The Upper Midwest Emmy Awards are a division of the

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. The

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division was founded in 1973. In addition to granting the Upper Midwest

Emmy Awards The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

, this division awards scholarships, honors industry veterans at the Silver Circle Celebration, conducts National Student Television Awards of Excellence, has a free research and a nationwide job bank. The chapter also participates in judging Emmy entries at the regional and national levels.Scholarship Program

Boundaries

The academy is divided into the following boundaries and encompasses the states of

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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...

, parts of

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and

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. These boundaries are responsible for the submission of television broadcast materials presented for awards considerations.Boundaries

Board of directors

The Board of Governors is a working board which work together collaboratively to ensure the best interests of the membership.Board of Directors Carol Rueppel, President KMSP/WFTC, Eden Prairie Jason DeRusha, Vice President WCCO, Minneapolis Shari Lamke, Treasurer tpt/KTCA, St. Paul Ken Stone, Secretary University of Minnesota, Woodbury Bridget Breen, Regional Vice President KTIV, Sioux City Charley Johnson, Regional Vice President KVLY/KXJB, Fargo Dave Busiek, Regional Vice President KCCI, Des Moines Beth Jensen, Regional Vice President KELO, Sioux Falls Noel Sederstrom, Regional Vice President KTTC, Rochester Julie Anderson KARE, Minneapolis Claire Auckinthaler Minneapolis Karen Boros University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis Shawn Braith KSTP/KSTC, Minneapolis Harold Crump HBI, St. Paul Dennis Grant KMSP, Eden Prairie Joe Johnston KSTC, Minneapolis Jennifer Kasel WCCO, Minneapolis Susan Loyd WCCO, Minneapolis Joseph Maar FSN, Minneapolis Whitney Mares Padilla Speer Beardsley, Minneapolis Trish Mielke KMSP/WFTC, Eden Prairie JJ Murray Eden Prairie Justin Piehowski IB Systems, St. Paul Barbara Reyelts KBJR, Duluth Kiki Rosatti WCCO, Minneapolis Jim Schiffman Lakeville Government Television, Lakeville

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(GATV) Tim Scully University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Jean Zimmerman Wayzata High School, Plymouth

Emmy award winners

Emmy award winners are individuals who show excellence in the field of television. The Emmys are held to the same esteem as the Oscar Awards are to motion pictures or the

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are to the music industry.Emmy Award Winners

External links

Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Awards Archives
— list of award nominees and recipients since 2000
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Upper Midwest Chapter: An Inventory of Its Regional Emmy Award Winners at the Minnesota Historical Society
— archives of award nominees and recipients since 2000, when the chapter started to present awards

References

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