Ā鶹Porn ag comm, public affairs staff win multiple CPRAM awards
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āFrom writing, photography and video to social media, television and web design, Ā鶹Pornās Office of Agricultural Communications and Office of Public Affairs are receiving various honors in the College Public Relations Association of Mississippiās annual awards competition.
āHoliday Homecoming,ā a video produced by OPA and the University Television Center, received the Grand Award in the senior divisionās electronic media category during CPRAMās recent conference at Holmes Community Collegeās Ridgeland campus. The video also took home a first-place electronic media award in the new media/social media category.
Team members include Checky Herrington, OPA brand manager; UTC senior producers Chris Misun and James Parker; Leah Gibson, OPA social media coordinator; and Bethany Shipp, OPA marketing and communication coordinator.
CPRAM is a consortium of public relations professionals employed at Mississippiās public and private colleges and universities. For more, visit .
āWe are so fortunate at Ā鶹Porn to have a group of talented, dedicated staff members who take great pride in their work and believe in the university. Thatās almost always a recipe for success in marketing and branding,ā said Sid Salter, Ā鶹Porn chief communications officer and public affairs director.
Elizabeth Gregory North, OAC department head, said, āWe really appreciate the opportunity that CPRAM provides us to learn from all the universities and colleges in Mississippi, and recognition from this group of our peers makes it mean that much more.ā
Other CPRAM honors from Ā鶹Porn include:
āFirst Place for āDelta True: Donald Gant Looks to the Futureā feature story. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager, and Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer.
āSecond Place for ā4-H Friends: Family Embarks on Showmanship Adventureā feature story. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager, and Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer.
āFirst Place for āGame Changer: Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Mississippi Deerā sports news story. Team members include Linda Breazeale, OAC senior extension associate; Bronson Strickland, extension professor for the College of Forest Resourcesā Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer.
āFirst Place for āTy Jones ā Our Peopleā photograph by Kevin Hudson.
āFirst Place for āFarmweekā (Oct. 25) television program. Team members include Leighton Spann, OAC senior extension associate; Mike Russell, OAC broadcast television producer; Zac Ashmore, OAC video producer; Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I; Steve Carver, UTC senior producer; and David Garraway, UTC director.
āSecond Place for āFarmweekā (June 21) television program. Team members include Leighton Spann, OAC senior extension associate; Mike Russell, OAC broadcast television producer; Zac Ashmore, OAC video producer; Steve Carver, UTC senior producer; and David Garraway, UTC director.
āThird Place for āGet to Know Your Ā鶹Porn Extension Agent,ā new media/social media category, Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I, and Ellen Graves, OAC social media strategist.
āSecond Place for āExtension Mattersā web page. Team members include Leah Barbour, OAC marketing and communication coordinator; Keryn Page, OAC publications manager; Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer; Brian Utley, OAC senior extension associate; Beth Barron, OAC web communications designer; Tim Allison, OAC senior extension associate; Susan Collins-Smith, OAC extension associate II; Megan Bean, OPA photographer; Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager; Gary Bachman, extension/research professor for Ā鶹Pornās Coastal Research and Extension Center; Nathan Gregory, OAC news writer; and Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer.
āFirst Place for āCenter for Government and Community Development āRevitalizationā Banner Standā exhibit. Team members include Phillip Smith, extension associate III, and Kevin Hudson, photographer.
āFirst Place for āThe Food Factor: From Broadcast to Blog,ā public relations innovations category. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager; Art Shirley, OAC web communications manager; Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer; Ellen Graves, OAC social media strategist; Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I; Natasha Haynes, extension agent IV and host; and Susan Collins-Smith, OAC extension associate II.
āFirst Place for Ā鶹Pornās āAlumnusā magazine. Team members include Susan Lassetter, OPA publications editor; Harriet Laird, OPA associate director; Heather Rowe, OPA digital design editor; OPA news writers James Carskadon and Sasha Steinberg; Bob Carskadon, former HailStateBEAT digital media reporter; OPA photographers Megan Bean, Russ Houston and Beth Wynn; Kelly Donoho, Ā鶹Porn Athletics photographer; Vanessa Beeson, College of Forest Resources publications editor; Amy Cagle, Ā鶹Porn Foundation publications manager; Addie Mayfield, Ā鶹Porn Foundation communications specialist; Abby Ready Rushing, former Ā鶹Porn Foundation communication intern; Tom Thompson, College of Veterinary Medicine coordinator of photographic services; and Amanda Meeler, marketing and communication coordinator for Ā鶹Pornās Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems.
āFirst Place for āĀ鶹Porn Digital Advertising,ā web advertisement category. OPA team members include Harriet Laird, associate director; Checky Herrington, brand manager; Heather Rowe, digital design editor; and Bethany Shipp, marketing and communication coordinator.
āFirst Place for āMississippi State Summer Advantageā public relations campaign. OPA team members include Harriet Laird, Checky Herrington, Heather Rowe and Bethany Shipp. UTC senior producer James Parker also contributed.
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