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College of Communication
Rowan University
Student Achievement Central

(Updated May 2, 2008.)

Students from the College of Communication have distinguished themselves and their university through their scholarly, creative, and professional accomplishments. They have achieved in competition with practicing professionals as well as their peers. Among the milestones our students have achieved in the past five years are:

Awards

American Advertising Federation
2006 Third Place - National Communications Award
2005 Crystal Prism Award

American Women in Radio & Television
2008 Gracie Allen Award (Radio Public Affairs Program) - The Women's Room with Julia Giacoboni
2007 Gracie Allen Award (TV Documentary) - Broken Glass
2006 Gracie Allen Award (Radio Public Affairs Program) - The Women's Room with Kelly King
2006 Gracie Award Best Director (TV Documentary) - Heroin: A Dose of Reality
2004 Gracie Allen Award (TV Documentary) - Fatal Mistakes

Atlantic City Film Festival
2004 First Place (TV Documentary) - Jean Webster: The Mother Teresa of Atlantic City
2003 First Place (TV Documentary) - Dancing with Darkness

Broadcast Education Association
2008 First Place (Educational Programs) – Fading Farms and Saving Grace
2008 Third Place (Educational Programs) – Depression: Sad but True
2007 First Place (Educational Program) - Changing Stations: Radio in Philadelphia
2007 (TV Documentary), Award of Excellence - Broken Glass
2006 (TV Documentary), Award of Excellence - Heroin: A Dose of Reality
2006 Third Place (Best DJ) - Jim Vassallo
2005 First Place (Educational Program) - Making the Team the Hard Way
2005 Second Place (Educational Program) - Childhood Memories: As Seen on TV
2005 Award of Excellence (Documentary) - Tobacco: Filtering Out the Truth
2004 Second Place (Sports Broadcast) - Rowan vs. Ramapo Men's Basketball
2004 Third Place (Sportscast) - The Jay Accorsi Show with WGLS sports director Tom Ortuso
2004 Third Place (Educational Program) - Are You There America? It's Me, God

Cannes Summer Film Festival
2006 Official Selection (Short Feature Film) - If Occurrence

CINE National Awards
2008 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) – Rink of Fire
2008 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) – Burning Out
2007 Jury Award for Best in Competition - (TV Documentary) - Broken Glass
2007 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) - Broken Glass
2007 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) - Tonal Colors
2006 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) - Heroin: A Dose of Reality
2006 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) - Finding the Light
2004 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) - Fatal Mistakes
2003 First Place Golden Eagle Award, (TV Documentary) - Ecstasy and Electronica

College Broadcasters, Inc.
2006 First Place (Best Radio Feature) - Changing Stations: Radio in Philadelphia
2004 First Place (TV Documentary) - Dancing with Darkness
2003 First Place (TV Documentary) - Ecstasy and Electronica
2003 First Place (Radio Documentary) - Are You There America? It's Me, God- Part Four
2003 Second Place (Radio Documentary) - Are You There America? It's Me, God- Part One

The Communicator - Crystal Awards
2006 Award of Distinction (Radio Documentary) - America's Future: Packing on the Pounds
2006 Award of Distinction (Radio Sporting Event) - The Rowan Basketball Tenth Anniversary Special
2005 Award of Distinction (Radio Programming) - The Beatles Brunch Club with Sammy Pepper
2004 Award of Excellence (Radio Documentary) - Making the Team the Hard Way
2004 Award of Excellence (Radio Documentary) - Tobacco: Filtering Out the Truth
2004 Award of Excellence (TV Documentary) - Fatal Mistakes
2003 Award of Excellence (Radio Documentary) - Are You There America? It's Me, God
2003 Award of Excellence (TV Documentary) - Ecstasy and Electronica
2003 Award of Distinction (Radio Education Programming) - The Rowan Radio Magic Hat Storytime

The Davey Awards
2007 Silver Award (Radio Documentary) – Hidden Heroin: New Jersey’s Dirty, Deadly Secret
2006 Silver Award (Radio Documentary) - Spyspace: The digital addiction of myspace.com

Delaware Valley Film Festival
2008 Best in Show (TV Documentary) – Rink of Fire
2007 Best in Show (TV Documentary) - Broken Glass

The 48-Hour Film Festival
2006 (Film), Finalist - Behind the Flames: As the Fire Burns
2005 (Film), Audience Award - Nights at the Round Table
2004 (Film) , Finalist – The Delivery

Garden State Film Festival
2006 First Place (Film) - If Occurrence

Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival
2007 First Place (Film) – Lots of Lollipops
2007 Third Place (Film) – Scratched

Hope and Light Film Festival
2006 Official Selection (TV Documentary) - Finding the Light

JAIME Award (International Television Association)
2003 (TV Documentary) - Breaking the Silence

