Butler Commmunity College brought home six different awards, the most of any 2-year college participating in the event at the Kansas Association of Broadcaster's Workshop and Awards Ceremony in Topeka.
Jarrett Johnston, Augusta freshman, and Elly Grimm, Conway Springs sophomore, won 1st place for Undergraduate Radio Complete Taped Newscast.
Dallas Lore, El Dorado sophomore, received 2nd place in the Undergraduate Research Paper category for his essay "The Great American Avant-Garde." He also received Honorable Mention for Undergraduate TV Station Promotion Announcement and Honorable Mention in the Undergraduate TV Entertainment Program for "Good Riddance: Time of Your Life."
"I've never won anything, or gotten first place in anything before, so it was awesome!" exclaimed Grimm.
Jessica Ihde, Wichita sophomore, also received Honorable Mention for Undergraduate TV Station Promotion Announcement.
Kaitlyn Higgins, Wichita Butler graduate, received an Honorable Mention for her essay "The Life & Stardom of George Straight" in the Undergraduate Research Paper category.
Anjelica Kidd, White City freshman, and KBTL staff, received Honorable Mention for Undergraduate Radio Promotion Event/Activity for their Octoberfeast event in 2010.
These submissions were produced in Broadcast Reporting, Intro to Film Theory, Intro to Mass Comm, Applied Radio I and TV Production II.
The students who went to the KAB event were Kylie Crawley, Kelly Holton, Joanne Farnsworth, Ihde, Grimm, and Johnston. Dr. Keith West, Instructor of Radio-TV-Film and General Manager of KBTL-FM, was also in attendance.
"These workshops are invaluable for our students. They need to hear from professionals in the industry," said West.
After the awards ceremony, there was a series of roundtables that the attendees participated in.
"I learned a lot from the roundtable discussions," said Johnston.
Johnston admitted that he found the speeches a little bit dull, but felt that the more hands-on experience offered by other aspects of the event held a better value for him.
"They gave a lot of good information about what to look for when [stations] hire," said Idhe.
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