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Vermont Business Magazine Northern Vermont University (NVU) is excited to announce it was awarded a Grand Gold Award in the CASE District I Excellence Awards in the Special Event Pivot category for its reimagination of the NVU May 2020 Commencement into a Virtual Celebration for the Class of 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NVU, like so many universities, was unable to hold its normal commencement ceremonies and needed to develop a virtual celebration for its graduates. In all, CASE District I received 250 entries for the 2021 awards, and awarded just seven Grand Gold distinctions.
From the CASE judges: “This was a truly exceptional re-design, and true pivot of an event to a virtual experience. The hyper-personalization through the microsites was excellent, and creates a sense of knowing and celebrating the graduates as individuals. The attention to detail was exceptional: downloadable personalized graphics for social media, and especially the ability to hear the graduates' names read. In particular, their names being read is special because that experience is so fundamental to a commencement.”