ACT receives national award
for outstanding year

Andrea Flynn, Corner Post Managing Editor

July 26, 2002, RENO, Nev. - The MU Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) chapter returned home from the ACT national convention in Reno, Nev. with the organization's highest honor - national Outstanding Chapter of the Year.

MU ACT president Andrea Flynn, vice president Jacob Shellabarger, secretary Ginger Berry, treasurer Scott Hopke, reporter Sara Brown and advisor Marilyn Cummins attended the convention July 22-25 and accepted the award on behalf of their chapter.

MU ACT is the third chapter to be honored as Outstanding Chapter of the Year. Oklahoma State University received the award in 2000 and Texas Tech won in 2001.

Photo by Marilyn Cummins ACT members Ginger Berry, Jacob Shellabarger, Scott Hopke, Sara Brown, and Andrea Flynn posing with their awards

"This goes to show what setting goals can do," Cummins said. "Our members came back from last year's convention vowing to take the
top chapter award, and everyone worked together to make it happen. Awesome."

The chapter award was one of several highlights  for
the MU attendees:

• Shellabarger was elected national first vice-president for the upcoming year.

• Past MU ACT president Kyle Durham, Tricia Falter, Rebecca McGovney (a Stephens College student who participates in the MU ACT chapter) and Ryan Squibb won 1st place in the newspaper, newsletter and tabloid category and the "award of excellence" for publications for their work on Momentum, a newspaper for CAFNR alumni.

• Brown and Shellabarger placed 3rd with their public relations campaign for bringing the national agricultural radio show AgriTalk to MU.

• Casey Buckman won 3rd place in the color photography category and Falter placed 4th in the black-and-white photography category.

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