Independent School Magazines: The Loomis Chaffee School - Silver Award
Best Practice As the school's primary vehicle of communication, Loomis Chaffee is a quarterly magazine that exists for alumni, parents, friends and benefactors of the school.

Independent School Magazines: Northfield Mount Hermon School - Gold Award
Best Practice NMH Magazine is sent to alumni, current parents, friends and the Northfield Mount Hermon community to engage readers, highlight alumni accomplishments and build institutional pride--while walking the tightrope between complying with administrative perspectives and telling compelling, even controversial, stories.

Independent School Magazines: Brooks School - Bronze Award
Best Practice In the summer of 2007, the Brooks Bulletin underwent a complete redesign. Brooks School brought the design in-house, allowing staff to reallocate resources to printing, paper and binding. The publication has a diverse audience of alumni, parents and prospective students, so it needs to appeal across a broad spectrum.

Periodical Special Issues: University of Portland - Gold Medal
Best Practice Portland Magazine is a quarterly magazine of approximately 28,000 and an annual budget of $230,000.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Bates College - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Bates magazine depicts the intellectual, social, and business leadership of individual members of the Bates community, in all walks of life. The magazine articulates key elements of the Bates ethic: achievement, entrepreneurial spirit, an understanding of the ethical dimensions of any endeavor, and the value of critical thinking, social justice, and being engaged, intrepid, and optimistic.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Carleton College - Gold Medal
Best Practice The Carleton College Voice supports Carleton’s liberal arts mission, connects alumni to the college and its resources, and demonstrates Carleton’s enduring value to alumni by being a credible reflection of its vitality and intellectual life.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Columbia College Chicago - Silver Medal
Best Practice Columbia’s mission is to teach students to engage fully in their world—to actively create culture, not passively consume it. Demo magazine was launched in September 2005 to show—rather than tell—the world how alumni, students, faculty, and staff are doing just that.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Denison University - Silver Medal
Best Practice Denison Magazine seeks not to report on Denison University, but rather to reflect it. The magazine therefore has to bear the curious, vibrant, tolerant, rational, intelligent, bold characteristics that members of the campus community see every day. And for alumni, who may remember their college days in somewhat different societal context, the magazine must revive the liberal arts learning experience that has held true through the decades. The objective across all audiences is to foster dialogue and to engage them in the life of the college.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Middlebury College - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Middlebury Magazine—a general interest, quarterly publication—is dedicated to communicating, through excellent writing and design, the high level of academic and cultural achievement at Middlebury College; the accomplishments of its outstanding alumni; and the intellectual, cultural, and social life on campus.

College and University General Interest Magazines: University of Notre Dame - Gold Medal
Best Practice Notre Dame Magazine was established in 1972 with several goals in mind. The first was to report on campus events and people, trends and developments, student life, and scholarly research. The second was to offer coverage of the school’s alumni association, the alumni and their activities. The third — a somewhat unique mission — was to offer its readers a continuing education component.

College and University General Interest Magazines: New York University - Silver Medal
Best Practice The objective of the NYU Alumni Magazine is to connect with its alumni base and other valued audiences by conveying the progress and changes taking place on campus and by selectively highlighting the achievements and developments of our 14 schools and colleges, while projecting a consistent overall message about the university.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Penn State Alumni Association - Gold Medal and Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year
Best Practice The overarching objective of The Penn Stater is to be a readable, genuinely interesting - if not irresistible - alumni magazine that strengthens readers’ ties to Penn State.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Pomona College - Silver Medal
Best Practice The purpose of Pomona College Magazine is to engage a diverse and highly literate set of readers with stories and visuals that make them stop and think, or stop and feel, or stop and wonder, care, remember, admire, identify, appreciate, laugh, cry or reconnect.

Research Magazines: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Silver Medal
Best Practice Endeavors engages its readers in the intellectual life of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by conveying the excitement of creativity, discovery, and the rigors and risks of the quest for new knowledge.

Special Interest Magazines: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health -Bronze Medal
Best Practice In 2006, the editorial team of Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine took on an ambitious challenge: dedicate its two issues for the year to documenting two critical, but very different missions of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. One issue focused on public health in Africa, while a second reported on urban health in the United States.

