Millsaps College receives national recognition for public relations

The Office of Communications at Millsaps College received a national award from Admissions Marketing Report in March as well as two Prism Awards and two Awards of Excellence at the Public Relations Association of Mississippi State conference 2006 on April 7 in Oxford, Mississippi.

In the 21st Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report, a bronze award was given to the Millsaps for the series of new admissions recruitment materials produced in 2005. Millsaps, along with design group Mindpower, Inc. of Atlanta, earned the award for a total advertising campaign by a school with fewer than 2,000 students.

The Fall-Winter 2005 issue of the Millsaps Magazine won a Prism in the category “Publications External Audience with Budgets over $2,000” and the 2005 Homecoming Brochure won a Prism in the category “Brochure over $1,000.” The college received an Award of Excellence in the “Website Under $1000” category for a website student survey submitted by Millsaps junior Chris Spear and the Millsaps communications office and an Award of Excellence in the “Website Over $1000” category for the current Millsaps website. The awards were announced at the statewide public relations conference in April.

Staff members who participated in the winning projects were John Webb, Jesse Yancy, Shelly Bass, Kelley Mathews, Lisa Purdie, Scott Albert Johnson, Anu Goel, Patti Wade, John Conway, Tanya Newkirk, Trenee Palmer and Clint Kimberling. Students who participated were Anna Ellis, Jewel Johnson and Chris Spear.

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