The Study Abroad Summer in Florence 2008 poster Susan Menassa designed for the Office of International Affairs received an Award of Merit in this year’s IABC Cleveland Vision Awards The awards ceremony is scheduled for June 3 in Cleveland.
Kent State University Captures Top Communication Awards
Kent State University publications received two awards in the 2007 Circle of Excellence Awards sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
In the CASE international competition, the Kent Campus viewbook received a gold award in the category for Individual Student Recruitment Publications. Christopher Buttenschon of the Admissions Office wrote the winning entry; Ramona Stamm, University Communications and Marketing (UCM), served as editor.
The Oscar de la Renta exhibit catalog won a bronze award in the Individual In-house Publications category. The catalog was produced for the Kent State University Museum by museum director Jean Druesedow, writer; student Erin Burns, photographer; Judy Jerkich, editor; and assistant professor Joan Inderhees, graphic designer.
In addition to those international awards, Kent State received regional recognition in the 2007 Vision Awards sponsored by the Cleveland Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC).
Susan Menassa, UCM senior editorial/communications specialist, received the Award of Excellence in the Communication – Creative category. Menassa designed a series of pieces – brochures, postcards, posters and a folder – to market Kent State’s Office of International Affairs and its Study Abroad programs. Other instrumental players on this project included: Ken Cushner, executive director of International Affairs; Alan Coe, assistant director of International Affairs; and from UCM Ramona Stamm, coordinator, publications; Melissa Edler, PR/Marketing coordinator; and Gary Harwood, coordinator, photography.
UCM’s Web Redesign Team at Kent State University earned two Awards of Merit in the Communication Creative and Communication Skills divisions. The awards for Electronic Communication and Interactive Web Sites and Communication were presented to the team, which included Lin Danes, Stefanie Moore and Gina Prodan from UCM; and David Cunningham, Christine Shih and Elizabeth Wyglendowski from Information Services.
The Web redesign team gave the old Kent State Web site a facelift by adding drop-down menus to expand navigation, improving content and design by incorporating Flash technology to support special university efforts, and supporting web accessibility by providing quick access to a text-only generator and offering alternate color schemes for those with poor vision. These are just a few of the improvements made on the Web site that helped the team earn the awards.
Barbara Reilman, a student designer from UCM, had work featured in the Student-Designed Visual and Identity Publications category from IABC. Reilman earned an honorable mention for creating a family of marketing pieces – ads, table tents, T-shirts, banners and posters – to promote the Biloxi, Miss., relief effort, Kent State United for the Gulf Coast. This marks Reilman’s second IABC Vision Award. Others who worked on this project were Gary Padak, dean of Undergraduate Studies; George Garrison, professor of Pan-African Studies; and from UCM Ramona Stamm, coordinator, publications; Lisa Lambert, PR/Marketing coordinator; and Bob Christy, photographer.
Congratulations to the following recent UCM award winners!
Apex Awards for Publication Excellence:
The magazine Web site won a Grand Award, one of only 105 given, out of thousands of entries received. The site was entered under the Web and Intranet sites/Nonprofit category. Congratulations, Gina Prodan and the magazine team!
The Newcomen Society speech ("Kent State University at 95: Keeping the Public in "Public University") won an Award of Excellence (one of seven in the Speech & Script Writing category). Congratulations to Susan Rogers for the writing and to Gary Harwood for the photos!
League of American Communications Professionals 2005 Vision Awards:
The President's Report from last year won a Silver Award. More than 1,900 entries were submitted representing 16 countries. Congratulations to Nick Moore, Ron Kirksey, Lisa Lambert, Melissa Edler, Susan Rogers, Gary Harwood, Bob Christy and Jeff Glidden for your fine work!
For more information on UCM's award winners, contact Flo Cunningham, director, at fcunning@kent.edu.
President's Report and Magazine Web Site Winners of Magnum Opus Awards
In the category for:
Best Overall Design — 4+ color
From concept to execution, from big picture to minute detail, you’ve created a publication that has readers singing your praises.
