The Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech, Inc. (EMCVT) is the home of Virginia Tech's award-winning student media groups. They provide information, entertainment, and service to the university community.
There are many opportunities for the students to become involved. Each media group is managed by a student Editor-in-Chief or General Manager and a student Business Manager. Students hold jobs and gain experience in journalism, writing, design, photography, broadcasting, business, and advertising. Visit www.collegemedia.com/join for more information on how you can gain experience and meet people.
The Associated Collegiate Press awarded the Collegiate Times the highest honor in college Web publications, the Online Pacemaker, November 1, 2008 at the National College Media Convention in Kansas City, Mo. Ashley Oliver, a classical studies major from Fredericksburg, Va., won third place in the individual awards for news reporting. Full story.
Collegiate Times alumna Heather McElrath (Communications ’94) created the scholarship to assist students who work in college media and manage the competing demands of classwork, activities, and earning money to help pay for college expenses. Full story.
The college media online store contains everything from the current Bugle Yearbook and beautiful framed photography to WUVT beanies (remember those caps with the little spinners on top). You’re sure to find something for yourself or as a present for a loved-one. Best of all, your purchase supports the educational mission of Virginia Tech’s student media. Take a look.
Amie Steele, (right) 2007-08 editor of the Collegiate Times, accepts the 2007 Pacemaker from ACP's' Sarah Rice.
Collegiate Times and Bugle yearbook place in convention Best of Show awards.
The Collegiate Times took home a Pacemaker and received a standing ovation from a crowd of college journalists gathered at the Hilton Washington October 27 at the Fall National College Media Convention.
The Pacemakers, given by the Associated Collegiate Press each year, are the highest honor in collegiate journalism.
The student newspaper also won 2nd place for its 2007 Football Preview in the Special Sections category of the Best in Show awards, which were announced October 28.
The Bugle received an honorable mention in the Best of Show awards for the 2007 yearbook.
Read about the Virginia Tech students who lead the winning publications in the full story.
The Collegiate Times’ awards include first place finishes in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards for news writing and page one broadsheet design. The paper won numerous Virginia Press Association College Newspaper Contest awards, including first place for general makeup. Full story.
EMCVT and The Cavalier Daily, with the help of the Virginia ACLU, filed suit in federal court challenging Virginia Alcohol and Beverage Control’s prohibitions on alcohol advertising in college and other publications on free speech grounds.