SCSU alumna Anna Behning has been named a Sportscasters Talent Agency of America (STAA) All-American, which annually recognizes the most outstanding collegiate radio and TV sports broadcasters.
Behning graduated in May with a degree in Mass Communications and was a top-six finisher for the coveted Jim Nantz Award, presented to the top collegiate broadcaster by STAA since 2009.
St. Cloud State University’s Husky Productions has earned even more national recognition. The student-run organization was recently named a finalist for four Sports Video Group (SVG) awards during the 2023 awards process.
Since 2006, Husky Productions has earned 14 SVG awards and will find out if it will be adding to that list when the award winners are announced on May 31 during an awards presentation at the SVG College Summit in Atlanta.
St. Cloud State University has once again been nationally recognized by the Broadcast Education Association for being one of the top broadcast schools in the country based on the creative achievements of students.
Alumnus Sam Goetzinger, who graduated from St. Cloud State in 2022 with a Mass Communications degree with an emphasis in Creative Media Production, received 2022 Jim Nantz Award All-American Honorable Mention recognition by the STAA All-America Program in May.
While working for both the Minnesota Wild and the Minnesota Whitecaps, St. Cloud State University alumna Alexis Pearson ’19 has adjusted to dealing with working in sports during a shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Chris Withers, a 2003 St. Cloud State University mass communications graduate, returns to the producer chair in July while working Chicago White Sox baseball games for NBC Sports Chicago.
St. Cloud State University mass communication graduates Ben Pluimer ’04 and Mike Oliver ’04 recently played prominent roles in a nationwide virtual town hall production for Nickelodeon surrounding the topic of COVID-19.
Jesse Groettum, who graduated from St. Cloud State University in 2018 with a degree in mass communications and political science, is currently helping with COVID-19 efforts in North Dakota during the pandemic
Stephanie Theisen, who majored in marketing and minored in mass communications at St. Cloud State University in 2004, continues to climb the ranks at Leighton Broadcasting after recently being promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company.
]St. Cloud State University faculty members in the mass communications department are gaining valuable information through externships to help propel the top-notch program at the University.
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