... the President's Report received a silver award, placing it in the same category with Disney, Cincinnati Magazine, SunGard, Penn State, etc.!
In the category for:
Best Publication Companion Web Site Design
In your book, online doesn’t mean afterthought. Instead you created a companion site worthy of your best print work.
... the magazine Web site won an honorable mention, placing it in the same category as Disney, Costco, American Bar Association, etc.!
Here's a brief description of the awards program, from the Web site:
When created with the readers' interests in mind, a quality newsletter or magazine not only will forge a strong relationship between your organization and its customers, it will entice them to interact with you. Just like newsstand magazines, corporate publications should demonstrate a commitment to the reader, and make a clear statement: "We know what you need, and we're going to deliver."
The Publications Management Magnum Opus Awards are designed to honor publications that deliver — strategically, editorially and visually — with a quality consistency of the highest order. Brought to you in conjunction with the Missouri School of Journalism, the Magnum Opus recognizes the achievements of those of you who work painstakingly every day to produce corporate publications that get results for your organization.
Congratulations to Nick Moore and Gina Prodan for their work on these publications!
UCM has won four awards in the CASE V competition this year.
Category 21: Video PSA / Commercial
Gold: Learning by Living campaign
UCM team
Category 24: Best Web Site, Individual Page or Section
Silver: Kent State Magazine Web site
Gina Prodan, Flo Cunningham
(note - there was no gold award given in this category)
Category 26: Best Annual Report
Bronze: 2004-2005 President’s Report (Staying Ahead of the Curve)
Ron Kirksey, Nick Moore, Gary Harwood, Bob Christy, Jeff Glidden, Susan Rogers, Lisa Lambert, Melisssa Edler, Flo Cunningham
Category 29: Excellence in Design: Series
Bronze: Midterm Awareness Promotion
Barbara Reilman, Ramona Stamm, Terri L. Capellman, Wayne G. Schneider, Flo Cunningham
(note - there were no gold or silver awards in this category)
For more information on the CASE V awards, visit the Web at http://www.casev.org/about/index.cfm. Congratulations to our winning teams!
This Must be UCM's Year - the Department Wins MORE Awards!
The MarCom Creative Awards have been announced, and once again, UCM had a very strong showing. UCM wins the following awards.
- Platinum - TV campaign for "Learning by Living"
About 15 percent of entries win platinum awards; platinum winners are listed on the Web at www.marcomawards.com and receive a statuette, designed and cast by the artisans at the same company that crafts the Oscar, Emmy and MTV Awards! The statuette weighs 3 pounds and stands 13 inches tall on a hardwood base. http://www.marcomawards.com/winners/television/television_a.html
- Gold - Web Site/e-Zine for "Kent State Magazine (online)"
Gold - Annual Report for "President's Report - Staying Ahead of the Curve"
About 16 percent of entries win gold awards; gold award winners also receive a statuette!
- Honorable Mention - Magazine/Educational Institution for "Kent State Magazine"
About 10 percent of entries win honorable mention awards
The MarCom Creative Awards in an international awards competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals.
UCM Earns Printing Awards for Publications
HKM Direct market Communications (a University Communications and Marketing contract vendor) announced that four recent Kent State publications have received design/printing awards.
Honors College brochure, Barbara Reilman designer, received the Ben Franklin Gold award from the Association of Printing House Craftsmen.
The 2004-2005 President's Report, Nick Moore designer, received a Ben Franklin Silver award from the Association of Printing House Craftsmen and a Bronze award from the Printing Industries Association of Northern Kentucky and Ohio.
The Golf Teaching and Learning brochure and the Portfolio '05 program -- designed by the students in GYLPHIX, the in-house studio of the School of Visual Communication Design -- each received Bronze awards from the Association of Printing House Craftsmen and the Printing Industries Association of Northern Kentucky and Ohio.
