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SU student publication wins awards at student news media conference, LAA meeting
for Southern University and A&M College. We represented our school, our office, and ourselves well,” said Evan Taylor, Southern Digest editor in chief. “We’re the best among HBCUs now, but
Pictured (left to right) Evan Taylor, editor-in-chief, Digest; Marcus Green, manager editor, Digest; Fredrick Batiste, advisor, Digest/Ego Magazine; Jessica Sarpy, commentary editor, Digest; Aristide Phillips, sports editor, Digest; and Norman J. Dotson Jr., editor-in-chief, Ego Magazine.
The Southern Digest picked up eight awards, including five first-place honors, during the 2013 National HBCU Student News Media Conference’s Excellence in Journalism contest. The other three awards were for second place. The conference was held February 7-10, 2013, at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute on the Vanderbilt University campus. “I am extremely proud of our student staff for their outstanding accomplishments,” said Heather Freeman, director of student media, SUBR. “I have witnessed the dedication and hard work of our students, and it is rewarding to see their talent recognized by others.” The Black College Communication Association annually conducts the Excellence in Journalism contest to encourage and recognize excellence among HBCU student journalists and newspapers. The contest is open to BCCA member publications and entries came from the publications’ 2012 coverage. “This recognition is not just for the SU Office of Student Media, but it is also
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next year will be a new year… the work continues, we strive to be the best and awards continue that legacy.” Also, The Southern Digest, earned first place, second place, and honorable mention awards in the 2012 Better Student Competition at the 133rd Annual Louisiana Press Association Convention in Baton Rouge, April 20, 2013. The three awards were among entries from competing college/university student newspapers across the state.
SU’s youngest fall graduates featured-Polite Stewart Jr., 18, (top) and Ronald Alexander, 20, were among the 508 Southern University Baton Rouge students who graduated Friday, December 14, 2012, in the F.G. Clark Activity Center. Stewart and Alexander, hailed by the school as academic prodigies, were profiled in The Advocate. Stewart also was featured in a WBRZ-TV news story.
SUSLA receives EPA grant The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), June 13, 2013, announced Southern University Shreveport (SUSLA), as a recipient of the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communities. By providing Americans in economically disadvantaged communities with job training in environmental health and safety, EWDJT funding helps protect people’s health and the environment while supporting local economies. SUSLA plans to train 60 students and place 55 graduates in environmental jobs. EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program, which provides environmental and health and safety training, helps graduates develop a broader set of skills that improve their ability to secure short-term contractual work, as well as full-time, employment in the environmental field.
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