Education briefs: LHS Magpie wins awards at Ball State conference
May 1—LHS Magpie wins awards
The staff of Logansport High School's student news website, Magpie, won numerous awards and honors last Friday while attending the high school journalism conference JDay+/CCIM+, a journalism, media and communications conference for junior and high school students at Ball State University.
Senior Gretchen Prifogle was one of the top winners amongst Logansport Students, winning two Superior Feature Story Package (Broadcast) awards. She also received honorable mentions for Feature Story Package (Broadcast) and News Story Package (Broadcast) which she earned alongside her brother, Cooper Prifogle.
Gretchen Prifogle and senior Emily Sanchez won Superior Multimedia Story (Online/ Print News).
Other award winners included Jasmine Zimmerman, Excellent Feature Story (Online/ Print News); Emily Sanchez, Excellent Feature Story (Online/ Print news); Veda Fagner, Superior Multimedia Story (Online/ Print News); Carissa Dawson, Superior Multimedia Story (Online/Print News); Yoslen Santana, Excellent News Story (Online/Print News); and Justin Snay, Superior Review/Analysis (Online/Print News).
Honorable mentions included Leah Alder, Honorable Mention Information Graphic (Online/Print News); Kylee Langley, Honorable Mention Feature Story (Online/Print News); Veda Fagner, Honorable Mention Illustration/Cartoon (Online/Print News); Jackson Lythgoe, Honorable Mention Review/Analysis (Online/Print News); Kylee Langley, Honorable Mention Sports Story, (Online/Print News); Reyna Hernandez, Honorable Mention Photo Illustration/Photoshopped Photo (Photojournalism) and Carson Dubes, Superior Photo Story (Photojournalism).
Ivy Tech Day raises $395K
Ivy Tech Day — the annual statewide Day of Giving supporting the greatest and most immediate needs for students attending Indiana's largest, open access postsecondary institution — resulted in 2,892 individual contributions over 24 hours totaling more than $395,000. Contributions received on April 23 far exceeded 2023 results and will create opportunities for Ivy Tech students to improve their lives while driving Indiana's economy forward.
Ivy Tech Day brought alumni, students, and friends of the College together to celebrate more than six decades of achievement and opportunity in communities across the state. Events at Ivy Tech's 45 locations throughout Indiana — including 19 campuses — connected Hoosiers to the mission of the state's community college system. Several campuses turned their communities "Ivy Green" for the day, while statewide partner Azzip Pizza generously contributed 20 percent of all Indiana sales on Ivy Tech Day to the College. The day started with AES Indiana lighting its Indianapolis headquarters on Monument Circle with the College's signature green.
Ivy Tech picks program provider
Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana's largest postsecondary institution and the nation's largest singly accredited community college, has selected eCampus.com, a leader in online bookstores and collegiate retail solutions, to support the institution's Ivy+ Textbooks equitable access program and campus retail operations.
Ivy+ Textbooks is Ivy Tech's award-winning program that provides students 100% of required course materials on or before the first day of classes for one low and predictable per-credit-hour cost. Through this program, eCampus.com will ensure Ivy Tech's students across 19 campuses are prepared for success on day one. The new partnership will launch in Fall 2024.
Ivy Tech students will seamlessly enjoy the benefits of Ivy+ Textbooks as soon as they register for courses. Through advanced technology platforms, eCampus.com will create customized course material orders for students according to their class schedules, thus removing the stress of finding affordable materials and wondering how much those course materials will cost each term. Equally beneficial is the seamless delivery model through IvyLearn, the College's online learning platform, where digital content can be automatically accessed inside the student's learning management system account.
Beyond student benefits, faculty will enjoy a simplified process for selecting and adopting course materials through eCampus.com's robust online adoption platform.
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