Five UCM Projects Win 2006 Communicator Awards
Five University Communications and Marketing (UCM) projects were recognized at the 2006 Communicator Awards. The winners were:
- Award of Excellence: "Learning by Living Campaign" - TV campaign
- Award of Distinction: 2004-05 President's Report ("Staying Ahead of the Curve") - design/annual report
- Award of Distinction: Kent State Magazine - magazine/educational institution
- Award of Distinction: "Learning by Living: Journalism" - TV spot
- Honorable Mention: 2004-05 President's Report - photography
The Award of Excellence is presented to those entrants whose ability to communicate elevates them among the best in the field. About 14 percent of the entries won this award. The Award of Distinction goes to projects that exceed industry standards in design or communication skills. Approximately 18 percent of the entries won this award. Honorable Mention certificates are granted to those entries that the judges feel are also worthy of special recognition. About 7 percent received this honor.
Recognizing outstanding work in the communications field, the Communicator Awards is an international competition honoring talent and work that serves as a benchmark for the industry.
(posted May 25, 2006)
Reilman Wins Vision Award for Midterm Campaign Designs
The votes are in: Barb Reilman, graphic design intern with University Communications and Marketing (UCM), received Honorable Mention in the 2006 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Vision Awards for her Midterm Awareness Campaign designs.
Reilman's work will be recognized at the IABC luncheon on May 23 in Cleveland.
For the Midterm Campaign, UCM teamed up with First-Year Experience, Research Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (RPIE), Undergraduate Studies, and Enrollment Management and Student Affairs to improve student success at Kent State. The campaign aimed to make students aware of the importance of freshmen midterm grades on overall student success and retention.
Reilman's hip, stylish designs on fliers, ads and posters were complemented by the campaign's messages, which included midterm countdowns, study tips and witty advice.
So it's no coincidence that by late fall, results showed students' midterm performances had improved. The percentage of Kent Campus first-time freshmen with a 2.0 or above GPA at midterm jumped from 65.2 last year to 69 percent.
Congratulations again to Barb Reilman on her IABC Vision Award recognition!
Check out some of Reilman's Midterm Campaign poster designs, and then read more about the campaign in "Midterm Results Are In."
(posted May 11, 2006)
UCM Photographer Wins Big at Ohio News Photographers Association Competition
Congratulations are in order for Photographer Gary Harwood, who took home first prize in the Pictorial category at the 56th annual Ohio News Photographers Association (ONPA) Pictures of the Year Competition.
The winning photograph, "Return of Spring," which features a white bird circling the waters of Mogadore Reservoir, was used to illustrate a poem in Akron Life and Leisure Magazine's "The Visual Word" series. The series was a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and University Communications and Marketing.
According to the Ohio News Photographers Association, 124 photographers from across Ohio submitted 1,937 entries in the news photography contest, which was judged at Kent State University.
(posted Feb. 15, 2006)
President’s Report Earns Award for Excellence
Kent State University’s 2003-04 President’s Report was recognized for excellence with an Honors Award in the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) 2004 Vision Awards Annual Report Competition.
The President’s Report, “A New Perspective on Public Higher Education,” presented a wide variety of faculty, staff and student achievements as it introduced the university-wide strategic plan to a broad audience. View the report on the university’s Web site.
According to the LACP, the competition attracted 1,435 entries, 28 percent of which represented Fortune 1000 companies. Kent State’s entry was produced by an in-house creative team of University Communications and Marketing staff members: design director Nick Moore; researcher and writer Susan Rogers; editors Flo Cunningham and Ramona Stamm; and photographers Bob Christy, Jeff Glidden and Gary Harwood.
(posted July 6, 2005)
UCM Photographer Wins Best of Show
Congratulations to University Communications and Marketing photographer Gary Harwood! His entry at the 2005 Symposium of University Photographers Association of America (UPAA) won Best of Show, making it the highest rated photograph in the competition.
Harwood’s entry “Circle Dance” — a feature photograph taken in the Rockwell Hall atrium — showcased several members of the Manchester Dance Ensemble. This accomplishment spotlights Harwood’s talents and the university on an international level.
Photographers from the Mid-American Conference schools did very well in the peer-judged competition, ranking higher than several prestigious universities.
The UPAA, founded in 1961, is an international organization of college and university photographers concerned with the application and practice of photography as it relates to the higher education setting.