Special Interest Magazines: Stanford University School of Medicine - Silver Medal
Best Practice Although Stanford is typically included with its Ivy League brethren, it's definitely not "old school." It's a non-traditional, distinctive, West Coast medical school that's one-half to (in the case of Harvard) one-tenth the size of its peer institutions, yet consistently makes powerful contributions to medical science. That spirit guides our editorial decisions for Stanford Medicine magazine, which focuses on stories that will contribute to the discourse on important biomedical issues while building awareness among the nation's health-care opinion leaders of the innovative research, clinical care, health-care policy and community service initiatives developed here.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Grand Gold Medal
Best Practice On Wisconsin strives to increase awareness of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, engender feelings of pride, and strengthen connections with alumni and other key constituents by reporting news about the university and key issues in higher education accurately and honestly; keeping alumni informed about their alma mater and fellow alumni;encouraging a free exchange of ideas and viewpoints, fostering an interest in lifelong learning by sharing expertise, focusing on societal issues, and highlighting UW research that affects daily life ; and upholding high standards of writing, photography or illustration, and graphic design.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: Johns Hopkins University - Silver Medal
Best Practice Published five times a year, Johns Hopkins Magazine has a circulation of 148,000 and an annual budget of $477,762.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Pittsburgh - 2007 Bronze Medal
Best Practice Published quarterly, Pitt Magazine has a circulation of 235,000 and an annual budget of $500,000.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: Stanford Alumni Association - Silver Medal
Best Practice Published bimonthly, Stanford magazine has a circulation of 179,000 and an annual budget of $1,038,000.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: University of Chicago - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Published six times a year, the University of Chicago Magazine has a circulation of 133,000 and an annual budget of $544,643.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: Tufts University - Gold Medal
Best Practice Published twice a year, Tufts Dental Medicine magazine has a circulation of 12,000 and an annual budget of $75,000.

Periodical Staff Writing for External Audiences: Washington State University - Gold Medal
Best Practice Published quarterly, Washington State Magazine has a circulation of 140,000 to 150,000 and an annual budget of $334,000.

College and University General Interest Magazines: University of Chicago - Bronze Medal
Best Practice The University of Chicago Magazine aims to record the daily life of the university, to give some expression to its literary activity and to serve as a medium for the best thought and enthusiasm of the university.

College and University General Interest Magazines: University of Portland - Bronze Medal
Best Practice The point of Portland Magazine is to persuade readers to think – to draw them into thinking about the ideas in the magazine – the ideas that are close to the University of Portland’s heart and mission and people.

College and University General Interest Magazines: University of Pennsylvania - Bronze Medal
Best Practice The Gazette exists to help alumni keep themselves informed about and connected with the University of Pennsylvania and each other—by providing evenhanded, lively, and insightful coverage of what’s happening at Penn now, of the university’s history, and of the activities of alumni in the great world beyond campus.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Wellesley College - Bronze Medal
Best Practice The Wellesley College Alumnae Association (WCAA)—and, by extension, its flagship publication, Wellesley magazine—supports and furthers the college's mission to provide an excellent liberal-arts education for women who will make a difference in the world.

College and University General Interest Magazines: Wesleyan University - Gold Medal
Best Practice Wesleyan magazine exists to sustain and nourish a community. The lively, inquisitive, passionate, articulate, and caring individuals who spend four years on our campus share an experience rooted in a common appreciation for the enduring value of liberal arts education. magazine is an expression of this community’s core values, demonstrated through stories about people, about the contributions they make to Wesleyan, to the Wesleyan community, and to society.

Print External Audience Tabloids and Newsletters: University of California, Berkeley - Silver Medal
Best Practice The Promise of Berkeley tabloid newsletter was re-engineered into a mini-magazine to gear up for the public launch of Berkeley’s campaign in fall 2008. It has a circulation of 100,000+ including alumni, donors, and parents.

Special Interest Magazines: Harvard Medical School - Silver Medal
Best Practice The Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin aims to provide readers with a lively view of Harvard Medical School: its rich history, its leadership in medicine today, and its legacy of talented physicians past and present.

Special Interest Magazines: University of Pittsburgh - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Pitt Med shares the ongoing intellectual adventure of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine with its readers. Specifically, the magazine seeks to: 1) Promote the quality and achievements of the school in a smart and engaging way that reflects the school’s rising stature 2) Create or reinforce a spirit of “connectedness” and “informed good will” among key constituencies, especially alumni as well as potential faculty and student recruits and 3) Raise awareness of the school’s already outstanding reputation and provide a communications tool that contributes to the school’s efforts to build on that reputation.

Special Interest Magazines: University of Toronto - Gold Medal
Best Practice The University of Toronto Office of Advancement for the Faculty of Arts and Science has responsibility for fundraising, alumni and donor relations, media relations, public outreach, and student recruitment. In support of these activities, in the fall of 2004, the faculty launched a new magazine, the first of its kind for the faculty and the university, entitled idea&s: the arts & science review.

