EIU students received 11 awards today in the Student Silver Dome Awards competition at the IBA-U Student Broadcasting Convention in Chicago:

Best TV Spot- 1st place   Gabe Przygoda & Dustin Tylman (Charleston, IL)
Best TV News Package - 1st place   Zach Nugent (Sheridan, IL)
Best Use of New Media - 1st place   Monica Becker (Bartlett, IL) & Korey Adkins (Mattoon, IL)
Best TV Sports Package - 1st place   Zach Nugent (Sheridan, IL)
2nd place   Rachel Morris (Urbana, IL)
3rd place   Kyle Guertin (Bourbonnais, IL)
Best TV Newscast - 2nd place WEIU News Watch
Best Radio Aircheck - 2nd place Monica Becker (Bartlett, IL)
Best Radio Public Service Announcement - 2nd place    Monica Becker (Bartlett, IL)
Best Radio Spot - 3rd place Ethan Kruger (Aurora, IL)
Best Radio Live Sports - 3rd place Claire Dau (Charleston, IL) & Wally Swenson (Elgin, IL)

EIU's 4 first place awards were the 2nd most among schools from Illinois.

Monica Becker		Monica Becker and Korey Adkins
Ethan Kruger		Korey Adkins, Monica Becker, &  Ethan Kruger