UMC wins seven Best of District V Awards in CASE advertising competitors – News

Illinois State University Marketing and Communications (UMC) took residence seven Best of District V Awards in CASE’s regional advertising competitors for pictures, tales, movies, and web sites created for college purchasers and flagship communication channels.

Among Illinois State’s profitable entries have been two that have been acknowledged earlier this yr within the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE’s) worldwide Circle of Excellence competitors. Below is the complete listing of UMC’s Best of District V Awards winners.

CASE is a world nonprofit group devoted to instructional development and champions training to rework lives and society. The awards acknowledge distinctive achievement in development providers, alumni relations, communications, fundraising, and advertising.

District Five, the Great Lakes District, is one in every of CASE’s eight geographic areas and encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The 400-plus member establishments embrace the likes of the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Award-winning entries

• Communications, Storytelling: Slice of College: How pizza formed the Redbird expertise
• Writing, News/Feature (1,000+ Words): Slice of College: How pizza formed the Redbird expertise
  • A staff led by UMC author John Twork, M.S. ’12, and together with graphic designer Mike Mahle and internet designer Ella Jahraus ’20, M.S. ’22, received writing and storytelling awards for the net and print variations of a State journal story about how pizza has formed the expertise of generations of Redbirds.

• Marketing, Micro-sites (Other): Campus construction projects
  • Kevin Bersett, MBA ’17, UMC’s affiliate director for strategic communications, collaborated with Kristie Toohill ’97, M.S. ’16, director of Facilities Management; Alexander Campbell ’19, MBA ’21, Facilities Services’ advertising and communications coordinator; the Office of Technology Solutions; and the related campus models to create webpages showcasing Illinois State’s newest development tasks.
• Photography, Individual Photographs: Leah Marlene at the Braden Auditorium
  • UMC college photographer Shea Grehan ’20 took this award-winning {photograph} of Leah Marlene singing on the Braden Auditorium through the University’s 2024 Homecoming.
• Videos, Student Audience (Short): May the 4th Be With You
  • UMC multimedia director Hugh Sullivan, multimedia specialist Brie Byers, and video intern Nate Richards created this Star Wars-inspired video to have fun spring 2024 graduation.
• Video, Fundraising (Flash Campaign/Giving Day): Let’s Build
  • Sullivan, Richards, and video intern Mollie Pollock led a staff that made this Lego-inspired stop-motion video selling Birds Give Back, Illinois State’s designated giving day, organized by University Advancement
• Writing; Research, Medicine, and Science News: Deeper which means: Ciphers reveal greater than hidden messages
  • This story about Professor Katherine Ellison’s cryptography analysis was revealed within the spring 2024 situation of Redbird Scholar journal. Then-UMC editor and author Matt Wing wrote the article, which was laid out by UMC graphic designer Sean Thornton ’00, M.S. ’17 ’22.