Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Communication staff members from four Mississippi State University departments are winners of nearly 50 top creative awards presented by the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi.
During the organization's recent spring conference in Vicksburg, the Office of Agricultural Communication received the 2009 Grand Award in Electronic Media, dually recognizing its long-running "Farmweek" and "Southern Gardening" television series.
CPRAM membership includes full-time employees of public and private senior institutions of higher learning, as well as community and junior colleges, who work on their institution's public relations or public information staffs. Personnel in public information or public relations offices of state government educational agencies also may be members.
At MSU, agricultural communications, the Bagley College of Engineering's media resources office and university relations offices on the Starkville and Meridian campuses received other high honors in the organization's senior division. They include, by categories:
News Story
--Second place, Meridian university relations, "MSU-Meridian professor receiving international acclaim for child facial recognition," Linda D. Butler and Glenda Sanders.
--Third place, agricultural communications, "MSU students lay waste to biomass-as-fuel obstacle," Patti Drapala.
Feature Story
--First place, agricultural communications, "North Alabama cats own MSU veterinary graduate," Patti Drapala.
--Second place, agricultural communications, "Lab serves state's veterinary needs," Bonnie Coblentz.
Sports Story
--First place, agricultural communications, "World champ quarter horse treated at MSU," Bonnie Coblentz.
--Second place, agricultural communications, "Different horse, unfamiliar tack no problem for MSU equestrians," Patti Drapala.
--Third place, agricultural communications, "MSU loses stallion with top pedigree," Linda Breazeale.
Institutional Magazine
--Second place, Bagley College, "Momentum Spring and Fall 2008 issues," Heather Rowe, Diane Godwin and Susan Lassetter, along with Kay Fike Jones, Megan Bean, and Kristen Baker Hines Baker of university relations.
--Third place, agricultural communications, "Landmarks Magazine," Bob Ratliff, Jim Lytle, Marco Nicovich, Tom Thompson, Ned Browning, Annette Woods, Robyn Hearn, Karen Templeton, Patti Drapala, Linda Breazeale, Karen Brasher, Bonnie Coblentz, and Amelia Killcreas.
Viewbook
--First place, Starkville university relations "State. Your University," Allen Snow, Mary Howell, Kay Fike Jones, Russ Houston, Megan Bean, and Kristen Hines Baker, along with Tom Thompson of the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Division of Student Affairs.
--Second place, Meridian university relations, "State. Your University--2009 MSU Meridian Viewbook," Linda Butler of Meridian, along with Mary Howell, Jennifer Beaugez, Russ Houston, Megan Bean, Kristen Hines Baker, Kay Fike Jones, and Allen Snow of Starkville university relations.
Admissions and Recruitment Piece
--First place, Starkville university relations, "Postcard Series," Kay Fike Jones, Allen Snow, Mary Howell, Mike Mott, Harriet Laird, Russ Houston, Megan Bean, and Kristen Hines Baker, along with the Division of Student Affairs.
--Second place, Bagley College, "Graduate Recruiting Brochure," Heather Rowe, Diane Godwin and Susan Lassetter, along with Megan Bean of university relations.
--Third place, Starkville university relations, "A Day in the Life," Mary Howell, Kay Fike Jones, Allen Snow, Russ Houston, Megan Bean, and Kristen Hines Baker, along with the Division of Student Affairs.
Annual Report
--First place, Starkville university relations, "Student Affairs Annual Report," Judy Smith, Kay Fike Jones, Allen Snow, Russ Houston, Kristen Hines Baker, and Megan Bean, along with the Division of Student Affairs
--Second place, agricultural communications, "Annual Report," Kim Trimm, Linda Breazeale, Nancy Williams, Marco Nicovich, Jim Lytle, Tom Thompson, Karen Brasher, Patti Drapala, Amelia Killcreas, and Bob Ratliff.
--Third place, Bagley College, "Dimensions 2007-08 Annual Research Report," Heather Rowe, Diane Godwin, and Susan Lassetter, along with Russ Houston, Megan Bean and Kay Fike Jones of university relations.
