December 2005

Nichols wins Henry T. Price Award for Outstanding Student Copy Editing

Bethany Nichols, a print journalism student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, was recently awarded the Henry T. Price Award for Outstanding Student Copy Editing for the fall 2005 semester.

“I was incredibly honored to even be considered for the award, much less receive it,” Nichols said.

The Henry T. Price Award originated in 2003 to honor the former associate dean who was best known for his tough copy editing courses. Each fall and spring semester, a committee comprised of the copy editing professor, the head of the print sequence, the director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and dean of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies chooses the top student from Journalism 333 (Copy Editing) to receive the $400 award.

Nichols, a junior from Summersville, W. Va., hopes to return to Summersville and work as a copy editor or reporter for her hometown newspaper after graduating next year.