Columbia Scholastic Press Association

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) will honor eight advisers with its Gold Key in 2010.

With the Gold Key, CSPA recognizes educators and members of the professional press primarily for their service to the Association. Through their contributions to CSPA, Gold Key recipients have demonstrated their support for excellence in teaching journalism and in advising student publications.

Col. Joseph Murphy began the tradition of awarding Gold Keys in 1929, more than 75 years ago, shortly after the Association was founded in 1925.

The Gold Key Award citations state:

"In recognition of the outstanding devotion to the cause of the school press, encouragement to the student editors in their several endeavors, service above and beyond the call of delegated duty, leadership in the field of education, and support of the high ideals from which the Association has drawn its strength and inspiration."

Gold Keys will be presented to their recipients during a special Adviser Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 10, 2010 at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Kathleen Zwiebel, immediate past president of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association and chair of the CSPAA’s Honors Committee, will read the citations for each recipient while Edmund J. Sullivan, executive director of the CSPA, will present the award to each honoree.

Limited seating is still available for the FREE Adviser Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 19th. While the luncheon is free to attend for all advisers registered for the Convention, each person must reserve their seat in advance. We can only accommodate the first 140 people who reserve for the luncheon. Please reserve your luncheon seat only if you are sure you will be able to attend.

The luncheon is part of CSPA’s 86th annual Convention, held from March 17-19, 2010 at Columbia University in the City of New York.

2010 Gold Key Honorees

Linda Barrington 
Newspaper adviser
Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI

Linda Drake
Journalism adviser
Chase County High School, Cottonwood Falls, KS

Patricia Hinman
Yearbook adviser
Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA

Wanda Pletcher
Newspaper adviser
Altoona Area Junior High School, Altoona, PA

Charles Stevens
Assistant principal
Lee-Davis High School, Mechanicsville, VA

C. Dow Tate
Journalism adviser
Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS 

Rebecca Tate
Journalism adviser
Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS

Bradley Wilson
Student media coordinator
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Please note: school and organization affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.