Brochure
--Second place, Starkville university relations, "Sanderson Center Brochure," Judy Smith, Kay Jones, Allen Snow, Russ Houston, Kristen Baker, and Megan Bean, along with the Division of Student Affairs and recreational sports administration department.
Special Publications
--Second place, Bagley College, "BCOE Direct Mail Postcards," Heather Rowe, Diane Godwin and Susan Lassetter.
Advertisements
--First place, Bagley College, "BCOE Outreach Ad--Engineering Go For It," Heather Rowe.
--Second place, Meridian university relations, "Live & Learn," Linda Butler.
Single-Piece Artwork, Non-Sports
--First place, agricultural communications, "Mississippi Healthy Marriage Initiative Logo," Kim Trimm.
--Second place, Starkville university relations "Lyceum Series Poster," Judy Smith, Kay Fike Jones and Allen Snow, along with Brenda Neubauer of the Humphrey Coliseum manager's office.
--Third place, Starkville university relations, "State. Your University Recruiting Poster," Mary Howell, Kay Fike Jones, Allen Snow, Russ Houston, Kristen Hines Baker, and Megan Bean, along with the Division of Student Affairs
Color Photograph
--First place, Starkville university relations, "Our People Series," Russ Houston, Megan Bean and Kristen Hines Baker.
--Second place, agricultural communications, "Horticulture Research Field Day," Ned Browning.
--Third place, Meridian university relations, "Fall Festival--Third graders give Bully penmanship lesson," Linda Butler.
Digital Art/Photo Illustration
--First place, Starkville university relations, "MSU Softball Team," Kristen Hines Baker.
Television News Story
--First place, agricultural communications, "Agricultural Tourism Summit 2008," Amy Taylor, along with the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center.
--Second place, agricultural communications, "Harness Track Renovations Complete," Leighton Spann.
TV Spots
--First place, Starkville university relations, "Our People, Our Future," Maridith Geuder, along with the University Television Center.
--Second place, Meridian university relations, "Wise Investment 2009 Spring TV Commercial," Linda Butler, Chad Smith and Bill Robinson.
--Third place, Meridian university relations, "Live & Learn 2008 Summer & Fall TV Commercials," Linda Butler, Chad Smith, Joey Gibson, and Ryan Brown.
Radio Spots
--First place, Meridian university relations, "Live & Learn 2008 Summer & Fall Radio Commercials," Linda Butler, Chad Smith and Ryan Brown.
--Second place, Meridian university relations, "Wise Investment 2009 Spring Radio Commercial," Linda Butler, Chad Smith and Bill Robinson.
--Third place, Meridian university relations, "Our Site Your Vision 2008 Fall Radio Commercial," Linda Butler, Chad Smith and Bill Robinson
Television Programs
--First place, agricultural communications, "Southern Gardening--Bones, Berries & Bark--The 3B's of Winter Landscapes," David Lack, Norman Winter and Brian Utley.
--Second place, agricultural communications, "Farmweek, Nov. 7, 2008," Leighton Spann, David Lack, Brian Utley, and Amy Taylor.
Multi-Media Presentation
--First place, agricultural communications, "MSU Dairy Products--Taste the Tradition," Phillip Smith, Brian Utley, Marco Nicovich, and Robyn Hearn.
Web Page
--First place, agricultural communications, "http://pss.msstate.edu," Rick Noffsinger.
Public Relations Campaign
--First place, Meridian university relations, "Women in Leadership Symposium," Linda Butler and Paige Brooks.
--Third place, Meridian university relations, "Live & Learn," Linda Butler.
Exhibits
--First place, Meridian university relations, "2008 Neshoba County Fair Exhibit," Linda Butler and MSU-Meridian staff, along with the ChallengeX Team on the Starkville campus.
Public Relations Innovations
--First place, Meridian university relations, "Marquee Marketing," Linda Butler.
Creative Partners
--Second place, Meridian university relations, "Education and the Arts: MSU Meridian and Meridian Artists' Co-op Partnership," Linda Butler, Doris KcKinney and Peggy Harmon, along with the Meridian Artists' Cooperative.
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