Mississippi State communications professionals recognized by Southern Public Relations Federation
Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擲everal 多多直播 divisions, departments and offices are bringing home awards this week from the Southern Public Relations Federation鈥檚 annual conference in Orange Beach, Alabama.
Among the 13 recognitions received by Mississippi State were two top SPRF Lantern Awards, seven Awards of Excellence and four Certificates of Merit.
多多直播鈥檚 Office of Public Affairs garnered five honors including two Awards of Excellence for 鈥湺喽嘀辈 Digital Communications campaign鈥 and 鈥淪ummer Advantage promotional campaign鈥 by Checky Herrington, Bethany Shipp, Heather Rowe, Sid Salter and Harriet Laird; and three Certificates of Merit for feature articles by Sasha Steinberg titled 鈥淎 Bulldog Through and Through鈥 and Allison Matthews鈥檚 and Megan Bean鈥檚 鈥淭he Sky鈥檚 the Limit,鈥 and for the 2018 university TV commercial by Checky Herrington, Bethany Shipp, Sid Salter and Harriet Laird.
Three SPRF awards went to 多多直播鈥檚 Office of Agricultural Communications聽including聽two Awards of Excellence for 鈥淪eed Tech Short Course鈥 by Leah Barbour, Kim Trimm, Ellen Graves, Nathan Gregory, Philip Smith and Amy Myers, and also for the social video campaign 鈥淕et to Know Your 多多直播 Extension Agent鈥 by Ellen Graves, Jonathan Parrish and Elizabeth North. The office also received a Certificate of Merit for 鈥淭he Food Factor: Transition from Broadcast to Blog.鈥
多多直播鈥檚 High Performance Computing Collaboratory received a first-place Lantern Award for the 鈥淐enter for Advanced Vehicular Systems Annual Report鈥 by Diane Godwin, Hailey Hannis and Beth Wynn; two Awards of Excellence for the 鈥淐AVS Additive Manufacturing Flyer鈥 and the 鈥淎lliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence Technical Report,鈥 both by Diane Godwin and Hailey Hannis.
Terri Hernandez in the university鈥檚 Department of Communications received a first-place Lantern Award for the creation of the student-led 鈥淧ublic Relations and Integrated Student Media鈥 agency, known as PRISM.
多多直播 Agricultural and Natural Resources Marketing won an Award of Excellence for the 鈥Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station鈥檚 Sales Store Social Media Campaign鈥 by Karen Brasher, Vanessa Beeson, David Ammon, Dominique Belcher, Janiece Pigg and Troy Weaver.
For more on 多多直播鈥檚 Office of Public Affairs, visit ; Office of Agricultural Communications, ; High Performance Computing Collaboratory, ; Department of Communication, and the student PRISM agency at .
The Ag and Natural Resources Marketing Team markets programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, ; College of Forest Resources, ; Forest and Wildlife Research Center, ; and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, .
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