(posted July 1, 2005)
2005 Communicator Awards Honor Two UCM Projects
Two University Communications and Marketing projects were recognized at the 2005 Communicator Awards with the Award of Distinction. The winners were:
- 2003-04 President's Report, "A New Perspective on Public Higher Education," which introduced Kent State's stakeholder-based, university-wide strategic plan toward fulfilling its four guiding principles.
- A keynote speech on leadership, higher education and personal success delivered by President Carol A. Cartwright to the Chagrin Valley Chapter of Business and Professional Women/USA.
Recognizing outstanding work in the communications field, the Communicator Awards is an international competition honoring talent and work that serves as a benchmark for the industry.
(posted June 6, 2005)
UCM Graphic Designer Wins Award of Excellence at 2005 IABC Vision Awards
Congratulations to graphic designer Shon Burks! His entry in the 2005 IABC Vision Awards won an Award of Excellence — the highest category in the competition.
Shon's entry was BLIND NESS: The Irresistible Light of Encounter — Invitation, Insert and R.S.V.P, Student Design. This accomplishment spotlights Shon's talents, the School of Theatre and Dance and the university to an important audience in Northeast Ohio.
Each year, the Cleveland Chapter of IABC honors outstanding achievements in communication with the Vision Awards. The Vision Awards competition provides a forum for sharing and recognizing exceptional communication practices and work by Northeast Ohio professionals. To learn more about the IABC and the Vision Awards, visit www.iabccleveland.com.
Kent State University Communications and Marketing welcomed Shon as a graphic designer in May 2005. Prior to joining UCM, he worked as an intern in the department, where he acquired over four years of experience in the field before graduating from Kent State in Fall 2004.
(posted June 6, 2005)
UCM Wins Awards for Various Publications
Kent State Magazine's summer 2003 issue, "Fields of Change," received a 2004 APEX Award of Excellence in the "magazines and journals - printed four-color" category. APEX Awards are based on "excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence."
UCM also congratulates Ramona Stamm, coordinator of publications, and the Photo Team (comprised of Bob Christy, Jeff Glidden and Gary Harwood) for winning honorable mention in the 2004 IABC/Cleveland Vision Awards competition for the Portfolio 2003 Program Book. The Portfolio program book features the photos of our own UCM photographers, plus former student photographer employee Scott Galvin. Glyphix did the design.
IABC is the International Association of Business Communicators. Ramona's entry competed with entries from top communications agencies, independent contractors and corporate communications departments all over Northeast Ohio.
(posted July 20, 2004)
Kent State Takes Honors in Marketing Communications
Kent State University's marketing and communications efforts recently received honors from several professional organizations.
CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, awarded a silver medal to "Flash Communications," the student public relations agency operated jointly by University Communications and Marketing and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The entry - Flash Communications: Linking the Classroom with Professional Experience - was among 20 submitted in the Individual Student Involvement Projects category; only two silver medals were awarded. CASE is an international organization for advancement professionals in alumni relations, communications and development.
The Communicator Awards, an international competition that recognizes outstanding work in the communications field, honored four University Communications and Marketing projects. More than 3,700 entries were received from throughout the United States and several foreign countries for this year's Print Media competition. The winning entries were as follows:
Crystal Award of Excellence: 2002-03 President's Report ("100 Ways Kent State Is Changing Lives");
Award of Distinction: Kent State Magazine summer 2003 ("Fields of Change") and 2003 State of the University Address;
Honorable Mention: A speech on "Keeping the 'Public' in Public University," delivered by President Carol A. Cartwright at the Penn State Forum.
A Kent State radio commercial earned a gold award in the 19th annual Admissions Advertising Awards, sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report, "the national newspaper of admissions marketing." The commercial was a collaboration among an advertising class in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (script writing); students from the School of Theatre and Dance (voices); WKSU (production); and University Communications and Marketing (coordination). The radio spot ran on local stations to promote the Admissions yield receptions.
A "Professional Development in Education" catalog produced by the College of Continuing Studies received a merit award in the same competition, in the class schedule category.
