WAVERLY, IOWA (March 3, 2022) — Rachel Green, of DeWitt, Iowa, was one of more than thirty Wartburg College students and recent graduates honored at the annual Iowa College Media Association ceremony held virtually on Thursday, February 17.
Green earned second place for Best Video Promo or PSA and third place in Best Video Newscast in the television division.
Student media advisers are Ron Johnson (Knight Vision News), Pam Ohrt (KWAR), and Suzanne Behnke (Trumpet and Knight Wire). Penni Pier, the department chair, oversees the Capstone program.
ICMA is made up of twelve Iowa colleges. The annual conference is held in conjunction with the Iowa Newspaper Association's conference.
Wartburg, a four-year liberal-arts college internationally recognized for community engagement, enrolls 1,543 students. Wartburg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and named after the castle in Germany where Martin Luther took refuge, disguised as a knight, during the stormy days of the Reformation while translating the Bible from Greek into German.