University Relations NEWS Release

UNCG STAFFERS WIN PUBLIC RELATIONS,
WRITING, DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
 

GREENSBORO - The University Relations Department at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro won five awards at the 2001 CASE III District Achievement Awards contest.

The department won one grand award, three excellence awards and one special merit award at the annual awards ceremony and conference held recently in Atlanta.

CASE, The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is an international association of education advancement officers, who include alumni administrators, fund raisers, public relations managers, publications editors, and government relations officers. The ultimate goal of advancement professionals is to enhance their institutions by bringing in support - be it in the form of money, alumni loyalty, public esteem, or new students.

The awards, said Helen Dennison, assistant vice chancellor for University Relations, illustrate the high caliber of work done by the department.

“We do what we do to showcase the University,” Dennison said, “but it’s made more special when that work is recognized by a jury of your peers.”

UNCG won the Grand Award, the highest in any category, for its campaign to educate the public about the $3.1 billion UNC Bond Referendum. The effort was entitled “Tell Ten People” and was headed by Dr. Cindy Farris, special assistant to Chancellor Patricia Sullivan. Other staff members working on the campaign were Dennison, Robin Adams, Miriam Barkley, Sue Faucette, Kurt Ward, Steve Gilliam, Natasha Ashe, Lyda Carpen, Beth English, Laurie Gengenbach, Donna Gibbs, Becky VanderVeen and Bert VanderVeen.

The three Excellence Awards were for: Carpen, for design of a brochure for the Weatherspoon Art Gallery; Bert VanderVeen for a series of photographs taken to illustrate UNCG’s facility needs and Ward for a story in the alumni magazine entitled “The WC Three.” The story chronicled the three Women’s College students who participated in the 1960 Woolworth sit-ins.

The Achievement Award was won by Barkley, Carpen and Bert VanderVeen for the 1998-99 Chancellor’s Report.
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