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Rambler staff pose following the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention award breakfast. [Photo courtesy Dr. Jenny Dean]
Texas Wesleyan’s student newspaper, the Rambler, attended the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) 2025 Convention in San Marcos, Texas, bringing home over 15 awards and honors.
Held on April 19-21, the convention saw over 500 student journalists from universities throughout Texas come together for a weekend of workshops, networking and recognition.
Along with over 40 workshops, students participated in live contests involving on-site, deadline-oriented competitions which mimic real-world journalistic scenarios. The Rambler staff placed in two of eight live contests that they participated in. The winners were as follows:
Live Contests
Live Editorial Writing Second Place, Kehinde Hopkins
Live News Writing Second Place, Camila Nguyen
The Rambler additionally won 13 honors for annual contests commemorating excellence in published work from the prior two semesters across several categories. The winners were as follows:
Annual Contests
Feature reporting – Audio Division III Second Place, Kamryn Gibson
Feature reporting – Audio Division III Third Place, Angeles Alvarado
Feature Story Division II Second Place, Kehinde Hopkins
Multimedia Feature Division III & IV Second Place, Camila Nguyen
Multimedia Feature Division III & IV Third Place, Camila Nguyen
Video Sportscast Division II & III Second Place, Thomas Parsons
General News Honorable Mention, Kehinde Hopkins
General Column Division III Third Place, Alexis Bernal
Sports Feature Photo Division III Second Place, Alexis Bernal
Illustration Division III Honorable Mention, Lucia Larruscain
Sports News Story Division III Honorable Mention, Chiara Watson
Special Edition Design – Online Division II, III, & IV First Place, The Gradual
Special Edition Design – Online Division II, III, & IV Third Place, The Gradual
In addition to these awards, The Rambler’s editor-in-chief, Kehinde Hopkins, was honored with the Texas Auto Writers Association Journalism Scholarship. He was one of two recipients across the entire convention.
To keep up with the award-winning work of Texas Wesleyan University’s student journalists, click here.