The Department of Communication at Cameron University recently presented students with a variety of awards, focused on the department’s speech team, broadcast students, journalism students and the Lambda Pi Eta honorary society.
Corrine Binnings, from St. Ann, Jamaica, won the Top Undergraduate Award, a recognition of her successful presentation of a paper at the Oklahoma Sooner Conference.
From the speech team, Savanna Sanders won
the Outstanding Individual Events Competitor Award; Danny
McQuarters won the Outstanding Debate Competitor Award; and
Alex Amos won the Outstanding Forensics Contributor Award.
Students honored for their work as TV hosts
include Chidinma Chykugwu and Temilade Adelusi, while those honored for TV
directing include Breshya Lewis and Alexix Page. Tanika Gentry received the
Radio Production award, while Makenzie Burk received the Duncan Economic
Development Foundation Production Award.
In journalism, Jacob Jardel won
for Leadership & Craft; and Tyla Eakins, Joel Frambes and Krista Pylant won
for Writing, Editing & Layout. Eakins also received an award for
Convergence, and Vicky Smith won for Management and Caped Crusader.
Students inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, which
recognizes academic achievement and interest in communications fields, include Samuella Odatrey Addo, Charlene Belew, Mary Ann Davis, Rebecca Hong, Liana
Mingura, Ashley Nix, Morgan Thompson, Samantha Diehl, Komantcia Jones, Savannah
Price, Danielle Quickle, Haley Wilson, and Zachary Young and Adelusi,
Amos, Burk, Chykygwu, Gentry, McQuarters, Page, Pylant, Sanders and Smith.
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