The University of Georgia earned 14 Best of District III Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, recognizing excellence in education and nonprofit marketing and communications across the Southeast. Nine awards were garnered by UGA’s Division of Marketing & Communications, while the others were earned by the Terry College of Business and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
“The University of Georgia has some of the best communications professionals in the country, and these latest awards attest to that fact,” said Kathy R. Pharr, vice president for marketing and communications and chief of staff to the president. “Our teams represent UGA very well among our peers, and we are very proud of their excellent work.”
UGA Marketing & Communications’ 9 winners and categories include:
- Marketing – Microsites: We Are Georgia
- Photography – Individual Photographs: The Future is Bright (Chamberlain Smith)
- Photography – Individual Photographs: Data Model (Chamberlain Smith)
- Photography – Individual Photographs: Bear MRI (Andrew Davis Tucker)
- Photography – Portraits: Game Changers (Division of Marketing & Communications photographers)
- Photography – Series or Collection: Spring Commencement (Chamberlain Smith)
- Photography – Series or Collection: Sanford Stadium – Game Ready (Andrew Davis Tucker, Chamberlain Smith)
- Video – Promotional (Short): UGA and Bear Hollow Zoo: Students Learn Animal Care (Krista McKinney)
- Writing – Writing: News/Feature (1,000+ Words): A New Public Health Enemy #1 (Leigh Hataway)
Additionally, the Terry College of Business and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences received the following awards:
- Photography – Individual Photographs: Graduation Kiss (Terry College of Business – Brian Powers)
- Photography – Individual Photographs: Swimming in Business (Terry College of Business – Brian Powers)
- Photography – Portraits: Institutional Collaboration (Terry College of Business – Brian Powers)
- Writing: Profile (1,000+ Words): Greener Pastures: Southern Belle Farm’s Jake Carter (Terry College of Business – Ed Morales)
- Magazines – Alumni/General Interest: 2024 Almanac, Volume 3 (College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Office of Marketing & Communications)
CASE is a global association of educational and nonprofit institutions that focuses on best practices in the field of advancement and hosts an annual award competition for higher education, postsecondary and nonprofit institutions.
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