Awards
Donald W. Poucher, TEL 1964, MA 1965, assistant vice president for marketing and communications for UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, recently received the Irving Award from the American Distance Education Consortium in New Orleans. He has served as chair of the Telecommunication Advisory Council for the College and as president of the Ag Institute of Florida.
Yvette Cardozo, JM 1966, writes and photographs stories for publications worldwide with her husband Bill Hirsch. In 2005, she won second place in Northern Lights, a journalism competition in Canada; two first place and one second place awards for photography and a second place for stories in the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association competition; and second place for self-illustrated photo story for the Society of America Travel Writers-Western Chapter. In 2004, she won first place in the photo humor category from the Society of American Travel Writers. She was recently inducted into the Independent Florida Alligator Hall of Fame.
Louis Schiff, PR 1977, court judge for Broward County, was recently honored by the Broward County School Board as Adult Volunteer of the Year for his work during the past six years as the jazz band director of Sawgrass Springs Middle School.
Darcy Silvers, JM 1979, successfully earned the Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) designation from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). She is senior copywriter at Lenox in Langhorne, Pa., and a freelance consultant.
Sue Wagner, JM 1981, is WUFT’s director of communications. She received a 2004 Flanagan Award for Total Outstanding Performance along with five other College staff employees.
Erik Waxler, TEL 1994, is sports reporter at WTHR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis. He won a Regional Emmy for Sports Reporter for his feature, “Critical Catch.” It focused on Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Brandon Stokley, whose infant son almost died of meningitis a couple seasons ago as the Colts made a playoff run.
Glenda Simmons Jenkins, JM 1992, a reporter for the News Leader in Fernandina Beach, recently won the Gwen Stephenson Memorial Award from the Florida Press Association. She also received first place awards in the news story and spot news picture categories.
communigator wins three magazine awards
The communigator recently won three bronze Florida Magazine Association Charlie Awards: Best Written Magazine, Best Redesign and Best Column (for “Bo Knows?”). “There is a bigness about this magazine that is consistent with what I know about the journalism-communications program at UF,” a writing judge said. “This approach must further energize the school’s impressive list of graduates.”
