2008 Winning Abstracts

CASE is pleased to present the winning abstracts submitted for the 2008 Circle of Excellence Awards Program. A great learning resource, they include the goals and objectives, planning, follow-through, and outcomes of many of the award winning programs in alumni relations, development programs, public relations, special events, media relations, electronic/new media, periodicals, and publications.

Advancement Services

• Advancement Services Programs: Indiana University Foundation - Gold Award

• Advancement Services Programs: University of Miami - Gold Award

• Advancement Services Programs: PENN Medicine - Bronze Award

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Alumni Relations

• Diversity Initiatives: University of North Carolina General Alumni Association - Bronze Award

• New Program Initiatives: Arizona State University - Silver Award

• Programming for Special Constituencies: University of Waterloo - Gold Award

• Programming for Special Constituencies: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Bronze Award

• Revenue-Generating Programs: Villanova University - Silver Award

• Student Alumni Initiatives: Chapman University - Silver Award

• Volunteer Engagement and Leadership: Mizzou Alumni Association - Bronze Award

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Design

Due to the nature of these categories' submissions, CASE cannot provide abstracts submitted by winners.

• Visual Identity Systems: University of Texas At Austin, McCombs School of Business - Bronze Award

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Electronic Media Presentations (Videos)

• Fundraising Features: Johns Hopkins University - Gold Award

• Fundraising Features: Dickinson College - Silver Award

• Fundraising Features: Kenyon College - Silver Award

• Fundraising Features: George Washington University - Bronze Award

• General Information Features: Carnegie Mellon University - Gold Award

• General Information Features: Millbrook School - Gold Award

• General Information Features: Syracuse University - Gold Award

• PSAs and Commercial Spots: Georgia Institute of Technology - Gold Award

• PSAs and Commercial Spots: Stanford University - Gold Award

• PSAs and Commercial Spots: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Silver Award

• Recruitment Features: Northfield Mount Hermon School - Bronze Award

• Recruitment Features: St. Christopher's School - Silver Award

• Recruitment Features: Virginia Military Institute - Bronze Award

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Fundraising

• Annual/Regular Giving Programs: MIT Sloan School of Management - Gold Award

• Annual/Regular Giving Programs: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Silver Award

• Annual/Regular Giving Programs: University of Pennsylvania - Silver Award

• Annual/Regular Giving Programs: University of Utah Hopsital Foundation - Bronze Award

• Campaigns: University of Miami - Grand Gold Award

• Campaigns: Georgetown University - Silver Award

• Campaigns: Monroe Community College Foundation - Bronze Award

• Corporate and Foundation Programs: Bow Valley College - Silver Award

• Fundraising Features: University of Liverpool - Gold Award

• Fundraising Features: Dickinson College - Silver Award

• Fundraising Features: Johns Hopkins University - Gold Award

• Fundraising Features: George Washington University - Bronze Award

• Fundraising Features: Kenyon College - Silver Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: Oregon State University/OSU Foundation - Gold Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: University of Pennsylvania - Gold Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Silver Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: The Loomis Chaffee School - Bronze Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: University of Utah University Hospital Foundation - Bronze Award

• Harvard-Westlake School: Gold Award

• Principal, Major, or Special Giving Programs: University of California, Irvine - Gold Award

• Principal, Major, or Special Giving Programs: Springside School - Silver Award

• Principal, Major, or Special Giving Programs: University of Central Florida - Bronze Award

• Stewardship: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Silver Award

• Stewardship: The Webb Schools - Bronze Award

• Technology Applications and Creative Use of New Media: University of California, Irvine - Gold Award

• Technology Applications and Creative Use of New Media: Temple University - Silver Award

• University of Pennsylvania: Gold Award

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Institutional Relations

• Advertising Campaigns: The Bishop Strachan School - Gold Award

• Advertising Campaigns: Oregon State University- Gold Award

• Advertising Campaigns: University of Liverpool - Gold Award

• Advertising Campaigns: Iowa State University - Bronze Award

• Advertising Campaigns: Lehigh University - Bronze Award

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Ball State University - Silver Award

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Concordia University - Bronze Award

