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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 hea
January 11, 2021 News
The University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications, the University of Maine Alumni Association and the University of Maine Foundation were awarded a total of six 2021 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I Excellence Awards.
UMaine Today online, the magazine website managed by web/print content coordinator Amanda Lozier in Marketing and Communications, received a Silver Excellence Award in the Digital Magazines category. This is the third consecutive year of national and regional awards for UMaine Today online: a CASE 2020 Silver Excellence Award, and district 2020 Silver and 2019 CASE Gold Excellence awards.
UMaine photographer and videographer Adam Küykendall received a 2021 Silver Excellence Award for a UMaine Today magazine video and Honorary Mention in Platinum Awards for best photography, both focused on documenting the songbird habitat research o