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KU journalism school announces spring 2008 award, scholarship winners

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LAWRENCE — The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas has announced recipients of annual awards and scholarships totaling about $300,000.

Dean Ann Brill announced the 130 award and scholarship recipients, including 11 incoming freshmen, during the April 29 ceremony in the Kansas Union.

Students from 30 Kansas counties, 12 other states and four other countries earned awards and scholarships in writing, editing, reporting, broadcasting, strategic communication and media management.

The awards presented totaled more than $11,000. They were:

— Mel Adams Strategic Communications Award, given for student performance in strategic communication
— Sharon Bass Award for an outstanding magazine student
— John Bremner Award for excellence in copy editing
— Walter Ewert News Award for outstanding reporting on the University Daily Kansan
— Gerald Funk Feature Writing Awards for outstanding magazine writing
— John Katich Broadcast Award, given to outstanding students in broadcast journalism
— Diane Lazzarino Award for an outstanding writing by a strategic communication student
— Dana Leibengood Strategic Communications Award, given to an outstanding senior in public relations
— Bruce Linton Electronic Media Graduate Award, given to an outstanding graduate student who specializes in radio-television
— Paul V. Miner Award for Kansan Leadership to recognize outstanding contributions to the University Daily Kansan by a news student
—Rick Musser Multimedia Award
— Calder Pickett Graduate Student Award for outstanding research
— Don Pierce Sports Writing Award for outstanding sports writing on the University Daily Kansan
—Les Polk Copy Editing Award
— Angelo Scott News Reporting Awards for outstanding reporting on the University Daily Kansan
— Gene Slais Broadcast News Award, given to an outstanding senior in television news
— Sullivan, Higdon and Sink Strategic Communications Senior Award, given to the outstanding senior in strategic communication
— Lee Young Magazine Senior Award, given to an outstanding senior magazine student

Funds for these awards and scholarships were made possible by private donations to KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment is the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.

Student award winners and scholarship recipients are listed below by hometown, award, major, level in school, parents’ names and high school.

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