NLC Journalism Students Win a Dozen Statewide Awards

It was another great year for North Lake College journalism students at this year’s Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention, which was held in Corpus Christi in March 2019. Students from the News-Register received 12 awards despite participating in a highly competitive division of colleges that included St. Edwards University, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas Wesleyan University, and Trinity University. Here is the complete list of NLC student winners. First Place: News-Register Staff, Op/Ed Page Design, “Sept. 24, 2018” Cecilia Lenzen, General Column, “Free Speech: It’s OK to Say It” Moises Martinez, Feature Story, “Making A Dream A Reality” Justin Livingston, [...]

2019-04-02T10:20:59-05:00April 1st, 2019|News|

Submit Your Work to the NLC Literary Magazine

This story originally appeared in the NLC News-Register. North Lake College's award-winning literary magazine Duck Soup is composed entirely of student-submitted art, poetry and short stories. We accept any and all submissions for consideration. If you are a student of North Lake College and would like to see your work published in an award-winning magazine, please fill out a submission form and bring it to room A234. You can find the Duck Soup Submission form online: 2018 Duck Soup submission forms (PDF)  

2019-01-08T10:48:42-06:00November 30th, 2018|Arts|

NLC Journalism Students Win Big at TCCJA Convention!

It was another great year for our journalism students at this year’s Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA) Convention, which was held at Texas A&M University-Commerce on this past Friday, October 12. Students from both the college’s newspaper and literary magazine were awarded in more than 17 categories! View the complete list of winners below.  News-Register, Campus Newspaper First Place: Feature Writing: Cecilia Lenzen, “From Pilot to Professor" (Story about George Driscoll) Second Place: Feature Writing: Francesca Crawford, "Inspired by Literature" (Jared Westover profile) Sports Feature Writing: Deanna Swindell, "Pursuing Her Lifelong Dream" profile of Savanna Barron News Photo: Joanna [...]

2018-10-17T09:38:14-05:00October 15th, 2018|Featured Courses, Features|

Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Stockmier

Kathleen Stockmier Kathleen Stockmier enrolled as a journalism student at North Lake College as a 32-year-old mother of two. She had no idea the connection would last a lifetime. A successful career as a TV and print reporter led Kathleen back to North Lake, where she became Student Publications Manager in 1997. Seventeen years and 456 state and national awards into her tenure, NLC’s student journalists are still learning from Stockmier’s leadership. In her role as publications manager, Kathleen supervises the college newspaper, the News-Register, and literary magazine, Duck Soup. She keeps students organized and deadline-focused, helps talented [...]

2017-07-26T21:20:24-05:00December 5th, 2014|Faculty Spotlights, People|

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