University Communications and Marketing also took honors in recent area printing competitions - one gold and two silver awards from PiaNKO (Printing Industries Association Inc., serving Northern Kentucky and Ohio); two gold, four silver, two bronze and one "Judges Gallery" from the Ben Franklin competition; one bronze and two honorable mentions from the International Gallery of Superb Printing. The College of Continuing Studies also earned a bronze award from the International Gallery.
(posted June 14, 2004)
Kent State's President's Report Wins Bronze Award
Kent State’s President's Report ("100 Ways...") won a bronze award from the League of American Communication Professionals in its "2002 Vision Awards" annual report competition (educational category). UCM staffers who contributed to the publication include Bob Christy, Jeff Glidden, Gary Harwood, Nick Moore and Susan Rogers.
The 2002 Vision Awards Annual Report Competition drew an unprecedented number of entries representing a broad range of industries and organizational sizes. More than 900 entries were submitted, so competition was exceptionally tough. Publications were judged in peer-level competitions, which are described in the classes below. To view the winners for each competition, simply click on the class name. A winners' showcase profile is available for winning publications whose entry form indicated participation. For More information, visit http://www.lacp.com/2002vision/C9.HTM.
UCM Wins Two CASE Awards
Kent State University won one gold and one silver medal in the annual Circle of Excellence Awards program sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), an international professional organization.
Gold in Individual Student Involvement Projects
Kent State won a gold medal in the Individual Student Involvement Projects category for the collaborative work between three separate disciplines – Photojournalism, Visual Communication Design and Fashion Design and Merchandising. The combined efforts of the disciplines includes an annual project showcasing students’ original design work, as well as the fashion industry partnership projects, completed in the School of Fashion Design and Merchandising.
Known as “Portfolio,” it is self-funded through revenue generated by the project, and implemented with a high level of volunteer student talent and enthusiasm.
Kent State’s entry included color photographs of “Portfolio 2002” and copies of media reports related to the project.
Silver in School and College Partnerships
The university's “Palm Education Pioneers” entry won a silver medal in the category of School and College Partnerships (no gold medal was awarded in the category).
The Palm Pilot Education Pioneer (PEP) Project, a collaboration of Palm, Inc., SRI International, Kent State’s Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET) and school districts in both Summit and Portage Counties, is a manifestation of the “No Child Left Behind” legislation. Under a PEP grant awarded to RCET in May 2001, 11 teachers received Palm IIIc handheld computers to use with their students.
The partnership enabled all of those involved to discover the wealth of software and peripherals that exist to support handheld learning. The handheld computers become much more than personal calendars and information managers, and every student was involved in hands-on, active learning.
Kent State’s entry included a copy of the CD-ROM “Palm Education Pioneers: Examining the Potential of the Handheld Computer” and copies of media reports related to the project.
CASE, based in Washington, D.C., is the professional organization for advancement professionals who work in higher education alumni relations, communications and development. Official award announcements are posted on the group's Web site at www.case.org/awards.
Kent State Earns Three Admissions Marketing Awards
Kent State University earned three of HMR Publications Group's 18th annual Admissions Marketing Awards. Winning entries included:
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The College of Continuing Studies' Bronze Award for its 2002 Professional Education Catalog;
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The Admissions Office's Merit Award for its recruitment CD-ROM; and
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University Communications and Marketing's Silver Award for the "Nursing" TV spot, which can be viewed online by clicking here.
For a complete list of winners, visit this Web site: http://hmrpublicationsgroup.com/amr_award_winners.htm.
President's Report Earns Platinum Award from LACP
Kent State University's President's Report 1991 - 2001 (published last year) has received a platinum award from the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP). The LACP's Annual Report Competition received more than 600 entries from corproations, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, educational instituions and government entities. Kent State's report placed within the top 100 annual reports at 77th.
Kent State staffers from the Division of University Relations and Development comprised the team and included: Susan Rogers, assistant director, executive communications; Nick Moore, graphic designer; and Jeff Glidden, photographer. For more information or to view the judges' ratings, see http://www.lacp.com/2001ars/c19.htm.
