LVC's La Vie Collegienne Receives Student Keystone Media Award
La Vie is recognized for Web Content.
Annville, PA (03/24/2025) — La Vie Collegienne, Lebanon Valley College's student-run newspaper since 1924, was awarded second place (Division II) for Web Content for the Student Keystone Media Awards. The awards recognize high school and college journalism that provides relevance, integrity, and initiative in serving readers.
Jess Benninger '25, Editor, and Tylee Stauffer '24, Associate Editor, Justin Kopp '25, Associate Editor, and Marina Bitcliff '25, under the guidance of Advisor Jaime Fettrow-Alderfer, Assistant Professor of English, oversee numerous LVC student writers, reporters, and photographers who provide content for the La Vie website and several print editions the team produces every academic year. The staff will be honored at WITF's Public Media Center in Harrisburg on April 3.
Benninger, an English and Psychology double major with a Journalism and Communications, has written for La Vie since her first year on campus.
"This award is very exciting because there have been so many students who have contributed to the website over the past year," said Benninger. "I've been writing for La Vie since my first year at LVC, so it feels full circle to see the staff recognized for stories published during the time that I have served as Editor-in-Chief."
Benninger will continue as Editor-in-Chief until graduating in December.
"I'm so proud of the students, past and present, who recognize the importance of our website," noted Fettrow-Alderfer, who has advised La Vie since 2016. "Their work is on display 24/7, and they take that responsibility seriously.
"Storytelling is critical. I'm very impressed by our students who continue to write stories about students and faculty that matter."
About Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley College, founded in 1866, offers 50 majors in the health professions, sciences, business and digital media, arts and humanities, and education. Hands-on learning, internships, and research are emphasized. LVC offers five direct-entry (bachelor's to master's) programs in Accounting/MBA 3+1, Athletic Training 3+2, Clinical Mental Health Counseling 3+2, Engineering 3+2, and Speech-Language Pathology 3+2, and a nationally recognized six-year Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. There are over a dozen graduate degrees, including an MBA and master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Education, Exercise Science, and Intelligence and Security Studies.
Close faculty-student relationships and mentoring are hallmarks of the LVC experience on its beautiful 370-acre campus. The College encourages student participation in athletics-with 40% competing as NCAA Division III student-athletes in the Middle Atlantic Conference-and student leadership and involvement in over 90 clubs and organizations, many of which are community-service focused. LVC offers generous financial aid and guaranteed merit scholarships that exceeded $52 million in 2023-24. Career success is integrated into the curriculum through the Edward and Lynn Breen Center for Career and Professional Development starting during the first year on campus.
Located eight miles from Hershey, Pennsylvania, this college of 1,600 undergraduate and 400+ graduate students produces alumni who attend prestigious graduate and professional schools and are employed by top companies and school districts.
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