Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Eleven majors in the Mississippi State art department are receiving regional honors for graphic design and advertising achievements.
Three, including senior Misty D. Byrd of Russellville, Ala., and juniors Lindsay C. Noblin of Long Beach and Wesley Stuckey of Mt. Olive, recently took the top awards of separate competition categories in the Arkansas State University Art Director's Club student competition
Byrd won in miscellaneous and editorial; Noblin, in advertising; and Stuckey, in organized campaign. Their works were among only 30 chosen for inclusion in the exhibit from among some 150 entries submitted this year from university and college graphic design programs in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. In Alabama, eight MSU students collected nine of the total 11 student awards presented in the Greater Tuscaloosa Area Advertising Federation's 2005 ADDY competition.
The event is a part of the American Advertising Federation's annual regional design conferences. MSU ADDY regional winners included (by hometown): BRANDON--Senior art major Ellen V. Parker, two Silver ADDYs.
HATTIESBURG--Senior graphic design major Jamie L. Rahaim, a Gold ADDY.
JACKSON, Tenn.--Senior art major Sarah M. Presson, a Silver ADDY. LAKELAND, Tenn.--Senior art major Rebecca D. Thomason, a Silver ADDY.
MERIDIAN--Senior graphic design major Jennifer N. Kopf, a Silver ADDY.
STARKVILLE--Senior graphic design major Sarah A. Foley, a Silver ADDY; senior art major Erin E. Hazlewood, a Gold ADDY; and junior art major Nathan P. Steele, a Gold ADDY. The MSU art department was established in 1968 and today is the largest studio program at a Mississippi institution of higher learning. The department is home to a student American Advertising Federation chapter.
MSU Art Department Student Winners/addendum
LOCAL EDITORS: Parents of the honored art department winners include:
Misty Byrd--Willard Porter of Russellville and Beverly Pace of Haleyville.
Lindsay Noblin--Mr. and Mrs. Michael Noblin.
Wesley Stuckey--Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stuckey.
Ellen Parker--Mr. and Mrs. Randy Parker.
Jamie Rahaim--James Rahaim and Lorraine Rahaim, both of Hattiesburg.
Sarah Presson--Mr. and Mrs. Ted Presson.
Rebecca Thomason--Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomason.
Jennifer Kopf--Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Kopf.
Sarah Foley--Mr. and Mrs. John Foley.
Erin Hazlewood--Cecilia Crowson of Starkville and Jerry Hazlewood of Tishomingo.
Nathan Steele--Dr. and Mrs. Philip Steele.