{"id":35269,"date":"2024-11-15T11:20:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=35269"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:51:25","slug":"university-communications-wins-awards-for-storytelling-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/university-communications-wins-awards-for-storytelling-design\/","title":{"rendered":"University Communications wins awards for storytelling, design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Furman University is earning recognition for putting its best face forward, with\u00a0the work of the University Communications department recently earning five industry awards.<\/p>\n

Furman\u2019s most popular news story, \u201cRiley\u2019s Love,\u201d won two awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education<\/a>. CASE is a global nonprofit dedicated to educational advancement.<\/p>\n

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The limited-edition FU All the Time Bourbon was designed to commemorate the launch of Clearly Furman, the Campaign for Our Third Century.<\/p><\/div>\n

In \u201cRiley\u2019s Love<\/a>,\u201d Senior Director of News and Media Strategy Clinton Colmenares tells the story of 15-year-old Riley, a golden retriever-Basset hound mix that has visited campus every day for 10 years. Her owners, Kathy and Dave Knox, bring Riley to campus to give back for the love that their son Jeff, a Furman alumnus, received after a near-deadly car accident left him permanently disabled. After a three-month coma, Jeff\u2019s first move was to pet a hospital therapy dog.<\/p>\n

When the story, featuring photos by Multimedia Content Creator Owen Withycombe, ran in the summer, it quickly became the most shared story on Furman social media. Instagram reached 16,514 people with 3,026 likes and 82 comments. On Facebook, Riley reached 87,670 people, with 1,633 reactions, 148 comments and 105 shares.<\/p>\n

The story garnered a Best of CASE District III Award, as well as a national CASE Circle of Excellence Award.<\/p>\n

University Communications staff also earned CASE Best of District III awards for the FU All the Time Bourbon<\/a> and the recruitment publication for the Master of Arts in Strategic Design program.<\/p>\n

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The award-winning recruitment publication for the Master of Arts in Strategic Design program profiles graduates and showcases their experiences and portfolio selections.<\/p><\/div>\n

The limited-edition bourbon, a project led by Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Visual Communications Elizabeth Lichtenberg and designed by Graphic Designer and Visual Communicator Chris Turner, is Furman\u2019s first private-label licensed product. The bourbon was launched in April 2023 in partnership with Affinity Licensing and Ironclad Distillery to commemorate the launch of Clearly Furman, the Campaign for Our Third Century. The bourbon has sold more than 7,000 bottles, and Lichtenberg was invited to speak about the success at the Intercollegiate Licensing Association Winter Symposium in Las Vegas in January 2024.<\/p>\n

The MASD<\/a> recruitment publication, designed by Assistant Director of Visual Communications Kaylee Welgraven, profiles three successful graduates from the program and showcases their experiences and innovative portfolio selections. It outlines course information, professional development and networking opportunities, faculty contacts and a financial overview. This publication also won a University and College Designers Association award.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am incredibly proud of the outstanding work of our team,\u201d said Vice President for University Communications Tom Evelyn. \u201cWinning these awards is a testament to the creativity, dedication and collaboration that drives our mission to engage and inspire. Such recognition reflects not only the team\u2019s talent but also the impact of their work in advancing Furman\u2019s vision and connecting with our audience in meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Innovative product design and compelling storytelling earned Furman University five recent industry awards, highlighting the work of University Communications staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":401,"featured_media":29488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1922,78],"tags":[2360,1975,302,3135],"class_list":["post-35269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clearly-furman","category-strategic-design","tag-awards","tag-clearly-furman","tag-strategic-design","tag-university-communications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35269"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35276,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35269\/revisions\/35276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}