{"id":11764,"date":"2022-04-19T10:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=11764"},"modified":"2022-05-09T21:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T01:21:53","slug":"elizabethtown-colleges-2022-wwec-award-highlights-bond-between-dedicated-dj-and-student-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/elizabethtown-colleges-2022-wwec-award-highlights-bond-between-dedicated-dj-and-student-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College\u2019s 2022 WWEC Award Highlights Bond Between Dedicated DJ and Student Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s WWEC award, presented at the Elizabethtown College Department of Communications Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 7, highlighted a unique bond between a dedicated DJ and a student mentor. Each year, the award recognizes a dedicated student DJ or station board member from the College\u2019s WWEC 88.3 radio station who has demonstrated their commitment in the studio and at events on campus.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s award was presented to Tommy Levosky, who came to Etown in 2014 when he was hired as a Utility Worker on the College\u2019s Dining Services team. A devoted Etown employee, Levosky\"\"<\/a> also has an unmatched passion for the radio, and his dream job is to be the host of his own radio show. Levosky has been involved in several shows for the College\u2019s radio station throughout the years<\/a>, and also participates in the Best Buddies in Pennsylvania, a friendship and leadership development program for individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n

Public Relations and Graphic Design double major Christian Schaaf \u201922 nominated Levosky for this year\u2019s WWEC award. After working closely with him in the radio station for the past two semesters, Schaaf said the decision was an obvious one.<\/p>\n

\u201cTommy is the exemplary role model for all WWEC DJs,\u201d Schaaf said. \u201cHe has the greatest passion for radio and is at home in the station. He is a natural and he inspires me every week!\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Schaaf and Levosky first connected at the beginning of fall 2021. When Levosky reached out to the WWEC email account to ask if anyone could do his show with him, Schaaf jumped at the opportunity. He spends an hour in the studio with Levosky each week, playing some of their favorite music and answering trivia questions related to the theme of the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cTommy dedicates a lot of time to plan out his radio shows,\u201d Schaaf said. \u201cI love that he plans different themes for his show every week. For instance, one theme was \u2018American Idol,\u2019 and he chose all songs from American Idol contestants for his show that week. We always laugh a lot and have a great time!\u201d<\/p>\n

Schaaf has truly enjoyed the time he\u2019s spent with Levosky over the past year, and he said he\u2019s learned a lot from the experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have learned the importance of pursuing your interests, passions, and dreams,\u201d Schaaf said. \u201cTommy belongs on the radio, and it has been an honor doing his show with him! I am excited to see what he does with the radio in the future!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s WWEC award, presented at the Elizabethtown College Department of Communications Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 7, highlighted a unique bond between a dedicated DJ and a student mentor. Each year, the award recognizes a dedicated student DJ or station board member from the College\u2019s WWEC 88.3 radio station who has demonstrated their commitment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":11797,"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":[774,775],"tags":[29,197,1350],"class_list":["post-11764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-campus","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\/11764","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\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11764"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11906,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11764\/revisions\/11906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}