Students gain college experience and journalism knowledge

by Morgan Sanders

This year, journalism students are given the opportunity to have the life of a college student for five days during the summer, made possible by  the University of Iowa’s Summer Journalism Workshops. 

For 12 years, yearbook participants have attended yearbook camps through Jostens, mainly at Coe College, but these were only for yearbook. 

This is the second year Montezuma will be attending the University of Iowa Journalism camps. 

University of Iowa allows students more variety of camps in things other than just yearbook. 

The camp will be held from July 24-28. Attendees will stay in the Currier Residence Hall and will be accompanied the new English/journalism teacher, Anya Johnson.

“At first, it was all overwhelming but in the end I was glad I had the opportunity to go,” said Teona Sutfin, Blue & White designer, about the college experience last summer. 

Students made lasting friendships with people from all over the United States; some students came all the way from Washington state. Students in the 2010-2011 Journalism class have the option to attend. 

Students attending this summer are, Natalie Kirton and Morgan Sanders for Graphic Design, Rachel Ranfeld for Advanced Writers' Workshop and Cami Shaver for Photojournalism. 

Last summer, Jered Engelkind, Teona Sutfin and Alexa Wheaton attended   

Wheaton, Editor-in-Chief of Dreamcatcher said, “I enjoyed going to the journalism camp because it gave us a good start to the yearbook. It was nice to have other yearbook editors there to base ideas off each other and to come up with new ideas for the yearbook.”