The staff of the 2007 Agromeck yearbook received 11 national Gold Circle Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

According to CSPA, "Gold Circle Awards are offered to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff working with either print or online media."

According to CSPA, about 1,496 awards, representing 12.5 percent of the 11,959 entrants, were given in 75 categories. The awards were announced and presented at the Association's annual convention in March in New York City.

WKNC 88.1 FM, the student radio station at North Carolina State University, made its weekly public affairs program, "Failure to Refrain," available as a podcast on Feb. 20.

Jeff Horn, a senior in economics, started "Failure to Refrain," a program centered on economics and its impact on politics, law, philosophy and other areas of interest, in the fall 2007 semester. Horn and his co-host Nathanael Snow, also a senior in economics, wanted a program that would increase the frequency and quality of public debates, both on the N.C. State campus and in Raleigh.

The Associated Collegiate Press announced Feb. 12, that the NCSU Agromeck yearbook is one of 15 finalists for the national Pacemaker award, one of two top national awards given to college media. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced earlier in the year that the same book, the 2007 edition, would receive a national Crown Award this spring.

N.C. State's student yearboook, the Agromeck, and its literary and arts magazine, Windhover, will be recognized with a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association this coming spring.

"This award indicates that your publication ranks among the best in student journalism," said Edmund Sullivan, executive director of CSPA.