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Agromeck finalist for Crown award

By Jamie Lynn Gilbert | Published: January 13, 2012

Columbia Scholastic Press Association has named the 2011 Agromeck yearbook as a finalist for one of its coveted Crown awards. The 376-page full color book will receive either a Gold or Silver Crown during the Spring National College Media Convention March 18-20 in New York.

Edited by Susannah Brinkley, the book placed third for yearbooks 300 or more pages in the Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show contest in October 2011. Agromeck has earned five Pacemaker national awards and three Gold Crowns since 2004.

Rebel, the arts and literary magazine at East Carolina University, was the only other Collegiate Crown finalist from North Carolina.

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Agromeck Senior Portraits Jan. 17-20

By Jamie Lynn Gilbert | Published: January 12, 2012

The second senior portrait session for the 2012 Agromeck yearbook is Tuesday through Friday, Jan. 17-20. All graduating seniors are invited to take part in this time-honored tradition with a free senior portrait. Not only will you get your portrait IN the book, but you’ll also receive a free copy of Agromeck. Schedule your appointment at ouryear.com using school code 279. Portraits will be taken on the third floor of Witherspoon Student Center. Read More »

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Windhover priority deadline Dec. 20

By Jamie Lynn Gilbert | Published: December 9, 2011


N.C. State students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to submit material for the 2012 Windhover literary and visual magazine. Poetry, short prose and essays are welcome, as are audio submissions. Visual submissions can include photographs, paintings, illustrations and graphic designs. Images of fashion, jewelry, sculpture and other creative works are also encouraged.

All submissions should be emailed to editor@windhover.ncsu.edu and meet the technical guidelines in the submission policy. Priority deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Dec. 20. The final deadline is Jan. 20, 2012.

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Agromeck, Technician among the best of collegiate design

By Jamie Lynn Gilbert | Published: December 2, 2011

College Media Association has announced the winners of its annual Best of Collegiate Design contest, with N.C. State’s Agromeck and Technician among the finalists. Now in its 19th year, the Best of Collegiate Design honors student designers in 23 categories. More than 1100 entries were received from 74 schools.

Technician won first place in informational graphic and fourth place in feature page (newspaper) for a design by Susannah Brinkley. The graphic presented data from a political science class poll regarding students’ political and social views. The same design received fourth place in newspaper page/spread in the Associated Collegiate Press’s Design of the Year competition in October. Brinkley also earned fifth place in editorial/opinion page (newspaper) for an editorial in which the Technician editorial board present their views on diversity. Both designs were published in the Dec. 6, 2010 exam issue of Technician.

Design by Susannah Brinkley

Technicianonline.com was awarded an honorable mention for main page presentation for newspaper websites.

Agromeck earned first place for the cover of its 2011 edition, a photo illustration by Jordan Moore and design by Susannah Brinkley depicting students walking through the campus free expression tunnel. “Chosen to Lead the Pack,” a story and design on the April 2010 student government election, was first place in organizations spread (yearbook). A second organizations spread on the Krispy Kreme Challenge was fifth place.

N.C. State’s Nov. 20 football triumph over University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill earned Agromeck second place in sports spread (yearbook). Agromeck also took second place in division page (yearbook) for its September news page. A profile of architecture graduate Barton Strawn was third place in individuals spread (yearbook). Agromeck took fourth and fifth place in academics spread (yearbook) for pages on the university field laborartories and December 2010 graduation, respectively.

View the complete list of finalists in College Media Association’s Best of Collegiate Design 19 HERE.

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NCSU Student Media receive national honors

By Jamie Lynn Gilbert | Published: November 23, 2011

Taylor Cashdan, Josh Hyatt, Mason Morris, Jamie Lynn Gilbert, Tyler Dukes and Alex Sanchez show off their awards for the daily newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine and radio station.

NCSU Student Media received national recognition from the Associated Collegiate Press, College Media Advisers and College Broadcasters, Inc. at the National College Media Convention Oct. 26-30 in Orlando, Florida.

  • The 2009-2010 Agromeck yearbook, edited by Bryant Robbins and Michele Chandler, received one of only six Pacemaker awards given nationwide.
  • The 2010-2011 Windhover literary magazine, edited by Mollie Mohr, was a Pacemaker finalist.
  • Luis Zapata was one of three NCSU photographers to be recognized in ACP’s Photo Excellence Awards. He won first place in environmental portrait. Honorable mentions went to Brent Kitchen for sports picture and David Mabe in general news.
  • Susannah Brinkley received fourth place in newspaper page/spread in the Design of the Year competition.
  • A story on taco trucks from WKNC’s “Eye on the Triangle” earned Mark Herring and the WKNC staff a finalist award for best radio/audio feature from College Broadcasters, Inc. in its national student production awards.
  • WKNC.org was a CBI finalist for best student media website for the second year in a row.
  • Windover won first place Best of Show for the 2011 edition edited by Mollie Mohr.
  • Agromeck placed third for yearbooks 300 or more pages in Best of Show for the 2011 edition edited by Susannah Brinkley.
  • The Sept. 2, 2011 “88.1 Seconds of Technician,” produced by Mason Morris, placed fourth in Best of Show for audio podcast.
  • The 9/11 10th anniversary edition of Technician, edited by Laura Wilkinson, placed ninth in Best of Show for four-year special edition.
  • College Media Advisers named Jamie Lynn Gilbert an Honor Roll Adviser for four-year broadcast. She was one of only seven advisers honored this year and one of only 13 broadcast advisers ever to be recognized by CMA.
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