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Applied Communication
Two Students Win Broadcast Educator's Association of Canada Competition
Two of our graduating students, Kyle Surovy and Aaron Bergunder, have won an award for a 30-second promotional piece done for Camosun's Visual Arts department in the annual Broadcast Educator's Association of Canada competition.BEAC is the umbrella organization for communication programs across the country.This is quite an honour for the Applied Communication Program considering that we are, by far, the smallest program in the organization.
National Film Board Scholarship
Graduating Applied Communication student Carrie Moffat has been honoured as the recipient of the National Film Board scholarship "Media Makers with a Disability". The scholarship allowed Carrie to attend the Media that Matters conference in May at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, where she was able to network with media professionals from all over North America, from CBC producers to the founder of Utne magazine. Carrie also has the opportunity to be mentored by NFB producer Tracey Friesen.
Victoria Press Club Scholarship
For the third straight year, an Applied Communication Program student has won the Victoria Press Club Scholarship. Lee Guille's entry was selected based on the strength of his portfolio which included stories and photos which had been published in several regional publications as well as Camosun's student newspaper the Nexus. In announcing the winner, Victoria Press Club (VPC) President Steven Seltzer said the judges were impressed not only with Lee's written pieces but with the photos which accompanied several of the articles. It was this combination of written word and photography that was the deciding factor.
The annual competition for the VPC scholarship attracted applications from UVic, Royal Roads and the Western Academy. Just hours before receiving the scholarship, Lee was contracted by the News Group to do several feature stories for upcoming supplements. His work has been published in the Business Examiner, Attractions BC Magazine, Langara Journalism Review and several News Group publications. While working at the Nexus, several of Lee's articles were picked up by various Canadian University Press member publications.
