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Huntington University students, former faculty member win media arts awards

Seventeen Huntington University students, including three from Huntington County, and a former member of the HU faculty have earned awards in the 2017 Broadcast Educators Awards Festival of Media Arts.

They will be recognized during the festival, which takes place April 22 through 24 in Las Vegas, NV.

“The Julie Amos Story,” a film created by HU students Adam Konger, of South Whitley, and Randi Orr, of Corunna, was named best of festival in the promotional category of the student video competition.

“Hidden Beauty: Tok-yo,” entered by Dawn W. Ford, former HU associate professor in film, was named best of festival in the mixed video category of the faculty video competition.

Three Huntington Coun-ty students earned first place awards.

Matthew Burris, of Huntington, won first place in the narrative video/
broadcast production category in the student two-year/small colleges com-petition for his film, “Recovery.”

TJ Clounie, of Huntington, collaborated with Rachel Hunter, of Butler, PA, and Emma Fried, of Stoughton, WI, to create “Super Ego Lightning Bolt,” which took first place in the music video category of the student video competition.

Ryan Burson, of Roanoke, worked with Jacob Cross, of Jackson, MI, and Justin White, of Clymer, NY, to take first place in the spots category of the student video competition for “Realtors to the Rescue,” a commercial for Ness Bros. Real Living.

Additional first place winners in the student video competition were Joshua Rosebrough, of Grand Forks, ND; Ben Gammon, of Byron Center, MI; and Taylor Warkentine, of Angola; in the multimedia sound design category; and Marissa Pruett, of Norman, OK, in the animation/experimental/mixed category.

Kayla Mitchell, of Loveland, OH, won third place in the animation/experimental/mixed category of the student video competition.

Three HU entries won awards of excellence, two in short form video or film documentary of the student documentary competition. Those entries were created by a team composed of Joshua Rosebrough, of Grand Forks, ND; Rachel Hart, of Adrian, MI; Benjamin Crane, of Richmond; and Benjamin Gammon, of Byron Center, MI; and a team composed of Evan Matteson, of South China, ME, and Panthelys Theo-doracopoulos, of Honduras.

The third Award of Excellence went to the team of Adam Conger, of South Whitley, and Kelsey Kruse, of Auburn, in the spots category of the student video competition.