MANSFIELD – The Marketing and Communications Department (MarComm) at Commonwealth University (CU) took home three awards at the recent 2023 CUPPIE Awards competition sponsored by CUPRAP (College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals).
During an awards ceremony
at the Lancaster County Convention Center on March 9, Commonwealth U
received one bronze and two gold CUPPIES. A gold was awarded in the Long
Form Story Writing category for the piece, “Pulling Back the Curtain on
the Uncommon Man,” written by Thomas McGuire, senior director of
strategic communications, for the Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
winter 2022 issue. The second gold was awarded in the Wild Card category
to the MarComm staff for their collective effort for community scholars
and scholarship strategy (scholarship materials, media relations,
social media and webpage) and the bronze was awarded in the Executive
Communications Speech Writing/Remarks category for the “Clinton County
Economic Partnership Keynote,” written by Elizabeth Arnold, executive
communications and editorial director and Dan Knorr director of external
and government relations.
“Congratulations to the Commonwealth
University Marketing and Communications team on their impressive
accomplishments at this year’s CUPRAP awards ceremony. Their efforts to
promote and advance the university’s mission are to be commended,” said
Bashar W. Hanna, president.
CUPPIE Awards are given for creative
excellence in marketing and communications to the work of member
institutions in the categories of advertising, electronic media, print,
public relations and marketing, writing, and photography.
A total
of 501 entries were received for the 16th annual CUPPIE Awards from
colleges, universities, agencies, and providers of private, specialized,
and secondary education. Judges represented experts in the field of
communications and included designers, writers, educators, corporate
executives, and media professionals.