Students from ACU's JMC Network won 51 awards at the 100th Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) in Dallas last spring. Awards were given for media including newspaper, radio and television. ACU competed against University of Texas-Austin, University of North Texas and Baylor, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Texas Christian universities.
The Optimist won first in overall excellence; KACU-FM won first in overall newscast and the JMC student media won third place in the newspaper and television sweepstakes. Overall, the JMC Network achieved 14 first-place awards, eight second place awards, 10 third-place awards and 19 honorable mention honors.