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Bronze Award

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis - Bronze Award

• General Information Features: Carnegie Mellon University - Gold Award

• General Information Features: Millbrook School - Gold Award

• General Information Features: Syracuse University - Gold Award

• General News Writing: Florida State University - Silver Award

• General News Writing: Southwestern University - Bronze Award

• Individual Ads: Binghamton University - Bronze Award

• Individual Ads: University of San Diego - Bronze Award

• Individual Special Events: Emory University - Gold Award

• Individual Special Events: Tufts University - Gold Award

• Individual Special Events: University of Maryland, College Park - Gold Award

• Individual Special Events: Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Silver Award

• Individual Special Events: Pitzer College - Silver Award

• Individual Special Events: Concordia University - Bronze Award

• Individual Special Events: University of Florida - Bronze Award

• Individual Special Events: University of Georgia - Bronze Award

• Individual Special Events: University of Iowa - Bronze Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University at Buffalo/SUNY - Gold Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University of California, Berkeley - Gold Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University at Buffalo/SUNY - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University of Pittsburgh - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University of South Carolina - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: Baldwin-Wallace College - Bronze Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: Rochester Institute of Technology - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: Virginia Tech - Bronze Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Gold Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: The University of Melbourne - Gold Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: Dalhousie University - Bronze Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: Randolph College - Bronze Award

• Research, Medicine, and Science News Writing: Stanford University School of Medicine - Gold Award

• Research, Medicine, and Science News Writing: University of Michigan School of Public Health - Silver Award

• Specific Media Relations Programs: Waubonsee Community College - Gold Award

• Specific Media Relations Programs: Duke University - Silver Award

• University of Maryland, College Park: Silver Award

• University of Pittsburgh: Gold Award

• Visual Identity Systems: Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Gold Award

• Visual Identity Systems: Princeton University- Gold Award

• Visual Identity Systems: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Silver Award

• Visual Identity Systems: University of California, Riverside - Silver Award

• Visual Identity Systems: University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development - Silver Award

• Visual Identity Systems: University of Melbourne - Bronze Award

• Visual Identity Systems: University of Texas At Austin, McCombs School of Business - Bronze Award

• Visual Identity Systems: West Virginia University - Bronze Award

• Year-Long Special Events: University of Texas at Austin - Bronze Award

• Year-Long Special Events: University of Waterloo - Silver Award

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New Media

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Ball State University - Silver Award

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Concordia University - Bronze Award

• Complete Institutional Web Sites: Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Bronze Award

• Creative Use of Technology and New Media: Edge Hill University - Gold Award

• Creative Use of Technology and New Media: Princeton University - Silver Award

• Creative Use of Technology and New Media: University of Alabama at Birmingham - Silver Award

• Creative Use of Technology and New Media: University of Calgary - Silver Award

• Creative Use of Technology and New Media: Virginia Tech - Silver Award

• Creative Use of Technology and New Media: SAIT Polytechnic - Bronze Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University at Buffalo/SUNY - Gold Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University of California, Berkeley - Gold Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: Rochester Institute of Technology - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University of Pittsburgh - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: University of South Carolina - Silver Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: Baldwin-Wallace College - Bronze Award

• Individual Sub-Web Sites: Virginia Tech - Bronze Award

• Interactive Multimedia Programs: Savannah College of Art and Design - Silver Award

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Periodicals

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Kenyon College - Gold Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Penn State Alumni Association - Gold Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Tufts University - Gold Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Barnard College - Silver Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Denison University - Silver Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Stanford Alumni Association - Silver Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Yale Alumni Publications - Silver Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: McDaniel College - Bronze Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: North Dakota State University - Bronze Award

• College and University General Interest Magazines: Pratt Institute - Bronze Award

• Independent School Magazines: Northfield Mount Hermon School - Gold Award

• Independent School Magazines: The Loomis Chaffee School - Silver Award

• Independent School Magazines: Brooks School - Bronze Award

• Independent School Tabloids and Newsletters: Noble and Greenough School - Bronze Award

• Independent School Web-Based or Electronic HTML External Audience: Buckingham Browne & Nichols School - Gold Award

• Independent School Web-Based or Electronic HTML External Audience Periodicals: Upper Canada College - Bronze Award

• Magazine Publishing Improvement: Marietta College - Gold Award

• Magazine Publishing Improvement: Furman University - Silver Award

• Magazine Publishing Improvement: Indiana University Kokomo - Bronze Award

• Periodical Resources Management - Magazines: University of Puget Sound - Gold Award

• Periodical Resources Management - Magazines: College of William and Mary - Bronze Award

• Periodical Resouces Management: Tabloids and Newsletters: University of Dayton - Silver Award

