UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
SPRING 2007 NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL AWARDS

OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

The Office of University Relations garnered a Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District IV (CASE) Grand Award for Cougar e*Link in the Electronic Newsletters Category. The office also won the Houston Advertising Federation Silver ADDY in the Direct Marketing-Flat Category for the Discover Houston brochure for direct marketing.

OFFICES OF CREATIVE SERVICES AND UNIVERSITY MARKETING

The offices received the Texas Public Relations Association (TPRA) Best of Texas Silver Award for the University of Houston Magazine fall 2006 inaugural edition in the External Magazine Category. The offices also won the National Admissions Advertising Gold Award in the Annual Report Category for the 2006 President’s Annual Report and the National Admissions Advertising Merit Award and the Public Relations Society of America Houston (PRSA Houston) Excalibur Gold Award in the Collateral – Brochure Category for the Be admissions view book.

OFFICE OF CREATIVE SERVICES

Phyllis Gillentine, graphic designer 2 in the Office of Creative Services, won the CASE District IV Special Award for design improvement for the University Career Services folder.

Doris Huang, graphic designer 2 in the Office of Creative Services, received two International Association of Business Communicators Houston (IABC Houston) merit awards for publication design for the annual report and the admissions view book. Huang and Jo Anne Davis-Jones, managing editor in of the Office of Creative Services, received the PRSA Houston Excalibur Gold Award and the Houston Press Club Lone Star Gold Award for overall publication for the annual report.

Thomas Shea, photographer 2 in the Office of Creative Services, received CASE District IV Excellence and Grand awards for color photography and black and white photography, respectively.

OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY MARKETING

The Office of University Marketing received the TPRA Best of Texas Merit, PRSA Houston Gold Excalibur Award and an IABC Bronze Quill Award for The Jump ad campaign summer 2006 series.

Darcie Champagne, university marketing director, received the PRSA Houston Bronze Excalibur Award in the External Communications Category for the alumni communications plan. Greg Holland, marketing manager in the Office of University Marketing, received the IABC Bronze Quill for creative writing of the university’s planned giving ad campaign and a PRSA Houston Excalibur Silver Award in the Electronic Newsletter/E-zine Category for Cougar e*Link.

OFFICE OF UNIVERISTY COMMUNICATION

Lisa Merkl, senior science writer/editor in the Office of University Communication, won an IABC Bronze Quill Award and a PRSA Houston Excalibur Gold Award for news release writing.