Montclair Emerging Film and Videomakers
2007 Official Selection (TV Documentary) - Tonal Colors

National Broadcasting Society
2003 Finalist (TV Documentary) - Breaking the Silence
2003 Finalist (TV Documentary) - Rowan Magazine

The National Headliner Awards
2005 First Place (Radio Public Affairs) - Tobacco: Filtering Out the Truth

New Jersey Associated Press Broadcasters
2004 First Place (Best College Radio Production) - Making the Team the Hard Way
2003 First Place (Best College Radio Production) - Are You There America? It's Me, God

New Jersey Film Festival at Cape May
2007 Official Selection (TV Documentary) - Tonal Colors
2007 Official Selection (TV Documentary) - Broken Glass

New Jersey Newspaper Foundation
2006 First Place – Layout and Design
2006 Second Place – Sports Writing
2006 Third Place – Feature Writing
2005 First Place - Feature Writing
2005 Third Place - Opinion Writing
2005 Third Place - Arts and Entertainment Writing
2004 Second Place - Breaking News

New Jersey Young Film and Video Makers (Annual student competition)
2004 First Place (TV Documentary) - Ecstasy & Electronica
2004 Third Place (TV Documentary) - Fatal Mistakes

Philadelphia Advertising Club
2006 Outstanding Achievement Award
2003 ADDY Award

Philadelphia AIR Awards
2007 First Place (College Radio News) - The Rowan Report
2007 First Place (College Public Affairs) - A Community Affair
2007 First Place (College Sports Announcer) - Jim Vassallo
2007 First Place (College Promo) – Rocky Promo
2006 First Place (Best College Radio On-Air Personality) - The Jim Vassallo Show
2006 First Place (Best College Radio Documentary) - Changing Stations: Radio in Philadelphia
2005 First Place (Best College Radio Sports Reporting) - Pro Football Preview Show with Jim Vassallo
2005 First Place (Best College Radio Entertainment Program) - The 12th Hour with Andy Goldstein
2005 First Place (Best College Radio Promo) - Friday Night Rock Show
2005 First Place (Best Original Radio PSA) - March of Dimes, producer Heather Shanley
2004 First Place (Best College Radio Documentary) - Childhood Memories: As Seen on TV
2004 First Place (News Reporting) - The Rowan Report with Kristin Davis

Philadelphia Film Festival
2007 Official Selection (Film) - Lots of Lollipops
2006 Official Selection (Film) - If Occurrence
2005 Official Selection (Film) - Nights at the Round Table
2004 Official Selection (Film) - The Delivery

Philadelphia Press Association
2005 Second Place (Radio Spot News) - Rowan Radio Newsminute
2004 Grand Award Winner for Public Service - Tobacco: Filtering Out the Truth
2004 First Place (Public Service) - Tobacco: Filtering Out the Truth
2004 First Place (Radio Feature) - Childhood Memories: As Seen on TV
2003 Second Place (Radio Public Service) - REBEL University Project
2003 Third Place (Radio Enterprise Reporting) - Are You There America? It's Me, God

Philadelphia Stories 3
2003 Featured Documentary (TV Documentary) - Not Without a Past

Public Relations Society of America
2006 Pepperpot Award – First Place (Crisis Communication)
2006 Frank X. Long Award (Creative Promotion)
2004 Pepperpot Award – First Place (Public Affairs)

Public Relations Student Society of America
2006 Outstanding PRSSA Chapter in the Nation
2006 Veteran’s Dance Committee Community Service Award
2005 Outstanding Chapter Newsletter
2005 Brodey Student Achievement Award (Arianna Stefanoni)
2004 Outstanding PRSSA Chapter in the Nation
2004 Brodey Student Achievement Award (Chris Lukach)
2003 Stephen D. Pisinski Memorial Scholarship (Chris Lukach)
2003 Edward Bernays Cup (Brian Domingo)

Reality Bytes Film Festival
2007 Official Selection (TV Documentary) - Broken Glass

Rowan University Literary Awards
Edward J. Czwartacki Award for Fiction
2008, First Place, "Echoes," by Bill Stewart, MAW program
Second Place, "I Need a Bike," by Joe Carlough, 2009
Third Place, tie, "Translation," by George Jacob, MAW program; "Things that Can’t be Seen," by David Brennan, MAW program
Honorable Mention, "Kuwait, Briefly," by Kamala Lane, 2008; "The Heart of the Storm," by Daniel Paganelli, 2008; "Rabbi," by Steven R. Levine, 2008

