Mississippi State communications professionals recognized by Southern Public Relations Federation
Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.āSeveral Ļć½¶Ö±²„ divisions, departments and offices are bringing home awards this week from the Southern Public Relations Federationās annual conference in Orange Beach, Alabama.
Among the 13 recognitions received by Mississippi State were two top SPRF Lantern Awards, seven Awards of Excellence and four Certificates of Merit.
MSUās Office of Public Affairs garnered five honors including two Awards of Excellence for āĻć½¶Ö±²„Digital Communications campaignā and āSummer Advantage promotional campaignā by Checky Herrington, Bethany Shipp, Heather Rowe, Sid Salter and Harriet Laird; and three Certificates of Merit for feature articles by Sasha Steinberg titled āA Bulldog Through and Throughā and Allison Matthewsās and Megan Beanās āThe Skyās the Limit,ā and for the 2018 university TV commercial by Checky Herrington, Bethany Shipp, Sid Salter and Harriet Laird.
Three SPRF awards went to MSUās Office of Agricultural CommunicationsĀ includingĀ two Awards of Excellence for āSeed Tech Short Courseā by Leah Barbour, Kim Trimm, Ellen Graves, Nathan Gregory, Philip Smith and Amy Myers, and also for the social video campaign āGet to Know Your Ļć½¶Ö±²„Extension Agentā by Ellen Graves, Jonathan Parrish and Elizabeth North. The office also received a Certificate of Merit for āThe Food Factor: Transition from Broadcast to Blog.ā
MSUās High Performance Computing Collaboratory received a first-place Lantern Award for the āCenter for Advanced Vehicular Systems Annual Reportā by Diane Godwin, Hailey Hannis and Beth Wynn; two Awards of Excellence for the āCAVS Additive Manufacturing Flyerā and the āAlliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence Technical Report,ā both by Diane Godwin and Hailey Hannis.
Terri Hernandez in the universityās Department of Communications received a first-place Lantern Award for the creation of the student-led āPublic Relations and Integrated Student Mediaā agency, known as PRISM.
Ļć½¶Ö±²„Agricultural and Natural Resources Marketing won an Award of Excellence for the āMississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Stationās Sales Store Social Media Campaignā by Karen Brasher, Vanessa Beeson, David Ammon, Dominique Belcher, Janiece Pigg and Troy Weaver.
For more on MSUās Office of Public Affairs, visit ; Office of Agricultural Communications, ; High Performance Computing Collaboratory, ; Department of Communication, and the student PRISM agency at .
The Ag and Natural Resources Marketing Team markets programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, ; College of Forest Resources, ; Forest and Wildlife Research Center, ; and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, .
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