As the 2019-2020 school year comes to an end, Vanderbilt Student Communications (VSC) has announced the recipients of its annual awards and picked the division heads for next year, including two new divisions. The Student Media Marketing Group was launched last year and and Vanderbilt Lives was created this year as an effort to annually publish a volume of creative nonfiction essays.

2020-2021 VSC Division Leaders

• Rozi Xu, President of Student Media Marketing Group (est. 2018)
• Alex Camai, Editor in Chief of Vanderbilt Lives (est. 2018)
• Minna Apostolova, Editor in Chief of Vanderbilt Vanguard
• Dave Ghosh, Editor in Chief of Vanderbilt Business Review
• Grace Liu, Editor in Chief of Synesis (est. 2015)
• Ellie Hooey, Station Manager of VandyRadio (est. 2013)
• Hannah Grewal, Director of Vanderbilt Recording Studio (est. 2013)
• Drew Perez, Editor in Chief of Vanderbilt Political Review  (est. 2008)
• Stacy Horton, Student Director of Vanderbilt Video Productions (est. 2007)
• Madison Hitchcock, Editor in Chief of The Slant (est. 2000)
• Emily Kopec, Editor in Chief of The Vanderbilt Review (est. 1985)
• Ayden Eilmus, Station Manager of WRVU (est. ~1950)
• Immanual John Milton, Editor in Chief of The Vanderbilt Hustler (est. 1888)

2019-20 VSC Awards

Alexander Award for Distinctive Journalism

Eva Durchholz and Rachel Friedman

Skip Bayless Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism

Max Schneider

The WRVU Award for Dedication to Excellence in Radio

Julia Schmitt

The Jim Leeson Prize for Journalistic Fairness

Eva Durchholz

Stephen A. Caldwell Leadership Award

Ayden Eilmus

Student Media Most Valuable Player Award

Simon Gibbs

Student Media Innovator Award

Alexa Bussman, Emery Little, and Zoe Rankin

Student Media Rookie of the Year Award

Jessica Barker and Lauren Parker

Vanderbilt Student Communications Honor

Chioma Chukwuma, Madison Hitchcock, and Miquéla Thornton