Teamwork Pays Off in Awards for UM Communications

Ole Miss unit continues winning state, regional accolades

The University Communications staff gathers around with recent awards.

The University Communications staff gathers around recent awards.

Here in University Communications we have the enviable job of promoting Ole Miss on a daily basis. We work on a beautiful campus, and we get to communicate with wonderful Ole Miss students, faculty, staff members and alumni doing so many interesting things.

So, it is like icing on the cake when we find out our team has earned the attention of other communications professionals, and we wanted to take a moment to recognize the hard work put in over the past year. Recent recognitions include:

2014 PRSA Silver Anvil Finalist (Award of Excellence)

2014 Southern Public Relations Federation Best of Show Award and 2014 Southern Public Relations Federation Lantern Award, all for “Ole Miss, We Have a Parking Problem”

2014 Southern Public Relations Federation Lantern Award for the article “Educating the Brain

2014 Southern Public Relations Federation Certificate of Merit for “Inside Ole Miss” (UM faculty/staff newsletter)

2014 Public Relations Association of Mississippi Award of Excellence in Tactical Materials/Video for “The World Without Ole Miss

2014 Public Relations Association of Mississippi Award of Merit in Tactical Materials/Projects – Newsletters for “Inside Ole Miss” (UM faculty/staff newsletter)

2014 Pubic Relations Association of Mississippi Award of Merit in Tactical Materials/Projects – Projects for “Ole Miss Instagram

2014 Public Relations Association of Mississippi Award of Merit in Short Term Strategic Plans for “Parking at Ole Miss

2013 Southern Public Relations Federation Lantern Award for “Ole Miss Pins the Day

2013 PR Daily Social Media Award in Best Use of Instagram for “Ole Miss Instagram

2013 PR Daily Social Media Award in Best Use of Pinterest for “Ole Miss Pinterest

None of this would have been possible without the work of our entire team of writers, videographers, photographers and designers, and we want to publicly recognize and thank them for their collective commitment to Ole Miss.