Zach Block '99 won first place in Enterprise Reporting for his story on crowding at the Rhode Island Training School, and Fred Melo '99 earned first place in Feature Reporting for a piece about the Hurricane Georges relief effort. Currently, WBRU's 11-person news team broadcasts across Southern New England. We have 300,000 listeners, and most of them have no idea that it's run by students. The award was given to him in June, at the end of the week-long Directors Association Training Academy held at Bryant College. The Academy trains campus officers from Rhode Island and then recognizes outstanding officers at the end of the week.
Consistency is the key.
If you're consistent, you will get recognized. He is currently a graduate student at Salve Regina University in Newport, working toward a degree in Administration of Justice. The award is presented by the American Chemical Society to recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry. He is considering buying laboratory equipment for new experiments with the money. Cane currently teaches organic chemistry and will teach biochemistry next semester.