Student Media

Dec 15, 2015

Gilbert appointed to College Broadcasters, Inc. board of directors

Student Media Associate Director Jamie Lynn Gilbert was appointed to the College Broadcasters, Inc.’s board of directors for a one-year term as secretary, effective December 1, 2015. 

Aug 5, 2015

Gilbert promoted to associate director of NC State Student Media

NC State Student Media announces the promotion of Jamie Lynn Gilbert to Associate Director, effective June 1. Gilbert has served in the assistant coordinator/director role since May 2006. Gilbert handles assessment efforts for the department, including developing annual goals and measuring progress. She helps develop and manage a $900,000+ annual budget, makes monthly budget reports to… 

May 28, 2015

All Summer No Bummer with Radio K and WKNC

WKNC 88.1 FM at NC State and Radio K, student-run radio at University of Minnesota, have joined forces to release “All Summer No Bummer,” a collaborative mixtape featuring 20 summery songs from North Carolina and Minnesota. Last week the stations premiered two tracks each day selected by the other station and then released the whole set… 

May 26, 2015

Student Media Receives Recognition for Website Accessibility

Four Student Media websites were recognized in the third annual NC State Global Accessibility Awareness Day Challenge, a month-long contest designed to promote accessibility throughout the campus and improve the accessibility of campus websites. WKNC placed first in the small sites (fewer than 100 pages) category. The site began the challenge with more than 11,000 accessibility… 

Apr 22, 2015

WKNC creates music visualizer

A group of WKNC students placed second in NC State Libraries’ inaugural Code+Art Student Visualization Contest. Sponsored by Christie Digital systems, the competition called for students to create large-scale, data-driven “generative artwork” for display on the twenty-foot wide Art Wall and iPearl Immersion Theater at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus. The WKNC… 

Mar 30, 2015

WKNC launches new website

WKNC 88.1 FM has launched a newly designed website, wknc.org. This effort is the first major overhaul of the website since 2007 and features a modular, mobile-responsive design. “For a school with such a large engineering and technical presence, we’d fallen behind in terms of our website,” John Kovalchik, WKNC general manager, said. “The new design… 

Nov 28, 2012

Windhover, Technician Win Gold Circle awards

N.C. State Student Media received 12 national Gold Circle awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Now in its 29th year, the contest attracted more than 10,000 entries from student-produced newspapers and magazines at high schools and colleges across the country. Work published between June 16, 2011 and June 15, 2012 was judged in 34 magazine and 78…