Tennessee State Students, Faculty Win Big at Annual State Associated Press Awards
Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Faculty, Leadership, News, Students, Tennessee, Tennessee State University
Students and faculty from Tennessee State University won several categories in the Tennessee Associated Press Bureau’s annual journalism awards. TSU students captured placed in six radio broadcast categories, and capture three first place awards. Department of Communications Chair Dr. Terry Likes won three first place awards and one-second place.
“We have made a concentrated effort to update our curriculum, hire the best faculty and staff, improve our facilities,” said Likes. “Now it is time to shine and show the rest of the state that we can compete with the best in college journalism.”
The students competed in seven different categories in the college contest against entrants from MTSU, Vanderbilt University, UT-Knoxville, and UT-Chattanooga among others.
