Media College News

Fifteen West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism students recently won the Overall Best Presentation Team Award in a regional advertising competition.

Eight West Virginia University students will be awarded the Order of Augusta, the University’s most prestigious student honor, for their outstanding academic performance, campus leadership and public service.

WVU President Mike Garrison will present the students with the Order of Augusta commemorative medallion during the University’s Commencement Honors Convocation at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, at the Coliseum.

Three West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism students were recently named winners of the first Walter J. “Buzz” Storey Awards for Public Affairs Reporting contest.

Kellen Henry, a senior from Princeton, received a $500 award; Tricia Fulks, a junior from Clarksburg, and Jon Offredo, a sophomore from Newtown, Pa., both received $250 awards.