Kent State's Photographers Sweep Competition
University Communications and Marketing’s team of award-winning photographers recently captured yet more awards. During the University Photographers Association of America’s 41st Annual Technical Symposium, held in June at Kent State University, Kent State’s trio of photographers swept the Photo Feature category and earned multiple other awards. (To see some of the award-winning photographs, click on pictures in the UCM portfolio, which appears across the top of our Web site.)
Kent State’s photographers earned these honors:
Bob Christy, photographer:
Honorable Mention, Portraits & People
Second Place, Photo Feature
Jeff Glidden, photographer:
First Place, Photo Feature
Second Place, News & Feature
Gary Harwood, chief photographer:
Third Place, Campus Environment
Third Place, Photo Feature
The full list of categories and awards includes:
Portraits & People
Sports
News & Feature
Campus Environment
Research/Scientific/Nature
Photo Feature
Personal Best
Best of Show Print
Photographer of the Year
This year's entries included more than 400 photographs depicting various aspects of university life which have been used in campus promotional and recruitment publications. Winning photographs and publications were selected by a jury of university photographers from across the United States and Canada.
The UPAA is an international organization of several hundred college and university photographers concerned with the application and practice of photography as it relates to the higher education setting. Our organization is committed to photographic excellence through continuing education and networking with our professional colleagues.
Kent State's 2001 President's Report Received Award of Excellence
Kent State's 2001 President's Report recently received an Award of Excellence in The Communicator Awards 2002 Print Media Competition. The award is the top award level in the annual competition for work in the communications field. This year, about 11 percent of the 3,600 entrants from throughout the United States and several foreign countries were judged by a panel of industry professionals to merit an Award of Excellence, which, according to The Communicator Awards organization, recognizes "companies and individuals whose talents exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry." Kent State's President's Report team consisted of University Communications and Marketing staff members Susan Rogers, researcher/writer/editor; and photographers Bob Christy, Jeff Glidden and Gary Harwood. Nick Moore of the Alumni Relations office served as designer/art director.
Kent State was one of just seven universities nationwide represented among the top tier of award recipients, which was dominated by professional advertising, public relations and corporate communications agencies. For a full list of award winners, visit http://www.communicator-award.com.
Kent State Earns Multiple Gold Medals from CASE
Kent State University holds two gold medals in the annual Circle of Excellence awards program sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), an international professional organization.
Gold in Special Events Category
The university's special event which kicked off The Campaign earned a gold medal from CASE in the special events category. A total of 107 entries were judged in this competition and four gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals were awarded.
Gold in Individual Photography Category
CASE awarded University Communications and Marketing's photographer Gary Harwood a gold medal in the individual photography category. A total of 79 entries were judged in this competition and two gold, three silver and three bronze medals were awarded.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education, based in Washington, D.C., is the professional organization for advancement professionals who work in higher education alumni relations, communications and development. Official award announcements will be posted on the oranization's Web site at http://www.case.org/awards.
