Â鶹Դ´ Creative Media students had the opportunity to participate in the annual Iowa College Media Association (ICMA) Convention and Awards on February 6th, 2025 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Â鶹Դ´ students attended the awards ceremony at the Downtown Marriot Hotel, where they garnered a total of 24 awards. Most impressively, the Â鶹Դ´ Creative Media program was presented with the top award for Overall Video Excellence for the 16th consecutive year!
Below is a highlight list of the award-winning entries from the Â鶹Դ´ Creative Media program. (Student video entries submitted were from the eligibility period of Oct 16, 2023 – Oct 15, 2024).
OVERALL VIDEO EXCELLENCE AWARD (2024)
LORAS COLLEGE | DUMEDIA 16th Consecutive Year
BEST VIDEO PACKAGE – NEW, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SPORTS
FIRST PLACE | Behind the Spotlight: Reagan Lindsey – Brady Oberfoell
SECOND PLACE | Exploring Local: Women-Owned Businesses – Nora Bruxvoort
BEST VIDEO PACKAGE – ENTERTAINMENT STORYTELLING
FIRST PLACE | HUMANS: Mixing the ingredients of life – Daniela Bernal
SECOND PLACE | Locally Brewed: Bob & Lou’s – Ellie Mandli
BEST VIDEO PROMO OR PSA
FIRST PLACE | Â鶹Դ´ Boxing Club Hype Video – Â鶹Դ´ Sports Media Class (Sp 24)
SECOND PLACE | MINI Cooper Commercial – Laney Edgeton, Caroline Hutchinson
BEST SHORT FILM
FIRST PLACE | Eighteen Years – Libby Perry, Emily Surma
SECOND PLACE | Bagel Run – Lucas Schoaf, Martin Blythe, and Heath Atz
BEST CORPORATE VIDEO
SECOND PLACE | Junior Achievement 2024 – Lucas Schoaf
BEST SHORT VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
SECOND PLACE | Tim Olson: Observing Oddities – Jessen Weber
BEST VIDEO NEWSCAST
SECOND PLACE | Across the Line – David Peters, Jackson Magad, Sylvie Mersch
BEST VIDEO NEWS PROGRAMMING
SECOND PLACE | True Crime, Truly Unsolved – Anna Tallman
BEST LONG FORM VIDEO DOCUMENTARY
THIRD PLACE | Penalty Kick: A Shot at History – Hugh Molony, Adam Rodriguez
BEST VIDEO SPORTSCASTING
THIRD PLACE | Â鶹Դ´ Football vs. BVU – Ryan Haywood, Brock Booth
BEST EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO
THIRD PLACE | Unwritten – Hunter Jones
Nine additional entries from Â鶹Դ´ students received honorable mentions across various video categories.
To view the students’ videos, visit .
