Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Public communication units at Mississippi State University are winners of some 30 top creative awards presented this year by the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi.
At the organization's 2008 spring conference held in Tunica, the Office of Agricultural Communication took the 2008 Grand Award in Electronic Media, while the Office of University Relations received a similar honor in the print media category. The electronic media award recognized the OAC's long-running "Farmweek" television series, while the print category award spotlighted the UR-produced "2007 President's Report: The State of State," a 24-page, full-color publication.
The two public information offices on the Starkville campus, along with the University Relations Office at MSU-Meridian, also received other honors in CPRAM's senior division. They include, by categories:
Electronic Media
RADIO SPOTS: MSU-M, first place, "Next Stage of Your Life"; second place, "Earn Your Degree In-State" and "Bulldog Nation"; and third place, "Dawg Days of Summer."
TELEVISION PROGRAMS: OAC, first place, "Farmweek" (in addition to the Grand Award); second place, "Southern Gardening."
TELEVISION SPOTS: MSU-M, first place, "Earn Your Degree In-State" and "Bulldog Nation"; OAC, second place, tractor safety public-service announcement.
WEB PAGE DESIGN: OAC, first place, department of plant and soil sciences; second place, department of animal and dairy sciences; third place, MSUCares.com.
Print Media
ADMISSIONS AND RECRUITMENT PIECE: UR, first place, 2007 MSU recruitment series.
ADVERTISEMENTS/PRINT MEDIA: MSU-M, third place, "For the Different Ages and Stages in Your Life."
ANNUAL REPORT: UR, first place, "2007 President's Report: The State of State" (in addition to Grand Award); OAC, third place, "2008 Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine Annual Report"; UR, honorable mention, "2007 Student Affairs Annual Report."
BROCHURE: OAC, second place, "Mississippi Women in Agriculture."
COLOR PHOTOGRAPH: OAC, first place, "100 Years of 4-H in Mississippi" series; second place, "Puppy Care"; third place, "Golden Eagle Care."
DIGITAL ART/PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATION: OAC, second place, "Fishing Mississippi's Ignored Streams."
FEATURE STORY: MSU-M, second place, "MSU-Meridian Social Work Students Volunteer Time, Gain Experience."
INSTITUTIONAL MAGAZINE: OAC, first place, LandMarks magazine.
NEWSLETTER: OAC, second place, Pegasus Press.
NEWS STORY: OAC, first place, "Potential cat disease increases tick concerns."
SINGLE-PIECE ARTWORK: OAC, second place, "Greenhouse Tomato Grower's Survival Guide" DVD packaging; UR, third place, 2007 Lyceum Series poster.
SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: UR, first place, "Step into the Maroon."
SPORTS STORY: OAC, first place, "Life as MSU mascot suits Bully to a 'T'.
Special Categories
CREATIVE PARTNERS: MSU-M, first place, "MSU-Meridian and Mississippi Public Broadcasting Host 'The War.'"
EXHIBITS: MSU-M, first place, "Step into the Maroon" 2007 main-event booth.
PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN/MULTI MEDIA: OAC, third place, "Mississippi in Motion"; MSU-M, honorable mention, "Earn Your Degree In-State."
PUBLIC RELATIONS INNOVATION: MSU-M, third place, MSU-Meridian blanket.
University staff members recognized in the various winning categories included (alphabetically, by office):
MSU-MERIDIAN: Linda Butler.
OFFICE OF AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATION: Tim Allison, Karen Brasher, Linda Breazeale, Cindy Callahan, Jane Clary, Bonnie Coblentz, Courtney Coufal, Patti Drapala, Artis Ford, Robyn Hearn, David Lack, Kat Lawrence, John Long, Jim Lytle, Marco Nicovich, Rick Nofsinger, Pat Owen, Keryn Page, Bob Ratliff, Nick Simmons, Phillip Smith, Richard Snyder, Leighton Spann, Landon Summers, Patsy Sykes, Amy Taylor, Tom Thompson, Kim Trimm, Brian Utley, Robert Wells, Herb Wilcutt, Norman Winter, Annette Woods, and Greg Word.
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS OFFICE: Megan Bean, Kenny Billings, Maridith Geuder, Kristen Hines, Russ Houston, Mary Howell, Kay Fike Jones, William Mott, Becky Smith, and Allen Snow.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.