The Office of University Relations won six awards in the annual communications competition sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE District III). The District III awards competition involves schools in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. The awards were announced at the CASE convention held Feb. 5-8 in Nashville. The winning entries were assembled and submitted by University Relations secretary Holley Berry.
Following is a list of the winning entries and the staff members who contributed to producing them:
Award of Excellence: Educational Fundraising
Winning entry: Annual Fund Campaign – The Elon Express
Staff responsible: Jaleh Hagigh, Melisha Chamra, Jerry Tolley, Carolyn Nelson, Christopher Eyl, Jerome Sturm, Nan Perkins
Award of Merit: Internal Communications Programs
Winning entry: Web site and e-mail communication reporting on Elon’s response to Hurricane Katrina
Staff responsible: Dan Anderson, David Hibbard, Cathy Hefferin, Alex Lindgren, David Morton, Jerome Sturm, Jaleh Hagigh, Mandy Byrd
Award of Merit: World Wide Web Home Page Design & Implementation
Winning entry: Elon University home page
Staff responsible: Dan Anderson, Christopher Eyl, Alex Lindgren, David Morton, Carolyn Nelson, Jerome Sturm, Mandy Byrd, Jaleh Hagigh, Cathy Hefferin, David Hibbard
Award of Merit: Low Budget Publications
Winning entry: Admissions @Elon
Staff responsible: Mandy Byrd, Melinda Wood, Susan Klopman, Greg Zaiser, Christopher Eyl, Carolyn Nelson, Jerome Sturm
Award of Merit: Internal Tabloids and Newsletters
Winning entry: @Elon employee newsletter
Staff responsible: Cathy Hefferin, Holley Berry, David Hibbard, Jerome Sturm, Jaleh Hagigh, Dan Anderson
Award of Merit: Excellence in Feature Writing
Winning entry: Hurricane Katrina Article Series
Staff responsible: Cathy Hefferin