• Periodical Special Issues: Denison University - Gold Award

• Periodical Special Issues: Harvard Medical School - Silver Award

• Periodical Special Issues: Stanford University School of Medicine - Bronze Award

• Periodical Special Issues: Washington State University - Bronze Award

• Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Southern California - Gold Award

• Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Texas at Austin Ex-Students Association - Silver Award

• Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Silver Award

• Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Notre Dame - Bronze Award

• Volunteer Engagement and Leadership: Mizzou Alumni Association - Bronze Award

• Periodical Staff Writing for Internal Audiences: University of California, Berkeley - Silver Award

• Periodical Staff Writing for Internal Audiences: Cornell University - Bronze Award

• Print External Audience Tablloids and Newsletters: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Silver Award

• Print External Audience Tablloids and Newsletters: Duke University Health System - Bronze Award

• Print External Audience Tablloids and Newsletters: University at Buffalo/SUNY - Bronze Award

• Print Internal Auidence Magazines: York University - Gold Award

• Print Internal Auidence Magazines: University of Bristol - Silver Award

• Print Internal Audience Tabloids and Newsletters: College of Charleston - Gold Award

• Print Internal Audience Tabloids and Newsletters: Vanderbilt University - Gold Award

• Print Internal Audience Tabloids and Newsletters: Temple University - Silver Award

• Print Internal Audience Tabloids and Newsletters: University of Western Ontario - Silver Award

• Print Internal Audience Tabloids and Newsletters: Stanford University - Bronze Award

• Research Magazines: Arizona State University - Gold Award

• Research Magazines: University of Missouri-Columbia - Silver Award

• Research Magazines: Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Bronze Award

• Special Interest Magazines: Stanford University School of Medicine - Gold Award

• Special Interest Magazines: Harvard Medical School - Silver Award

• Special Interest Magazines: Stanford University Law School - Bronze Award

• Special Interest Magazines: University of Pittsburgh - Bronze Award

• Tabloid and Newsletter Publishing Improvement: University of Illionis at Urbana-Champaign - Bronze Award

• Web-Based or Electronic HTML External Audience Periodicals: University of Missouri-Columbia -Gold Award

• Web-Based or Electronic HTML Internal Audience Periodicals: Cornell University - Silver Award

• Web-Based or Electronic HTML Internal Audience Periodicals: Duke University - Silver Award

• Web-Based or Electronic HTML External Audience Periodicals: National University System - Silver Award

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Publications

Due to the nature of the following categories' submissions, CASE cannot provide abstracts submitted by winners:

Category 31 - Individual Student Recruitment Publications
Category 32 - Individual Institutional Relations and Alumni Relations Publications
Category 34 - Individual Fundraising Publications
Category 36 - Individual In-House Publications

• Fundraising Publications Packages: Oregon State University/OSU Foundation - Gold Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: University of Pennsylvania - Gold Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Silver Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: The Loomis Chaffee School - Bronze Award

• Fundraising Publications Packages: University of Utah University Hospital Foundation - Bronze Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Gold Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: The University of Melbourne - Gold Award

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: Dalhousie University - Bronze Award

• Publications Program Improvement: North Shore Country Day School - Silver Award

• Publications Program Improvement: Fairfield College Preparatory School - Bronze Award

• Special Program Publications Packages: University of Nevada, Las Vegas/UNLV Foundation - Silver Award

• Special Program Publications Packages: University of Waterloo - Silver Award

• Special Program Publications Packages: Duke University and Health System - Bronze Award

• Special Program Publications Packages: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - Bronze Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: The Winsor School - Gold Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: College of Creative Studies - Silver Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Silver Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: Ithaca College - Bronze Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: North Shore Country Day School - Bronze Award

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Student Recruitment Marketing

Due to the nature of Category 31 - Individual Student Recruitment Publications submissions, CASE cannot provide abstracts submitted by winners.

• Institution-Wide Branding Programs: Randolph College - Bronze Award

• PSAs and Commercial Spots: Georgia Institute of Technology - Gold Award

• PSAs and Commercial Spots: Stanford University - Gold Award

• PSAs and Commercial Spots: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey - Silver Award

• Recruitment Features: St. Christopher's School - Silver Award

• Recruitment Features: Virginia Military Institute - Bronze Award

• Recruitment Features: Northfield Mount Hermon School - Bronze Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: The Winsor School - Gold Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: College of Creative Studies - Silver Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Silver Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: Ithaca College - Bronze Award

• Student Recruitment Publications Packages: North Shore Country Day School - Bronze Award

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