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CASE awards

CASE Awards for Portland Mag, Advancement Videos

well done dreamstime copyPublications and videos produced by the marketing and communications office have won 2015 Communication Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), district VIII, for colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and all of western Canada.

Portland Magazine won a Silver award for general excellence, and a Bronze for the essay “Flying” by Dave Devine. The marketing team won a Bronze medal for the video “Discover who you want to be at UP” and Anna Lageson-Kerns won a Bronze for “Entrepreneur Scholars at University of Portland.”

For more information contact the marketing office at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Going For Gold (And Silver And Bronze)

goldThe marketing and communications office has received a number of awards from the CounciI for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in its 2014 District 8 competition.

The University’s quarterly Portland Magazine won two gold awards: one for the June 2014 RISE Campaign closing issue, and one for the Winter 2014 editorial essay about the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Other awards include a gold for “Heroes Among Us: Salute to Heroes” in the Fundraising and Alumni Relations Videos category, by Amy Shelly, Anna Lageson-Kerns, Joe Kuffner, and Rachel Barry-Arquit; a silver award for the Heroes Among Us Gala in the Multimedia for Special Event category, by Joe Kuffner, Jeff Kennel, Anna Lageson-Kerns, and Amy Shelly; silver for the 601 Campaign, including print, video, and social media, for Best Practices in Fundraising – a joint effort between development and marketing; and bronze for the Fashion Photos social media project by Joe Kuffner and Jeff Kennel.

CASE District 8 comprises Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Nunavut. For more information contact marketing and communications at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Bringing Home The Bronze

food issue150The University’s quarterly journal, Portland Magazine, has earned a national medal from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), a Bronze Medal for the Winter 2012 issue, knows as “the Food Issue.” Other medals in that category, “Special Issues,” went to Pomona College, University of Michigan, Pratt Institute, and Stanford Medical School, according to Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle, marketing and communications.

In the general excellence category for 2012 issues, medals went to Kenyon College, Sarah Lawrence, Australian Catholic University, Rhode Island School of Design, the Frankfurt (Germany) School of Finance, and University of Texas Austin. Doyle notes the international flavor of the awards; for many years the competition was essentially among magazines in North America. For more information contact Doyle at 7202 or bdoyle@up.edu.