桃花直播 ag comm, public affairs staff win multiple CPRAM awards
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣rom writing, photography and video to social media, television and web design, 桃花直播 State University鈥檚 Office of Agricultural Communications and Office of Public Affairs are receiving various honors in the College Public Relations Association of 桃花直播鈥檚 annual awards competition.
鈥淗oliday Homecoming,鈥 a video produced by OPA and the University Television Center, received the Grand Award in the senior division鈥檚 electronic media category during CPRAM鈥檚 recent conference at Holmes Community College鈥檚 Ridgeland campus. The video also took home a first-place electronic media award in the new media/social media category.
Team members include Checky Herrington, OPA brand manager; UTC senior producers Chris Misun and James Parker; Leah Gibson, OPA social media coordinator; and Bethany Shipp, OPA marketing and communication coordinator.
CPRAM is a consortium of public relations professionals employed at 桃花直播鈥檚 public and private colleges and universities. For more, visit .
鈥淲e are so fortunate at 桃花直播 to have a group of talented, dedicated staff members who take great pride in their work and believe in the university. That鈥檚 almost always a recipe for success in marketing and branding,鈥 said Sid Salter, 桃花直播 chief communications officer and public affairs director.
Elizabeth Gregory North, OAC department head, said, 鈥淲e really appreciate the opportunity that CPRAM provides us to learn from all the universities and colleges in 桃花直播, and recognition from this group of our peers makes it mean that much more.鈥
Other CPRAM honors from 桃花直播 include:
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥淒elta True: Donald Gant Looks to the Future鈥 feature story. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager, and Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer.
鈥擲econd Place for 鈥4-H Friends: Family Embarks on Showmanship Adventure鈥 feature story. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager, and Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥淕ame Changer: Chronic Wasting Disease Found in 桃花直播 Deer鈥 sports news story. Team members include Linda Breazeale, OAC senior extension associate; Bronson Strickland, extension professor for the College of Forest Resources鈥 Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥淭y Jones 鈥 Our People鈥 photograph by Kevin Hudson.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥淔armweek鈥 (Oct. 25) television program. Team members include Leighton Spann, OAC senior extension associate; Mike Russell, OAC broadcast television producer; Zac Ashmore, OAC video producer; Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I; Steve Carver, UTC senior producer; and David Garraway, UTC director.
鈥擲econd Place for 鈥淔armweek鈥 (June 21) television program. Team members include Leighton Spann, OAC senior extension associate; Mike Russell, OAC broadcast television producer; Zac Ashmore, OAC video producer; Steve Carver, UTC senior producer; and David Garraway, UTC director.
鈥擳hird Place for 鈥淕et to Know Your 桃花直播 Extension Agent,鈥 new media/social media category, Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I, and Ellen Graves, OAC social media strategist.
鈥擲econd Place for 鈥淓xtension Matters鈥 web page. Team members include Leah Barbour, OAC marketing and communication coordinator; Keryn Page, OAC publications manager; Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer; Brian Utley, OAC senior extension associate; Beth Barron, OAC web communications designer; Tim Allison, OAC senior extension associate; Susan Collins-Smith, OAC extension associate II; Megan Bean, OPA photographer; Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager; Gary Bachman, extension/research professor for 桃花直播鈥檚 Coastal Research and Extension Center; Nathan Gregory, OAC news writer; and Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥淐enter for Government and Community Development 鈥楻evitalization鈥 Banner Stand鈥 exhibit. Team members include Phillip Smith, extension associate III, and Kevin Hudson, photographer.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥淭he Food Factor: From Broadcast to Blog,鈥 public relations innovations category. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager; Art Shirley, OAC web communications manager; Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer; Ellen Graves, OAC social media strategist; Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I; Natasha Haynes, extension agent IV and host; and Susan Collins-Smith, OAC extension associate II.
鈥擣irst Place for 桃花直播鈥檚 鈥淎lumnus鈥 magazine. Team members include Susan Lassetter, OPA publications editor; Harriet Laird, OPA associate director; Heather Rowe, OPA digital design editor; OPA news writers James Carskadon and Sasha Steinberg; Bob Carskadon, former HailStateBEAT digital media reporter; OPA photographers Megan Bean, Russ Houston and Beth Wynn; Kelly Donoho, 桃花直播 Athletics photographer; Vanessa Beeson, College of Forest Resources publications editor; Amy Cagle, 桃花直播 Foundation publications manager; Addie Mayfield, 桃花直播 Foundation communications specialist; Abby Ready Rushing, former 桃花直播 Foundation communication intern; Tom Thompson, College of Veterinary Medicine coordinator of photographic services; and Amanda Meeler, marketing and communication coordinator for 桃花直播鈥檚 Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥溙一ㄖ辈 State University Digital Advertising,鈥 web advertisement category. OPA team members include Harriet Laird, associate director; Checky Herrington, brand manager; Heather Rowe, digital design editor; and Bethany Shipp, marketing and communication coordinator.
鈥擣irst Place for 鈥溙一ㄖ辈 State Summer Advantage鈥 public relations campaign. OPA team members include Harriet Laird, Checky Herrington, Heather Rowe and Bethany Shipp. UTC senior producer James Parker also contributed.
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