Greensboro College Student Newspaper, Literary Magazine Each Win Prize in State Media Competition
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s student newspaper, The Collegian, and its literary magazine, The Lyre, each won an award at the recent North Carolina College Media Conference.
The paper received an honorable mention in opinion writing for Timothy Crowell’s column, “Why I Changed My Mind About Same-Sex Marriage,” which was published in the Feb. 15, 2017, edition. Crowell is a sophomore psychology and English major from Pinnacle, N.C.
The magazine took second place in two-page spreads for “Postcard from Poland, 1939,” and “City Frozen in Time,” by Andrew Gainey, a senior music major from Greensboro, and Crystal Rothrock, a junior theatre major from Winston-Salem, N.C.
The spread was published in the magazine’s 2017-2018 edition.
For more information about either publication, contact advisor Wayne Johns, associate professor of English, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5415, or email wayne.johns@greensboro.edu.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features an 18-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.
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