The Eagle, Robert Morris University’s student newspaper, won multiple awards at this year’s ICPA (Illinois College Press Association) convention. Designer Nate Daubert won Second Place in the “Front Page Layout” category. Former Editor-in-Chief Rasheeda Wadley and former Editor John Edwards, both of whom graduated after the Fall 2011 quarter, received an Honorable Mention (Fourth Place) for their co-written “Sports Feature Story.” Both awards were under the category of “Non-Dailies – 4,000 or more,” meaning non-daily newspapers (the Eagle is monthly) at universities with enrollment of 4,000 or more students.

Nate’s winning front page layout was from the November 2011 issue: http://www.robertmorris.edu/publications/eagle/The_Eagle_November_2011.pdf

Former Eagle Editor-in-Chief Rasheeda Wadley showing off the award certificates she and John Edwards won for their article "Speed, Hard Hits, and Heavy Fines."

The ICPA is an association for college/university newspapers. Membership is open to all four-year colleges in Illinois. Member schools nominate their writers and designers for awards in 29 different categories each year. The Eagle has attended the ICPA convention every year since 2000 and also won an Honorable Mention last year for photography by Staff Writer Aaron Nielsen.