Nine University of Wisconsin Oshkosh radio TV film seniors placed in the 2021 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Student Excellence Awards announced March 6.

For their work with WRST-FM radio, the following UWO students earned awards:

• Patrick Caine, of Lowell, placed second for Halftime Wrap in the Sports Programming-Non Play-by-Play category.
• Max Fredrick, of Appleton; and Gideon Patrick, of Oshkosh, placed first for Script to Screen, Nov. 10, in General Entertainment Program.
• Andrew Haese, of Jackson, placed second for The Shuffle Hour 2, March 11, in Air Check; and third for Combating Cyber Libel in Long Form Production Non-News.

For her work on Titan TV’s Cooking Up Content Promo in the Promotional/PSAs and Commercials category, Kaitlyn Smith, of Oshkosh, earned third place. In that same category, Alaina Verstegen, of Greenville, placed second for her Newman Center Promo.

The following students were part of the UWO team that took first place for UWO in 30: Taste of Japan in the Public Affairs category: Peter Abraham, of Appleton; Corey Hill, of Hawkins; Jack Rindahl, of Milwaukee; and Verstegen.

Wendell Ray is UWO’s radio services director; Justine Stokes is the television services director.

Learn more:

• Study radio TV film at UW Oshkosh
• UWO’s radio TV film department earns UW System Regents Teaching Excellence Award