beginning April 17.

Technician features editor Mark Herring will take over as editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper on April 28. Herring, a senior in human biology and Spanish language and literature, previously worked as interim editor-in-chief while current leader Laura Wilkinson studied abroad during the summer II semester in 2011. “I want to make Technician a better product than it is now, and I believe with my leadership skills, training, and experience living in this office, I can direct and inspire a production staff to set higher standards,” Herring wrote in his application.

The 111th edition of Agromeck yearbook will produced by Alex Sanchez, a sophomore in communications media. Sanchez is currently the Technician photo editor. Distribution is one of the issues Sanchez addressed in his application. “The key to distributing as many copies of the book as possible is year-round promotion and awareness,” he wrote. “The first is to create an Agromeck promotions listserv that sends students updates on the status of the book, sneak peeks and information about things like senior ads and portraits. … At events like New Student Orientation, tailgate and cap and gown pickups, Agromeck should have a table with books from previous years, a printed copy of the index, a listserv sign up and ordering information.”

The Student Media Board selected Lisa Dickson, a junior in arts applications, as Windhover editor. She served as head of the visual submission committee for the 2012 book edited by Alanna Howard. “I know that I can help to create an innovative and interesting edition of the Windhover through my experience working with other artists in the past, understanding how the inner functioning of a deadline based organization works, as well as my interest and passion for art and design,” Dickson wrote in her application.

Michael Jones, a junior in history, will be the next general manager of WKNC 88.1 FM. Jones is currently an exchange student at University of Leeds where he volunteers for Leeds Student Radio. He has previously held the indie rock music director and assistant music director positions at WKNC. “As general manager one of my top priorities would be creating a community of heavily involved unpaid individuals,” Jones wrote in his application. “Changing the mindset to involvement that focuses more on non-DJ related interaction would put the primary focus of the station on the important behind the scenes jobs that can be done.”

The Business Office Advisory Board named Olivia Pope, a senior in accounting, as the student business office manager. Pope has worked in the business office as an office assistant for three years. To accomplish the business office’s goal of increasing revenue by 5% in 2012-2013, Pope wrote “it would be beneficial to host a catered meeting with campus departments’ public relations and marketing representatives to show how advertising with Student Media can be beneficial for their departments.”

There were no applicants for Nubian Message editor. The position has been re-opened with an application deadline of Thursday, March 29 at noon.

The final step is the full STUDENT MEDIA BOARD MEETING on Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. in Witherspoon 201. During the meeting, a member from each individual advisory board will make a recommendation to the Student Media Board. The Board may then accept the recommendation and hire that candidate, reject the recommendation and interview the candidate(s), or choose to hire no candidate and reopen applications.

On Thursday, March 1 at 7 p.m. all applicants will appear at a public CANDIDATE FORUM to answer questions about their vision for Technician, Nubian Message, Agromeck, Windhover, WKNC 88.1 FM and the Student Media Business Office. The forum, in the Walnut Room in Talley Student Center, is open to anyone who wants to attend.

NEWSPAPER ADVISORY BOARD to interview the candidate for Technician editor: Mark Herring, a senior in Spanish language and literature. There were no applicants for and Nubian Message editor.

Meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Witherspoon 356.

Members:

1. Paul Ruddle, doctoral student, crop science, SBP appointed Student Media Board member, paruddle@ncsu.edu
2. Siddharth Gandra, junior, polymer and color chemistry/medical textiles, SBP appointed Student Media Board member, sgandra@ncsu.edu
3. Laura Wilkinson, editor, Technician, editor@technicianonline.com
4. C.J. Guion, editor, Nubian Message, editor@nubian.ncsu.edu
5. Michael Biesecker, reporter, Associated Press, appointed professional Student Media Board member, mbiesecker@ap.org
6. Dick Reavis, associate professor, English department, dick_reavis@ncsu.edu
7. Toni Thorpe, program coordinator, African American Cultural Center, toni_thorpe@ncsu.edu
8. Nancy Wylke, editor, Durham Herald Sun, nwykle@heraldsun.com
9. Ben McNeely, senior web producer, News 14 Carolina, benmcneely@gmail.com
10. Tyler Dukes, managing editor, Reporters’ Lab, tyler@reporterslab.org

Facilitator:  Patrick Neal, director of student media advising, pcneal@ncsu.edu

BROADCAST MEDIA ADVISORY BOARD to interview the candidates for WKNC general manager: Michael Jones, a junior in history, and Mason Morris, a junior in computer science.

Meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Witherspoon 201.

Members:

1. Henry Allen, senior, communications media, CHASS appointed Student Media Board member (chair), hkallen@ncsu.edu
2. Molly Matty, general manager, WKNC 88.1 FM, gm@wknc.org
3. Kenny Hertling, station manager, Wolf TV, wolftv@technicianonline.com
4. Jim Rothschild, director of station operations, WRAL, appointed professional Student Media Board member, jrothschild@wral.com
5. Dean Phillips, lecturer, communication department, appointed academic Student Media Board member, deanworks@nc.rr.com
6. Kelly McCullen, producer/reporter/anchor, UNC-TV, former WKNC DJ, kmanchor@yahoo.com
7. Joe Ovies, 99.9 The Fan afternoon radio co-host, former WKNC general manager, jovies@999thefan.com

Facilitator: Jamie Lynn Gilbert, assistant coordinator of student media advising, jamie_gilbert@ncsu.edu

ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS ADVISORY BOARD to interview the candidates for Agromeck and Windhover editor. Alex Sanchez, a sophomore in communications media, is the Agromeck editor applicant. The applicants for Windhover editor are Lisa Dickson, a junior in arts applications, and a joint application from Allison Hale, a senior in graphic design, and Kelley Rathod, a junior in graphic design.

Meeting: Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. in Witherspoon 324.

Members:

1. Victoria Melbourne, junior, political science, SPB appointed Student Media Board member, vcmelbou@ncsu.edu
2. Kathryn Glaser, editor, Agromeck, editor@agromeck.ncsu.edu
3. Alanna Howard, editor, Windhover, editor@windhover.ncsu.edu
4. Will Stronach, public relations professional, appointed professional Student Media Board member, wstronach@gmail.com
5. John Cooper Elias, marketing coordinator, Carolina Hurricanes, former Agromeck editor, jcelias2@gmail.com
6. Britt Hayes, senior graphic designer, Gamil Design, former Windhover editor, britt@gamil.com
7. Brandon Wright, director of communications, North Carolina Bankers Association, former Agromeck editor, cbwrigh2@gmail.com

Facilitator: Martha Collins, office manager, martha_collins@ncsu.edu

BUSINESS OFFICE ADVISORY BOARD to interview the candidates for Student Media’s business office manager: Chelsea Perry, a junior in fashion and textile management, and Olivia Pope, a senior in accounting.

Meeting: Monday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. in Witherspoon 324

Members:

1. Katherine Trapp, junior, business administration, Lonnie Poole College of Management appointed Student Media Board member, ktrapp@ncsu.edu
2. Ronilyn Osborne, business office manager, Student Media, advertising@sma.ncsu.edu
3. Mike Hartel , vice president and general manager, Curtis Media Group
4. Lauren Sundberg, communication coordinator, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
5. Kellie Brys, promotions specialist, Time Warner Cable Media
6. Robbie Williams, energy solutions account executive, Schneider Electric
7. Amy Callahan, business to business advertising coordinator, John Deere
8. Chanon Smith, pharmaceutical service specialist, AstraZeneca

Facilitator: Krystal Pittman, business manager, krystal_pittman@ncsu.edu

NOTES:

• Facilitators are ex-officio, non-voting members. Editors do not vote on their successors.
• The advisory board for the business office makes the final decision. No Student Media Board action is required on this position.
• All meetings are open to the public.
• Candidates should not sit in on the statements or interviews of other candidates for the same position.
• The advisory board may move into executive (closed) session for deliberations.

