A Decade of EXCELLENCE
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uring the first decade of the 21st century, students in the College of Communications have compiled record-breaking performances in two major national competitions.
In both the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program and the Dow Jones News Fund Editing Internship Program, Penn State students have consistently ranked among the nation’s leaders.
Previous top-10 placewinners in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program include (left to right): Rachelle Santoro, Brian Chapman, Lauren Antonelli and Wade Malcolm. (Photo by Steve Manuel)
In the Hearst competition, Penn State is the only program in the country to rank in the top five of both the intercollegiate writing and intercollegiate broadcast news during the first decade of the 21st century. In the Dow Jones program, Penn State has had more students—63—accepted for internships than all but one other school.
These competitions provide just one measure of success for the College, and it comes as a result of collaboration and planning by faculty and staff and, of course, the standout efforts of our students. The pages of this special section provide some insights and memories from those involved in Penn State’s performances.