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KU lands 11 media awards

KU brought home nearly a dozen awards from the recent CASE District VI awards. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education awards achievement in development, alumni and communications work.

Winners are listed below.

KU Serves Kansas

Listen to the KU Serves Kansas audio that is currently airing on the Jayhawk Radio Network.

Health Careers Pathways

Kansas Biological Survey

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GOLD

Excellence in writing, press release: Jen Humphrey, KU Endowment for "Donors Help KU Student Pursue Dream of 'Building' His Country."

Excellence in writing, radio, video or DVD script: Frank Barthell, University Relations, for "KU Serves Kansas."

Excellence in multimedia, radio: Frank Barthell for "KU Serves Kansas."

Excellence in communications, periodicals: Internal audience tabloid/newsletter, Mike Krings, Lauren Beatty, R. Steve Dick and Jan Morris Nitcher, University Relations, for Oread.

SILVER

Excellence in fundraising materials, direct mail: Spring mail appeal, Emily Galbreath, Doug Barth and Earl Richardson, KU Endowment.

Excellence in fundraising materials, development writing: Jen Humphrey, for "Learning to See."

Excellence in opinion/column/editorial writing: Jennifer Jackson Sanner, KU Alumni Association, for "First Word," issue No. 6, 2005.

BRONZE

Excellence in writing, press release: Jen Humphrey, for "Scholarship Helps Student Move from Katrina to KU."

Excellence in communications, periodicals; Internal audience tabloid/newsletter: Brett Stoppel and Krings, University Relations, for Oread Online.

Excellence in profile/feature writing: Chris Lazzarino, KU Alumni Association, for "The Silver Medalist," issue No. 5, 2006.

Excellence in profile/feature writing: Steven Hill, Kansas Alumni Association, for "With the Grain," issue no. 5, 2006.

NOTABLE ALUMS

Idaho's highest point, Borah Peak, is named for 1889 KU graduate William Borah, a highly influential and maverick Republican U.S. senator from 1906 to 1940. He was best known for his role in preventing the U.S. from joining the League of Nations. He later sponsored bills establishing the Department of Labor and the Children's Bureau. A bronze statue of Borah stands in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol.
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February 5, 2007 : Vol. 31, No. 10

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