UCM earns 10 awards for writing, publications, marketing materials

University Communications and Marketing received 10 awards for materials produced by the department at the District IV Council for Advancement and Support of Education conference April 7 in Little Rock, Ark.

Grand gold awards were presented for:

• Resource 2002-03, in the category of magazine design.

• North Texas Insider, the Office of the President's e-mail newsletter produced with assistance from UCM, in the category of alumni programs, projects or special events.

• The first poster in a series of high school recruitment posters, in the category of visual design — posters.

Award of Excellence silver awards were presented for:

• "Seeing the Invisible," written by Cathy Cashio, public information officer, in the category of medical/scientific feature writing. The article appeared in Resource 2002-03.

• The UNT undergraduate viewbook, in the category of visual design — viewbooks.

Achievement bronze awards were presented for:

• The UNT undergraduate viewbook, in the category of admissions, recruitment and promotional literature.

• "Smart Gels," written by Rufus Coleman, public information officer, in the category of medical/scientific feature writing. The article appeared in Resource 2002-03.

• "Texas Accent May Be an Asset in Job Searches," written by Nancy Kolsti, public information officer, in the category of general news writing. The article was originally a press release distributed in October 2002.

• A group of articles containing work written by Cashio, Coleman and Kelley Reese, assistant news director, in the category of medical/scientific writing collections. Cashio's article was "Seeing the Invisible"; Coleman's article was "Smart Gels"; and Reese's article was "Recycling Cyanide," which appeared in Resource 2002-03.

A special pewter award was presented for:

• "Connecting People and Pets," written by Cashio, in the category of general feature writing. The article appeared in the summer 2002 issue of The North Texan.

BY MICHELLE HALE mhale@unt.edu

Other featured articles in this issue

• Pohl: 2003-04 budget still unclear, commitments to quality education remain
• Commencement is May 10
• About the May 10 commencement speaker
• DISD superintendent to speak at TAMS graduation
• UNT System continues plans for public law school for North Texas region
• Faculty Senate chair reflects on a year full of changes
• Faculty Senate approves resolutions, admissions policy change report
• UNT to host National Youth Sports Program

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