The 2011 Agromeck, edited by Susannah Brinkley, dominated the yearbook category. In addition to winning “Best of Show,” Agromeck also earned first and second (and sometimes third) place in each of the award categories. The book has already won numerous Gold Circle and Best of Collegiate Design awards and is up for a Gold Crown from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Best of Show-Yearbook
1: Agromeck N.C. State University
2: Indianhead UNC-Pembroke
3: Phi Psi Chi Elon University

Student Life Copy
1: Susannah Brinkley “Earth Advocate” Agromeck N.C. State University
2: Susannah Brinkley “Campus Networking” Agromeck N.C. State University
3: Mark Herring “Permanent Ink” Agromeck N.C. State University
HM: Maria Hockaday “Who Is” Indianhead UNC-Pembroke
HM: Rachel Barone “Traditions” Phi Psi Chi Elon University

Photographer Luis Zapata and writer Mark Herring won awards from the North Carolina College Media Association for this Agromeck spread on Raleigh tattoo parlors.

Sports Copy
1: Brent Kitchen “Tumbling Around” Agromeck N.C. State University
2: Jordan Moore “A Noisy pastime” Agromeck N.C. State University
3: Janna Blue “From the heart” Indianhead UNC-Pembroke
HM: Emily Kline “Unstoppable” Indianhead UNC-Pembroke

Photography
1: Luis Zapata “Fall Grad Flags” Agromeck N.C. State University
2: Luis Zapata “Back Tattoo” Agromeck N.C. State University
3: Joel Beachum “Q‐Dogs, homecoming” Indianhead UNC-Pembroke
HM: David Mabe “Kay Yow Spring Football” Agromeck N.C. State University

Inside Spread Design
1: Susannah Brinkley “Lights, Camera, Fashion” Agromeck N.C. State University
2: Sarah Stadler “Construction Zone” Agromeck N.C. State University
3: Susannah Brinkley “Fattening Fair Fare” Agromeck N.C. State University
HM: Janna Blue “Year (Face) Book” Indianhead UNC‐Pembroke
HM: Allison Zmozynski “News, Stay Informed” Phi Psi Chi Elon University

Ten literary magazines received recognition from NCCMA. This is Windhover’s first year taking first place “Best of Show” in the three-year-old contest. The same book, edited by Mollie Mohr, was named first place “Best of Show” by Associated Collegiate Press at the National College Media Convention in October 2011.

Best of Show – Literary Magazine
1: Windhover N.C. State University
2: Rebel 53 East Carolina University
3: Colonnades Elon University

Poetry
1: Laura White “After Our Rooftop Flight Over Old San Juan” Windover N.C. State University
2: Kellie Lewis “Mistress Ocean” Life Lines Barton College
3: Francis Jayrick Bayog “My Bernadette” The Aurochs UNC-Pembroke
HM: Nikki Raye Rice “Transformation” The Broad River Review Gardner-Webb University
HM: Natalie Lampert “This is the Heart” Colonnades Elon University
HM: Jamar Tyree “Justice: Public Law 103‐160” The Lyre Greensboro College
HM: Jack Arthur Wood “Holy Wishing” Greenleaf Review Guilford College

Nonfiction
1: Rachel Young “Blind Dates” The Aurochs UNC-Pembroke
2: Meg Hemmingsong “Bro‐Lepathy” Colonnades Elon University
3: Rebecca Pink “We Grew Up in the Bojangles Parking Lot” The Lyre Greensboro College
HM: Melanie Christensen-Lubinsky “Letter to Dana” Lifelines Barton College
HM: Kellie Lewis “Grannie’s Pizza” Lifelines Barton College
HM: Maggie Pahos “On Jigsaws and Doing it Right” Colonnades Elon University

Fiction
1: Cody Green “We are all of us stuck” Colonnades Elon University
2: Amy Snyder “Fire” The Broad River Review Gardner-Webb University
HM: Alexa Johnson “Flight” Colonnades Elon University
HM: Kaitlynn Moomau “Sassofras Farm” Lifelines Barton College
HM: Susan Ritchie “Haunted” Agora Belmont‐Abbey College

Photography/Art
1. Cathy Brown “Discovery” Rebel 53 East Carolina University
2. Sarah Linn Frohlich “Lizard” The Aurochs UNC‐Pembroke
3. Chris P. Fisher “Arab Dhow on a Stormy Sea” The Aurochs UNC‐Pembroke
HM: Deng Abiel Untitled The Lyre Greensboro College
HM: Katlyn Griffin “Hair Nest” Windhover N.C. State University

Two­ Page Spread
1. Courtney Leach “The Flood” The Colton Review 2011 Meredith College
2. Courtney Leach “Painted Souls” The Colton Review 2011 Meredith College
3. Chelsea Amato, Courtney Johnson, Jeremy Purser, Jacquie Rojanatavorn “Childhood” Windhover N.C. State University
HM: Chelsea Amato, Courtney Johnson, Jeremy Purser, Jacquie Rojanatavorn ”Dragon Colors” Windhover N.C. State University

Newspaper categories were divided between small and large schools. Results for the small school (enrollment of less than 6,000 students) are available from the NCCMA website.

