FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2011 Contact:
Suzanne Irwin, Studio One Director of Marketing, UND (701) 777-3818 Jenna Hamann, Studio One Marketing Team, UND (701) 777-4346
HORACE NATIVE DESIGNS GRAPHICS FOR AWARD-WINNING TELEVISON SHOW Glendon Gengel promotes Studio One through innovative marketing designs GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Horace, N.D. native Glendon Gengel is in his fifth semester at Studio One, an award-winning television show produced at the University of North Dakota. Gengel has worked as a Web designer, Web assistant, E-news writer, tour guide and greeter with the program. Currently, he is a graphic designer and photographer on the marketing team and works on the audience development team. “[My favorite part is] - the people here are just plain awesome and this place has landed me two separate jobs since joining,” he says. In addition to his internship, this student is involved on campus. Gengel is the SergeantAt-Arms for the UND Toastmasters chapter, a freelance Web designer and photographer as well as a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He has received the Studio One Recognition of Excellence award and the Ralph Engelstad Late Bloomer scholarship. He has been published in four international graphic design magazines and received second place in the 2009-2010 North Dakota Professional Communicators contest in the Single Display Ad category. Gengel graduated from West Fargo High School in 2008 and is the son of Glenn and Valarie Gengel of Horace, N.D. He will graduate from the UND in fall of 2012 with a degree in marketing. After graduation he plans to work promoting bands. Studio One is an award-winning news and information program produced at the University of North Dakota Television Center. The program airs Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. on Channel 99 in Fargo. The program can also be seen by viewers in Bismarck-Mandan, Dickinson, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot, Ray and Steele, N.D.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo.; Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba and online at www.studio1.und.edu.