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The American Advertising Federation has selected two University of South Carolina advertising students for its 2008 Most Promising Minority Student Awards.
Seniors Amber Candace Guyton, from Pineville, and Tashia Goodwine of Ridgeville, were among the 50 nationally recognized recipients of the honor Feb. 5-7 in New York.
USC students have consistently been recognized with the award since its inception 12 years ago, a record for any university, according to Bonnie Drewniany, an associate professor of advertising and adviser to the Student Advertising Federation.
The Most Promising Minority Student Award recognizes top minority students across the country who show academic and extracurricular leadership, as well as a promising future in the fields of advertising, marketing, media, and communications, Drewniany said.
Guyton is president of the Association of African American Students and has been a public relations/advertising intern for Communities in Schools of South Carolina, Inc. She is a member of the Richland County District One JUMP Mentoring Program, a Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society student, and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She is also a volunteer at the Waverly Community Center After-School Program and the Wesley United Methodist Church Manna Station.
Goodwine is the publicity chair for both SAVVY and Dance Marathon and a member of the National Honor Society. She is a recipient of the Rick Temple Journalism Scholarship and the Delta Sigma Theta Finer Womanhood Award. She also works as a counselor in the Minority Assistance Peer Program at USC. She took part in the Diversity Leadership Program at Hofstra University, was a KCSA Worldwide Public Relations PR/AD intern, and a Drake Corporate Housing Marketing operations manager intern and event planner.
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Tashia Goodwine of Ridgeville, left, and Amber Candace Guyton of Pineville, received the American Advertising Federation's 2008 Most Promising Minority Student Awards.
