Department of Journalism Student and Alumni Awards

2008 SPJ Region 10 Mark of Excellence Student Awards

  • Magazine Non-Fiction Article:
           Second Place: Sidonie DeCassis, "Great pacific garbage patch"
           Third Place: Cody Gillin, "Kangaroo: It's What's for dinner"
  • Best Student Magazine:
           First Place: Klipsun
           Second Place: The Planet
  • In-Depth Reporting:
           Third Place: Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura, "Bellingham's push to end paper or        plastic"
  • Sports Photography:
           First Place: Mark Edwin Malijan, "Out of the hazard"

Department Awards 2007

  • Outstanding Graduating Senior - Christopher Huber
  • Journalism Department Scholars - Erica Ham and Amy Harder
  • Journalism Department Scholar - Codi Hamblin
  • Journalism Department Scholar - Mark Malijan
  • Journalism Department Scholar - Ciara O’Rourke
  • Journalism Department Scholar - Shawn Query
  • Journalism Department Scholar - Devin Smart
  • Journalism Department Scholar - Taylor Williams
  • Journalism Department Scholars - XAct Communications: Kacie McKinney, Lincoln Smith, Megan Swartz, Deanna Holmquist, and Boris Kurbanov

Scholarship Award Winners 2007

  • Alumni Scholarship - Kacie McKinney
  • PRWeb Scholarship - Molly Jensen and Katherine Dreke
  • Gerson Miller Scholarship - Kevin Diers and Ciara O'Rourke
  • Joyce Taylor Journalism Award - Todd Linder
  • Nancy & Ralph Babcock, Jr. Memorial Scholarship - Nicole Lanphear
  • PNNA (Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association) - Coral Garnick
  • Scripps-Howard Internship Scholarship - Ciara O'Rourke
  • Steven Rupp Memorial Scholarship - Andrew Campbell
  • Tuition Waiver - Alyse Clacy