Research Magazines: University of Missouri-Columbia - Silver Medal
Best Practice Illumination's coverage seeks to make MU research, scholarship, and creative achievement come alive for a diverse group of readers, among them educators, lawmakers, media representatives, and members of the general public. Scientific advances, intellectual issues in the news, new directions in the arts — in these and other areas, Illumination uses words and pictures to help subscribers, both in Missouri and across the nation, more fully understand and appreciate the work of MU faculty and students.

Special Interest Magazines: Brigham Young University - Bronze Medal
Best Practice The Clark Memorandum aims to communicate with friends and alumni of BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School and to promote the school’s objectives, including advancement.

Research Magazines: Ohio University - Silver Medal
Best Practice Perspectives seeks to serve its readers by providing information about the research, scholarly, and creative activities of Ohio University faculty, staff, and students, and about the contributions of university research in general. This is accomplished through the publication of accurate and balanced journalistic content that informs, stimulates intellectual discussion, and promotes scholarly inquiry.

Independent School Magazines: The Hotchkiss School - Bronze Medal
Best Practice A year's cycle of the Hotchkiss Magazine began with the usual compendium of news and features. Then plans for the year were upended by the head of school's announcement in February 2006 that he would step down in June 2007. Every issue in 2006 reflected this most important news of the year, and mailing was delayed twice to ensure the most recent news on the search was included.

Independent School Magazines: Northfield Mount Hermon School - Bronze Medal
Best Practice NMH Magazine goes out to alumni, current parents, friends, and the NMH community. It strives to deeply engage readers with the school, highlight alumni accomplishments and build institutional pride.

Independent School Magazines: Milton Academy - Gold Medal
Best Practice Milton Magazine seeks to increase awareness of the school’s character, sustained excellence and distinguishing features through highest quality writing and photography and discussion of important and thought-provoking ideas. It works to enhance connections with alumni and celebrate the role of alumni in the life of the school, as well as in public life. The magazine tracks the history of the school, while increasing awareness of its traditions and highlighting new developments.

Independent School Magazines: Watkinson School - Silver Medal
Best Practice The Watkinson News is the school's public forum for examining what a Watkinson education means and for modeling the process of self-evaluation asked of students. In addition to this modeling—an important form of teaching in itself—the main goal is to convey to readers the depth and seriousness with which the magazine pursues questions essential to an excellent education.

Magazine Publishing Improvement: Lake Forest College - Gold Medal
Best Practice Spectrum Magazine puts a human face on the personalities, events, and actions that define the institution. It is published twice a year, has a circulation of 13,500 and an annual budget of $106,000.

Magazine Publishing Improvement: Minnesota State College and Universities - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Minnesota State Colleges and Universities magazine raises awareness and understanding of the system among the state’s opinion and business leaders. It is published twice a year, has a circulation of 10,000 and an annual budget of $80,000.

Magazine Publishing Improvement: University of Georgia - Silver Medal
Best Practice The purpose of Outreach magazine is to inform decision makers about how the university extends knowledge and resources beyond campus through stories for a diverse audience. It is published twice a year, has a circulation of 15,000 and an annual budget of $38,356.

Magazine Publishing Improvement: University of Nevada-Las Vegas - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Premier Magazine serves primarily as a tool to keep alumni, donors, hospitality industry leaders, students, and the university community informed and connected to the university. The magazine is published twice a year, has a circulation of 9,300, and an annual budget of $34,000.

Periodical Resources Management - Magazines: University of Puget Sound - Silver Medal
Best Practice With an audience of alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff, Arches “functions mainly as a continuing case statement for the university.” A quarterly magazine, it has a circulation of 32,000 and an annual budget of $97,000.

Periodical Resources Management - Magazines: College of William and Mary - Bronze Medal
Best Practice The goal of Ideation is to redefine and mold the various perceptions of the research component of the college. With a diverse audience made up of elected officials, opinion leaders, media, alumni and friends, among others, the magazine is published twice a year, has a circulation of 22,000 and an annual budget of $26,490.

Periodical Special Issues: Harvard Medical School - Grand Gold Medal
Best Practice Using the theme "The Seven Deadly Sins," this issue of the Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin consisted of seven essays written by alumni. The Bulletin is a quarterly two-color magazine with a circulation of 16,000 and an annual budget of $181,390.

Periodical Special Issues: Pomona College - Gold Medal
Best Practice This theme issue of Pomona College Magazine centered on “family,” and consisted of a series of interrelated stories touching on four very different kinds of families. Pomona Magazine is published three times a year, has a circulation of approximately 28,500 and an annual budget of $166,802.