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Northeast Literary Magazine and
Billboard Win Awards
Northeast Alabama Community College recently was notified that
it is the recipient of two awards in the Twenty-third Annual
Admissions Advertising Awards competition by the National
Newspaper of Admissions Marketing—Admissions Marketing Report.
The Aurora literary magazine received a Bronze Award in
the category of Publication/Internal Group 2: School with
2,000-4,999 students. “The literary magazine at NACC is so much
more than just a forum for our students, for it also serves as a
recruiting tool,” said Reeves. The literary magazine is
published annually by the Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Sigma Kappa
Delta and the English and Fine Arts Department of NACC. “Through
the writing competition we sponsor for area middle and high
schools, we are able to reach out to potential students and
offer those ‘budding’ authors a chance to see their work in
print. The Aurora has truly been a labor of love and
continues to reflect the amazing work being done by Alabama
community colleges.” Other winners in this category included
Texas A & M University, University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia, Villa Julie College in Maryland, Central Lakes
College in Minnesota, and University of South Carolina -Aiken.
Also a winner was one of the College’s new billboards entitled
“Your future begins here!” which won an award of Merit in the
category of Outdoor Transit/Billboard Group 2: School with 2,000
– 4,999 students. “This billboard was part of our marketing
efforts to introduce the college’s newly redesigned logo/seal,”
said Debra Barrentine, Director of Promotions Marketing for
NACC. “We are very pleased with the outcome of our new campaign
and that the AMR recognized our efforts.” Other winners in this
category included Lourdes College in Ohio, Union University in
Tennessee, Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania, Gardner-Webb
University in North Carolina, and Northeast Iowa Community
College.
The Admissions Advertising Awards is the largest education
advertising awards competition in the country. This year, two
thousand entries were received from more than one thousand
colleges, universities and secondary schools from all fifty
states and several foreign countries. Judges for the Admissions
Advertising Awards consisted of a national panel of admissions’
marketers, advertising creative directors, marketing and
advertising professionals and the editorial board of Admissions
Marketing Report. The Admissions Marketing Report is the
nation’s leading marketing publication for higher education. The
monthly publication is in its twenty-third year and is read each
by thousands of admissions marketers at colleges and
universities throughout the country.
A complete listing of winners in all categories can be found at
the website hmrpublicationsgroup.com. Northeast was the only two
year community college from Alabama to win one of these coveted
awards.
“We are very pleased that Northeast has won this national
recognition,” said Dr. David Campbell, President of NACC. “Aurora,
our literary magazine is just outstanding. Mrs. Joan Reeves and
her staff do an excellent job with this publication. And letting
people know about Northeast and what is available here is an
extremely important function of the College. Mrs. Debra
Barrentine does an excellent job in creating our slogans and
getting our billboards designed. These awards show the quality
of our staff’s work.”
For more information on the Aurora literary magazine,
contact Joan Reeves at 638-4418 or 228-6001, ext. 347 and for
Promotions and Marketing, contact Debra Barrentine at ext. 210.
Pictured below are Joan Reeves, Director of
the English and Fine Arts Division and faculty sponsor of
Aurora; Dr. David Campbell, President; and Debra Barrentine,
Director of Promotions and Marketing.
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