R.U. Award for Poetry
2008, First Place, "Snapshots from the Field," by Jonathan Guito, 2008
Second Place, "Poems 2008," by Katherin Fitzpatrick, 2010
Third Place, "The Homewrecker’s Handbook," by Justin Davis, 2010
Honorable Mention, individual poems, "Hunger," "Pay to Play" by Janelle Tillman, 2010; "Penny Arboretum," "Crystals," "Passion fruit," by Joe Carlough, 2009; "Brother, Sister," by David Brennan, MAW program; "Dragonflies," "Chicago," by Joan Hanna, 2009; "Feeling 'Goodness'," by Anthony Belluscio, 2009; "Finding Daddy," by Calley Steel, 2010

R.U. Award for Creative Nonfiction
2008, First Place, "Snuff," by Rebecca Bland, MAW program
Second Place, "Wonderland," by David Brennan, MAW program
Honorable Mention, "Never There," by Christina Weil, 2008; "Realization through Service," by Mike Breuning, 2011; "Holes in My Pockets," by Gabriel Arnold, 2011

Society of Professional Journalists
2007 First Place (Television Feature) Cindy Lewandowski, Susan Mariduena, Harry Freckenstein, and Tom Finer - Focus on Sexual Assault
2007 Second Place (Radio In-Depth Reporting) Brian Kanady and Julia Giacoboni - Fading Farms and Saving Grace
2007 Second Place (Best Radio Newscast) Rowan Radio Staff - The Rowan Report
2006 First Place (TV Documentary) - Heroin: A Dose of Reality
2006 Third Place (Radio In-Depth Reporting) - Changing Stations: Radio in Philadelphia
2005 First Place (Radio Newscast) - The Rowan Report
2004 Second Place (TV Documentary) - Eastern State Prison
2004 Second Place (Radio In-Depth Reporting) - Clearing the Air: The Facts about Respiratory Disease
2004 Second Place (Radio In-Depth Reporting) - Making the Team the Hard Way
2004 Third Place (Best Radio Feature) - Childhood Memories: As Seen on TV

Summit Creative Awards Competition
2008 Bronze Award, Brian Kanady and Julia Giacoboni - Fading Farms and Saving Grace

Telly Awards
2006 Bronze Award of Excellence (TV Documentary) - Heroin: A Dose of Reality

US 8mm Digital Film Festival
2007Best in Show (Film) - All Grown Up

Research/Creative Writing Presentations and Publications

2008 Eastern Communication Association - Samantha Gable, Hurricane Katrina: The Selective Negligence of FEMA and the Reemergence of a Watchdog Press
2008 Eastern Communication Association - David Penyak, Out of the Closets and into the Streets: The
Queer Nation Manifesto and the (Re)formation of Identity
2008 Eastern Communication Association - Jill Ferrara, Nothing to Lose: Social Protest Rhetoric of the Fat Underground
2008 Eastern Communication Association - Patricia Ryan, Examining the Truth’s ‘Singing Cowboy’
2008 Eastern Communication Association - Allison Chellew, Socializing Gender in Diverse Family
Systems
2008 Eastern Communication Association - Chelsey Rodier, Family Size, Attitudes, and Interaction
2008 Eastern Communication Association - Patricia Ryan, The Effects of Parental Conflict on Adult
Children
2008 Eastern Communication Association - Ian Sheldon, Sibling Attachment and Diverse Relationships
2007 Philadelphia Stories – George Jacob, “Other Things I Won't Tell You”
2007 Philadelphia Stories – Tim Zatzariny, “Nails”
2007 Eastern Communication Association - Rob Ferguson, Survival of the Hippest: PETA's Use of Popular
Culture and the Virtual Sphere.
2007 McFarland Publishers – Heather Urbanski, Nightmares: Cautionary Tales
2007 Eastern Communication Association - Stephanie Melchiore, FAIR Voice: Using the Media to Critique
the Media
2007 Eastern Communication Association - Jennifer Murphy, Online Aesthetics and Engaging Civic
Response: A Case of the Student Advocate
2007 Eastern Communication Association - Libby Ragen, Save Darfur Coalition: The Internet is Helping
to Stop Genocide
2006 Locker Room Books – Cheryl Mercier, My Lover, My Rabbi
2006 Philadelphia Stories – Betsy Haase, “Pieces: A Memoirette”
2005 AuthorHouse – Gene Tsao, Anaeas in China
2005 New Jersey Life - Amy Kudelka, “Just Left of Paradise”
2005 Thompson Delmar Publishing – Lisa Rysinger, Exploring Digital Video
2004 Banyan Review – Cindy Cheyney, “Sour Grapes”
2004 New Jersey Monthly Magazine –“Interview with James Gandolfini”
2004 College Composition and Communication Conference – Liz Condal, Jennifer Hammond, Betsy
Langley, Bill Menschner with Jeffrey Maxson, Alt Dis in the Composition Classroom
2003 International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts – Heather Urbanski, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Rhetoric