Maverick Students Win Awards

STILLWATER – Members of Northern Oklahoma College’s student newspaper, The Maverick, won five individual award for writing and photography at the Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association annual spring conference.

 

The conference is hosted each April by the Paul Miller School of Journalism on the campus of Oklahoma State University.

 

Sports editor Tony Hines and reporter Jessica Bittner won multiple awards.

 

Hines, a freshman from Perkins, won second place in Feature Photography and earned honorable mention in Feature Writing. Bittner, a sophomore, won second pace in Feature Writing and earned honorable mention in Feature Writing.

 

Sophomore Jesse Bussey won second place in Feature Writing.

 

As an overall publication, The Maverick won an Award of Merit, the second highest rating given by conference judges.

 

Advisers from the Kansas Collegiate Press Association judged the contest. All of Northern’s entries were produced during the fall 2007 semester.

 

Elizabeth Golliver, a freshman from Agra, was editor of The Maverick during that semester. Kelly S. Wray is The Maverick faculty adviser.

Cruise With Northern Alumni and Friends

JENNY DAVIDSON

Managing Editor

The Northern Oklahoma College Alumni & Friends will take a seven-day cruise to the beautiful ports of Canada and New England this autumn.

They will view the fall foliage in ports such as Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, New Brunswick (Bay of Fundy); Boston, Mass.; and Portland, Maine.

Sheri Snyder, vice president Development and Community Relations for Northern Oklahoma College, and Kirby Tickel, director Northern Oklahoma College Alumni & Friends Association, in conjunction with the Northern Oklahoma College Foundation, Inc., recently announced they are partnering with Cruises and More in Ponca City.

Cruises and More Travel is owned by Joyce and Larry Davis of Nardin, Okla., and is operated by Joyce and her staff.

Joyce is a certified travel consultant and has been active in the travel industry for over 28 years. As a travel agent, she organizes and escorts group trips, has taught travel classes at the college level, and now operates Cruises and More on a daily basis.

Northern and Cruises and More are working together to offer some exciting trips at the best value, while still offering quality, safety and expert guidance.

Northern and Cruises and More will begin their partnership with a New England Fall Foliage cruise departing from New York City. This trip will include air, the cruise, and an optional two-night pre-cruise package so the group can see a Broadway show and do some sightseeing.

For more information, contact Cruises and More at info@cruisesandmore.com or 580.765.4600.

DMI Film Festival

CHAD JOHNSON
Staff Writer

 

The Digital Media Institute at Northern Oklahoma Collage will have a film festival called Epic Shorts.

 

It will be held at 1 p.m. April 22, 2008 on the Tonkawa Campus in Wilkin Auditorium.

 

The film festival will be judged by a selected jury on the following; storyline, creativity, cinematography, composition, editing, sound, and overall quality.