UCM Earns Printing Awards for 10 Publications
Warren Printing (a University Communications and Marketing contract vendor) announced that 10 of our department's publications have received design/printing awards, as noted below. The letter from Warren states, "The winning combination of your vision and creative talents together with our dedication to craftsmanship has indeed produced unprecedented results!" Congratulations to our designers and publications/printing staff! (note, PIANKO = Printing Industries Association of Northern Kentucky and Ohio)
2002 – Gold Award – Pocket Folders with Inserts, 1 or 2 colors, “KSU Kupita/Transiciones Folder” – Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen (Designed by Darryl Crosby, UCM)
2002 – Gold Award – Newsletters up to 16 pages, 1 or 2 colors, “KSU Kupita/Transiciones Newsletter” – Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen (Designed by Darryl Crosby, UCM)
2002 – Gold Award – Invitations and Greeting Cards, 1 or 2 colors, “KSU Founders Scholars Ball Invitation” – Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen (Designed by KSU alumna and free-lance designer Sharon Baden, working with UCM and Development)
2002 – Silver Award – Invitations and Greeting Cards, 4 colors or more, “KSU-Cunningham Hall Invitation” – Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen (Designed by KSU alumna and free-lance designer Pat Molendyke, working with Noel Simms, UCM)
2001 – Silver Award – Newsletters and House Organs, 1 or 2 colors, “Kupita/Transiciones Program” - PIANKO (Designed by Darryl Crosby, UCM)
2002 – Bronze Award – Pocket Folders with Inserts, 6 colors or more, “KSU-Cunningham Hall Folder” – Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen (Designed by KSU alumna and free-lance designer Pat Molendyke, working with Noel Simms, UCM)
2002 – Bronze Award – Pocket Folders, up to 5 colors, “Kent State University Imagine Folders” – Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen (Designed by ST&P Communications, working with UCM)
2001 – Bronze Award – Brochure and Catalogs-Institutional, 4 colors or more, “Cunningham Hall” - PIANKO (Designed by KSU alumna and free-lance designer Pat Molendyke, working with Noel Simms, UCM)
2001 – Bronze Award – Brochures and Catalogs-Institutional, less then 4 colors, “Kupita/Transiciones Program” - PIANKO (Designed by Darryl Crosby, UCM)
2001 – Bronze Award – Announcements and Invitations, less than 4 colors, “Founders Scholars Ball Invitation” - PIANKO (Designed by KSU alumna and free-lance designer Sharon Baden, working with UCM and Development)
UCM Holds CASE Grand Gold in Integrated Marketing
Kent State University holds one grand gold medal, two gold and a bronze in the annual Circle of Excellence awards program sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), an international professional organization.
Grand Gold in Integrated Marketing
The university's "Imagine" campaign won CASE's highest honor, the grand gold medal, in the category of Integrated Marketing Programs. This award recognizes Kent State for its eight-campus-wide integrated marketing program.
It was presented on July 2 at the CASE Assembly in California. The award came with a $1,000 prize from Lipman Hearne Inc. of Chicago.
Kent State’s entry included television and radio spots, the redesigned Web page, an “Imagine” banner and a student recruitment CD-ROM. Publications targeted to business professionals, alumni and donors were also part of the entry.
According to CASE, there were 23 entries, with one grand gold medal and two silver medals awarded in the Integrated Marketing Program category.
Gold in Special Events
Kent State won a gold medal in the Special Events category to recognize the activities surrounding the 30th May 4 observance. There were 55 events offered by more than 30 academic departments, student organizations, alumni and community groups that marked the yearlong commemoration.
A focal point of the commemoration was a scholarly symposium, "The Boundaries of Freedom of Expression and Order in a Democratic Society." Other events, centered on the theme "Experiencing Democracy: Inquire, Learn, Reflect," included a performance by the Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Festival Chorus of a commissioned orchestral work; a book signing for "Kent State and May 4: A Social Science Perspective" by Jerry M. Lewis and Thomas R. Hensley; and a "Media and Democracy" panel sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The 30th May 4 Commemoration Committee was made up of more than 35 members of the faculty, staff, students and community and was co-chaired by Dr. Richard Bredemeier, emeritus vice president for enrollment management and student affairs, and Dr. John Jameson, professor and chair, Department of History.
According to CASE, there were 88 entries, with four gold, two silver and four bronze medals awarded this category.
Gold in Media Relations
Kent State's other gold was in the Specific Media Relations Programs category, for the media relations program of University Relations and Marketing, which helped the media interpret the context of May 4, especially for the 30th commemoration. There were 55 entries in this category, with two gold, one silver and three bronze medals awarded.
Bronze in Advertising
In the Advertising category, Kent State won a bronze medal for its "Imagine" campaign. Of the 61 entries in this category, one gold, two silver and two bronze medals were awarded.
In her announcement to the Board of Trustees in May, President Carol A. Cartwright said these awards provide national recognition for the efforts to build an identity for Kent State that matches the excellence of its programs, students, faculty and staff.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education, based in Washington, D.C., is the professional organization for advancement professionals who work in higher education alumni relations, communications and development. Official award announcements are posted on the group's Web site at http://www.case.org/awards/alumni2001/default.cfm.