Congratulations to Chris Urquia, Judah Breitbach, Christian Forde, Annie Robertson and Giovanni Roverso — finalists in this year’s Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards. All five students work for Peninsula College’s Buccaneer student newspaper.

The Mark of Excellence Awards are presented annually at the Washington Collegiate Journalism Conference, which brings together students from colleges and universities around the Pacific Northwest for a day-long workshop series.

Winners will be announced and all finalists will be honored at the conference on Saturday, May 6, at the University of Washington.

For more information, contact Rich Riski at rriski@pencol.edu .

Buccaneer staff from left, back row, are Ivan Sitahong, Kriska Obermiller, Giovani Roverso, Judah Breitbach and Eric Trent; middle row: Matthew Richards, Naomi Gish, Hadasa Winters, Victoria Smith and Nick Johnson; and front row: Chris Urquia, Melissa Copeland, Stephanie LaCour and Brittaney Gurr.