Best of Show – Newspaper
1: The Daily Tar Heel University of North Carolina‐Chapel Hill
2: Technician N.C. State University
3: The East Carolinian East Carolina University
HM: The Western Carolinian Western Carolina University

Best of Show – Online News
1: The Daily Tar Heel dailytarheel.com UNC‐Chapel Hill
2: Technician technicianonline.com N.C. State University
3: Nubian Message thenubianmessage.com N.C. State University
HM: East Carolinian theeastcarolinian.com Eastern Carolina University
HM: Pine Needle uncp.edu/pineneedle University of North Carolina-Pembroke

Photography
1: Brent Kitchen “After the fire” Technician N.C. State University
2: Allison Russell “Expression Uncensored” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
3: Jordan Moore “69 years old and still serving it up” Technician N.C. State University
HM: Spencer Herlong “Thrown to the Wolves” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
HM: Kenneth Hawkins “Part 2 Probate” The A&T Register N.C. A&T University

This photo by Brent Kitchen following a fire at Gorman Crossing apartments in July 2011 earned first place in newspaper photography from the North Carolina College Media Association.

Design
1: Alyssa Bailey and CeCe Paseval “Choose your horror” The Daily Tar Heel UNC‐Chapel Hill
2: Taylor Cashdan and Biko Tushinde “Stafford announces resignation” Technician N.C.State University
3: Kelly McHugh and Lauren McCay “10 years later” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
HM: Taylor Cashdan “DC Comics” Technician N.C. State University
HM: Katie Haifield “Students remember 9/11 ten years later” The East Carolinian East Carolina University

News Writing
1: Daniel Wiser “Unsustainable Path” The Daily Tar Heel UNC‐Chapel Hill
2: Caitlin Hunnicutt “Police respond to gunman threat” The East Carolinian East Carolina University
3: Andy Thomason “Christian group ousts gay member” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
HM: Caleb Gray “WCU’s finances OK despite overall outlook reduced to ‘negative’ by Moody’s” The Western Carolinian Western Carolina University
HM: Lex Menz and Justin Caudell “Voting issues plague SGA election: Eaves/Page win” The Western Carolinian Western Carolina University

Feature Writing
1: Andrew Branch “Six years later; ‘It won’t ever be the same’” Technician N.C. State University
2: Jeanna Smialek “A halt to panhandling” The Daily Tar Heel UNC‐Chapel Hill
3: Jenelle McMillion and Sylvia Obell “A cry for help” A&T Register N.C. A&T University
HM: Chelsea Bailey “UNC students recall living in New York” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
HM: Tyler Auffhammer “Before they were educators: Dr. Todd Collins, Political Science” The Western Carolinian Western Carolina University

Sports Writing
1: Kelly Parsons “Just take it, and run” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
2: R. Cory Smith “Holloway returns to ‘dream job’ with Wolfpack” Technician N.C. State University
3: Nick Phillips “Britt doesn’t let his height hold him back” The Pine Needle UNC‐Pembroke
HM: Sean Fairholm “The art of silence” Technician N.C. State University
HM: Jeniece Jamison “As Wilson departs, Glennon walks a different path” Technician N.C. State University

Opinion Writing
1: C. Ryan Barber “On to the state” The Daily Tar Heel UNC-Chapel Hill
2: Chelsea Francis “My letters from the war” Technician N.C. State University
3: Andrew Harrell “A degree in four minutes, not years” The Daily Tar Heel UNC‐Chapel Hill
HM: Trumaine McCaskill “Wanted: Black Men in the classroom” The A&T Register N.C. A&T University
HM: Justin Caudell “Don’t make it rougher for the unemployed” The Western Carolinian Western Carolina University