Berry College

A Berry College creative technology major recently won the top prize of $10,000 for his social media application that targets stock market connoisseurs.

Berry College recently hosted the Novice National Forensics Association National Tournament and won nine awards. The tournament is an annual speech competition for first-year forensics students. This year, the Berry College Forensics Union sent six students to compete. The team earned various awards in different categories, including 2nd place sweepstakes in Division One. The following students earned awards:

Berry College students win big at the PITCH competition ROME, Ga. - Berry College students earned a total of $35,000 competing in the recent PITCH competition.

College Broadcasters, Inc. National Student Production Awards: 3rd Place, Best Video PSA, - "Dangers of Dating," by Carlie Little(Locust Grove, Ga.), Matt Parks ( Montverde, Fla.), Rachel Siler (Adel.Ga.), and Halle Teague (Van Wyck, S. C.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbgtFlP-dgM 2nd Place, Best Live Sports Broadcast, Berry Football vs. Centre College 4th Place, Best Live Sports Broadcast, Berry Softball vs. Rhodes College College Media Association Pinnacle Awards: Honorable Mention, Audio Talk/Entertainment Programs, "Martha's Mysteries," produced by Alyssa Freyman (Cumming, Ga.) https://vikingfusion.com/category/productions/podcasts/marthas-mysteries/ 1st Place, Best Audio Slideshow, "Finding faith and recovery through hunting and fishing," by McKenna Lentych (Ringgold, Ga.) https://vikingfusion.com/2021/06/07/finding-faith-and-recovery-through-hunting-and-fishing/ Southeast Regional EMMY Awards nominees for Student Production Awards: Public Service Announcement, "Domestic Violence," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcMNLK72Qzs Serious News Report, "Students Protest During Berry's 2020 Mountain Day," by Grace Snell (St. Louis, Mo.) https://vikingfusion.com/2020/11/06/students-protest-during-berry-college-2020-mountain-day/ Serious News Report, "The 2020 Freshman Experience: Mental Health," by Madi Rowe (Johnson City, Tenn.) https://vikingfusion.com/2020/11/20/berry-college-2020-freshman-experience-mental-health/ # # #

In the PITCH, a "Shark Tank"-like competition, students showcased their entrepreneurship ideas. Students could pitch their ideas in two categories - the services division and the goods division.

ROME, Ga. - The Berry College student newspaper, Campus Carrier, recently won 13 awards for journalism excellence in the 2020 Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The newspaper received third-place award for general excellence in its division.