{"id":11700,"date":"2022-04-08T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=11700"},"modified":"2022-04-08T14:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:00:56","slug":"alumnus-ryan-unger-01-receives-communications-departments-2022-distinguished-alumni-award-at-department-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/04\/08\/alumnus-ryan-unger-01-receives-communications-departments-2022-distinguished-alumni-award-at-department-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus Ryan Unger \u201801 Receives Communications Department\u2019s 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award at Department Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College alumnus Ryan Unger \u201801 received the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award to highlight the College\u2019s Department of Communications Awards Banquet held in the Koons Activity Venue (KAV) on Thursday, April 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

The award recognizes a Communications graduate for their professional achievement, service to the College, and service to the department.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we were honored to recognize Mr. Unger who is a role model for our students and exemplifies the College\u2019s motto of \u2018Educate for Service\u2019 through his leadership and service to his community,\u201d Dean of School of Public Service April Kelly said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unger, an Etown Mass Communications alumnus, is the President and CEO of the <\/span>Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC. He also serves as a member of Elizabethtown College\u2019s Board of Trustees and Alumni Council President.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unger talked with current Etown Communications students about the importance of trusting their own instincts as they prepare to embark on their careers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs you go forward A LOT of people will be giving you advice\u2026parents, professors, alumni, speakers at Comm Banquet\u2026. But the most important person to listen to is yourself,\u201d Unger said during Thursday evening\u2019s speech. \u201cFind time to do that. Find time to connect with yourself. What really excites you. And what you can see yourself doing. And I don\u2019t know what that is. But I do know you will be Blue Jays. Always.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>The department\u2019s 18 graduating seniors were also recognized at the banquet while department awards were presented to students in the following categories: Senior Awards & Recognition, Communications Achievement Awards, Scholarships, Student Media Awards, and Organizational Awards & Special Recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three of the department\u2019s awards are sponsored by local media: WGAL 8 Hearst Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, LNP Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the JPL Award for Excellence in Communications.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Communications Awards Banquet is an opportunity for our faculty to recognize students who have been outstanding in their areas of scholarship,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cIt is a celebration of student achievement.\u00a0 But it is also a testament to the faculty and staff\u2019s commitment to providing the sort of opportunities that allowed the students to flourish.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College alumnus Ryan Unger \u201801 received the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award to highlight the College\u2019s Department of Communications Awards Banquet held in the Koons Activity Venue (KAV) on Thursday, April 7. The award recognizes a Communications graduate for their professional achievement, service to the College, and service to the department. \u201cThis year, we were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":11701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[29,197,1350],"class_list":["post-11700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-communications","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11700"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11708,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions\/11708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}