League Reaffirmation - Johnson County Community College

Student awards
Interior design
In 2006­2007, 20 JCCC interior design students
volunteered their services to assist SafeHome, Johnson
County’s shelter for domestic abuse, with the design of
five rooms in their new facilities. Students took field
measurements, interviewed employees about the use of
each room and made presentations of design solutions,
which were accepted and used in the new facility. In
the spring, interior design students designed rooms for
the Junior Women’s Symphony Alliance Designer’s
Showhouse.
“Student community involvement is an important
component of learning for our students. We can
teach theory in the classroom and reinforce the
importance of the information in real­life
situations.”
– Jan Cummings, professor and career
program facilitator, interior design
The Campus Ledger
JCCC’s student newspaper, The Campus Ledger, has
received a number of awards:
• For 2007­2008, the Campus Ledger won second
place in the Best of Show contest at the National
College Media Convention in Washington D.C.
The convention was sponsored by the Associated
Collegiate Press and College Media Advisers. The
Campus Ledger placed second in the division for
two­year schools with 17 or more pages per issue.
• In April 2007, The Campus Ledger was named the
best student newspaper in its division at a state
journalism conference in Wichita. The newspaper
was given the All­Kansas award by the Kansas
Associated Collegiate Press. To receive the award,
the paper scored outstanding marks in all categories
judged, including writing, visuals and design, based
on three issues from the 2006­2007 academic year.
Members of The Ledger staff also received 26
individual awards, including seven first­place
certificates. Miguel Morales, news editor, was
named first runner­up in the College Journalist of the
Year contest, and collected seven individual awards.
• Students Miguel Morales and Kevin Mimms and
the newspaper staff received a First Amendment
Award from the Society of Professional Journalists in
August 2006 for their coverage of allegations and
investigations at the college. The Society’s First
Amendment Award recognizes individuals and
groups for extraordinarily strong efforts to preserve
and strengthen the First Amendment.
• The Ledger was one of 55 newspapers chosen
from 234 entries across the country, and the only
newspaper from Kansas, as a 2006 Pacemaker
finalist by the Associated Collegiate Press.
• In October 2006, the newspaper received a Gold
Medalist rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association in a critique of its 2005­2006 issues
and won second place in the “Best of Show” contest
at the National Media Convention.
• In November 2006, The Campus Ledger was
awarded a $1,000 Louis E. Ingelhart Grant to
promote the First Amendment on campus and within
the community. The grant is administered by College
Media Advisers, a national organization whose
membership includes advisers in college print,
broadcast and new media.
“The journalism and media communications program at JCCC offers students both classroom
interaction with other journalism students and real ­world experience. With the program’s
extensive internships, the largest internship program in the metro Kansas City area,
students further develop their skills by working with professionals in the mass media,
giving students a true introduction to their careers, all in their first two years of college.”
– Mark Raduziner, professor, journalism and media communications
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