Congratulations to UHD’s University Relations department for earning four national awards—two gold, a silver, and a bronze
—in the 2024 Collegiate Advertising Awards contest. The Collegiate Advertising Awards is an annual contest created to honor today’s most talented marketing professionals for excellence in all forms of higher education advertising, marketing and promotion. University Relations, which encompasses marketing, communications, web marketing, graphic design and multimedia services, competed against like-sized colleges and universities with enrollments in the 10,001 to 20,001 range.
Nominations are reviewed by a national panel of industry experts, with a possibility of 100 total points. Awards were issued for those receiving top marks from judges, who placed them in the top 16% of the nation for advertising excellence.
UHD’s winning entries are:
- Gold - Terence Blanchard – Live for UHD – Poster/Display. Designer: Gabe Morales, Asst. Dir., Graphic Design.
- Gold – 50 Years of Change – A Timeline History of the University of Houston-Dowtown – Publication External. Designer: by Meghan Sellers, Mgr., Graphic Communications. Editor: Debra McGaughey, AVP, University Relations. Writers: Marie Jacinto, Exec. Dir., Communications; Dr. Gene Preuss, Assoc. Professor of History; Dr. Loren Blanchard, President, UHD.
- Silver – “My Journey” – UHD Students Encourage New Students to Register – TV/Video Advertising/PSA – Series. Creator: Debra McGaughey, AVP, University Relations. Editors: UHD Multimedia team of Craig Loper, Mgr., Videography; Mitchell Loper, Mgr., Photography and Multimedia; and Multimedia Production Assistants Gabriela Perez and Luz Hincapie Castilla.
- Bronze – UHD Prospective Students’ Page – Website Design. Creators: Ryan Thompson, Exec. Dir., Web Marketing; Noah Hester, Mgr., Web & Digital Media; Jose Santos, Mgr., Web Development.
Other colleges and universities honored with awards in the 10,001 – 20,001 student range include: Duke University; NC State University; California State University, Bakersfield; Fordham University; Stanford University; Tulane University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
