The University of La Verne inducted eight former student-athletes, as well as the entire 1981 women’s volleyball national championship team, into the Athletics Hall of Fame at a ceremony Saturday at Sheraton Fairplex Hotel and Conference Center.
The Telly Awards, College Broadcasters, Inc. and Broadcast Education Association are only a handful of the prestigious international and national organizations that have honored the communications department at the University of La Verne.
Students had to take turns to accept the many awards announced at the Inland Southern California Society of Professional Journalists 2007 Excellence in Journalism Awards on Saturday.
Television broadcasting students from the University’s communications department won six Western Access Video Excellence Awards – more than any other university in the Western United States.
A renaissance woman, senior Veronica Andrews is looking to place in the national track and field championships, where being in the top eight will give her the All-American title that she’s been reaching for during her entire career at the University of La Verne.