N.C. State's Student Media Board of Directors hired the media's top leaders for the 2012-2013 academic year at its March 13 regular meeting. Mark Herring, Alex Sanchez, Lisa Dickson, Michael Jones and Olivia Pope will lead their respective organizations.

Applications are now being accepted for editor of Nubian Message, the weekly sentinel of the African-American community at N.C. State celebrating its 20th year of publication in 2012-2013. The Nubian Message editor will being his or her term in office the day after the last day of classes in the spring semester and continue until the last day of classes in the following spring.

Join Nubian Message, the sentinel of the N.C. African American community since 1992, for a panel discussion on Diversity in the Media. The event will be Wednesday, Feb. 29 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Washington Sankofa room of Witherspoon Student Center.

The Student Media Board, which hires and provides input to the collective Student Media in accordance with our constitution, contains three student body representatives elected at-large in a student body election. Nominations are being accepted now through Monday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. Any students interested in running for the Student Media Board should visit the NCSU Student Government Board of Elections for more information.