Several Uni students and staff were honored on Aug. 15 at the Pens to Lens Gala held at the Virginia Theater in Champaign. Pens to Lens is an annual K-12 screenwriting competition for students in East Central Illinois, culminating in a red carpet premiere of locally produced short films from the winning entries. Uni student screenwriters included seniors Irene Kim (“The Collision”) and Emma Tong (“The Collision”), sophomore Eva Gleason (“Roadblock”) freshman Gloria Kruse (“The Misadventures of the Prince”), and subbie Nayan Gundiah (“The Croissant,” written while a student at Franklin STEAM Academy). Senior Max Wang and Uni social studies teacher Ben Leff shared their acting talent as the stars of “The Collision,” and Uni staff member Yuan Bian served as a production assistant to the film “Airplane Store.” Congratulations to all!