Bowling Green, Ky. - For the third consecutive year since resuming publication in 2003, Western Kentucky University’s yearbook has won a national Pacemaker award.

The 2005 Talisman was one of five yearbooks honored by the Associated Collegiate Press during Saturday’s award ceremonies at the National College Media Convention in St. Louis. The Talisman, which resumed publication in 2003 after a six-year absence, now has won 10 national Pacemakers.

Katie Clark of Bowling Green was editor of the 2005 Talisman. Bob Adams and Jackie Bretz are the yearbook advisers.

The other yearbook winners were Indiana University, Kansas State University, Northwest Missouri State University and James Madison University.

Three WKU students were honored in the 2006 ACP Photo Excellence competition. Sara Holcombe, a senior from Vancleave, Miss., received honorable mention in the feature picture category. Greg Barnette, a Bowling Green senior, and Nick Adams, a freshman from Friendswood, Texas, received honorable mention in the sports picture category.

The College Heights Herald, WKU’s student newspaper, was a Pacemaker finalist.

During the Oct. 25-29 convention, Student Publications director Bob Adams was inducted into the College Media Adviser Hall of Fame. Adams received the group’s highest honor for his dedication to student journalism and College Media Advisers. Adams, Herald editor in 1964, has been an adviser to the paper since 1968 and has been director of Student Publications since 1990.

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For information, contact Bob Adams at (270) 745-6278.

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