The university's student-run newspaper, The Spectrum, competed at a regional conference Feb. 10-12 in Minneapolis and took home three major awards and two individual awards.
Colleges from as far away as New York brought their newspapers and newspaper staffs to exchange ideas and contend against each other for recognition during the Associated Collegiate Press' Best of the Midwest college newspaper convention.
In its category, The Spectrum took second place overall for its regular print edition. The newspaper also earned third place for its website and fifth place for a submitted special edition, which featured the football team's winning the national championship.
In individual categories, Rylee Nelson, former photo editor for the publication, won third place for best news photo for his black and white photograph of NDSU's Kurtis Julson wrestling SDSU's Joe Rasmussen.
In the same category, Cate Ekegren, one of The Spectrum’s two news editors, took fourth place for an image of rhythm and blues star Mike Posner.
This was the most successful year at the competition in recent history for The Spectrum. Last year, the newspaper earned one award and one individual award.
“We are all excited about the recognition we received at the conference,” said Matt Severns, newspaper editor-in-chief. “The entire staff has been working very hard this year, and we're so glad to see some of that work pay off.”