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Education Foundation to meet Oct. 30th

  The 9th annual meeting of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists Education Foundation, as required by the IRS, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 (UPDATED) in the NSNC EF Chat Room. The five officers (President Jim Casto, Vice President Eric Heyl, Secretary Dave Lieber, Treasurer Joe Blundo and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Dr. Amy…

College Columnists Scholarships Presented

Award Certificate

Jocelyn Rousey of Boston College was presented with the 2011 NSNC Education Foundation Scholarship award following lunch at an infamous Detroit landmark called American Coney Island. In accepting the award, Jocelyn commented that the thing that had impressed her most about attending the columnists’ conference was the passion for writing that columnists show.  One of…

Scholarship Winners Announced

Jocelyn Rousey of Boston College was announced as First Place winner of the NSNC Education Foundation College Student Scholarship Contest. Second Place went to Gavin Mathis, Washington State University and Third Place winner was Jillian Werthei of  UC  Berkeley. First prize is $1,000 and a trip to the Annual NSNC Conference as a guest of…

Education Foundation Report

The news that comes out of our annual foundation meeting is that the foundation board voted to call for the revival of the legendary silent and live auction in Detroit to buff up our $$$. Secondary news is the board is very appreciative of Dr. Russell Frank for continuing the great tradition set by Joe…