My creative work — from campaign planning to content writing — has been recognized by industry organizations, honors sometimes shared as part of a team.

Writing Awards & Honors

Apex Awards – 2020

Grand Award, Writing: “Old, incorrect, and obsolete: Why out-of-date content hurts your website”) – Recruiting and Retaining Adult Learners; Wiley (Note: This was the first the Grand Writing Award Wiley’s higher ed newsletter series!)

Award of Excellence, “Ophthalmology Practices Navigate the #MeToo Movement” – (cover story) Administrative Eyecare; American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA)

Higher Education & Leadership Awards & Honors

Teaching and Leadership

2019 – Distinguished Faculty Award at the Graduate Level, Rosemont College

2014 – Leadership Lancaster Core Class, selected as class speaker

Higher Education Marketing Communications Awards

These honors were earned as a part of the marketing and communications team at Elizabethtown College, where I then worked. I was honored to work on these memorable campaigns and pieces.

2014 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II – Accolades Awards

GOLD – Creativity on a Shoestring
For Tag, You’re It campaign, a grassroots social media promotion for Homecoming, and involving the social media street team I established in 2012 (The E-team!). An analog promotion in a social world! My role: creative conceptualization, web and social media implementation, project management and day-of activity.

BRONZE – Website, Student Recruitment
For the redevelopment of the School for Continuing and Professional Studies’ website. My role: content strategy, content development, content writing, content training, creative conceptualization.

BRONZE – Best Practices in Communication
For the Share Your Moment admissions audience engagement campaign – a user-generated content promotion I later presented about many times. My role: creative conceptualization, project manager, project implementation, social media monitoring and engagement.

2013 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II – Accolades Awards

GOLD — Student Recruitment/Individual Print Pieces
College’s Admissions Viewbook, “Elizabethtown Redefined” — (my role: creative development/conceptualization, copywriting)

GOLD– Best Practices in Educational Fundraising
The Battle of the Blues fundraising campaign (my role: social media, web content, copywriting)

SILVER — Video Features
Elizabethtown College Branding Video (my role: creative conceptualization, script writing, story development)

SILVER– Best Practices in Communications
The “Moment of Truth Acceptance Package” entry (my role: creative development/conceptualization, copywriting, social media.)

BRONZE — Special Events: Event Series
Presidential Inauguration project (my role: editing, writing, social media)

HONORABLE MENTION — Student Recruitment/Package
College’s Admissions Viewbook, “Elizabethtown Redefined” — (my role: creative development/conceptualization, copywriting, web content, social media)

Various, 2012 – Higher Education

Best of Track – Marketing, Social and Content (a.k.a The Red Stapler Award) – 2012
Higher Education Web Professionals (HighEdWeb) – national conference 2012
Awarded best of track in the marketing, content and social track for “No Such Thing as TMI: How to Create a Culture of Content Sharing.” The best of track sessions are repeated twice on the final day of the conference.

Bronze Telly Award – Promotional Video – 2012
The Office of Marketing and Communications and GK Visual of Harrisburg, Pa. was awarded a bronze Telly award for a promotional video. My role was scriptwriter. Our office partnered with GK Visual to produce the higher education branding video, and we enlisted a dozen or so faculty and staff members and, of course, students to help tell the E-town story. GK submitted the video to the Tellys.

NeoGraphic Franklin Award for Excellence, The Graphic Arts Association – 2012
Admissions Viewbook  (my role: creative development/conceptualization, copywriting)

NeoGraphic Franklin Award for Excellence – 2011
Inauguration invitation (my role: creative development/conceptualization, copywriting)

Radio Promotion Awards – early 2000s

  • Promotion Award — 2nd Place, Medium Market, Country Radio Broadcaster’s Association
    • 2000 – Won promotion award for the “Faith Hill ‘This Kiss’ Kiss-Off”
  • Promotion Award – Honorable Mention, Medium Market, Country Radio Broadcaster’s Association
    • 2001 – Won award for the “Sammy Kershaw Cajun’ Cook-Off”

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