Quo Vadis, Middlesex County College’s student newspaper, won six awards – including two first-place finishes – in the New Jersey Press Association annual competition. It also took second place in the general excellence category among two-year colleges. One of the first-place awards was in the Arts and Entertainment/Critical Writing category for Dana Lauria’s piece, “Author Revisits ‘Freaks and Geeks.’’ The other first place win was for Photography, where one of Samantha Cheng’s sports photos was cited, “Colts Win By One Point.” MCC took second place in the Overall Website category, and staff members Jade Borges, Bridget Quimby, Claudia Ugbana and Cheng were cited. Quo Vadis also came in second in the Layout & Design category, citing Cheng, Felipe Marroquin, Romit Sarkar and Harsh Godhani. The publication also came in second in General Excellence and third in the Editorial Writing category. Pictured are Quo Vadis staff members Jasmine Montes of North Brunswick, left to right, Matthew Serraty of North Brunswick, Felipe Marroquin of Perth Amboy, Dana Lauria of Piscataway, Harsh Godhani of South Brunswick, Samantha Cheng of Edison, Chris Place of Highland Park, Matthew Thornton of Piscataway, Jade Borges of South Brunswick, and Quo Vadis Advisor Melissa Edwards.
