KCC earns five national awards for marketing, graphic design efforts

BATTLE CREEK — The Kellogg Community College Marketing and Communications Department has won five awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations. According to a community announcement, these awards recognize the department’s efforts to promote the college during the 2024 academic year.

The NCMPR Paragon Awards are international honors that celebrate excellence in design and communication at community and technical colleges in the United States and Canada. This year, the competition received nearly 1,600 entries from more than 200 organizations. KCC’s five awards tied for the most honors awarded to a single organization in the Paragon Awards this year.

The award recipients were announced on March 27 during an awards ceremony at the NCMPR National Conference in New Orleans. KCC won awards in several categories.

In the Academic Catalog or Class Schedule category, KCC received the third-place Bronze Paragon Award for the 2024 Bruin Youth Programming summer camps schedule, produced in collaboration with the college’s Lifelong Learning Department.

For Computer-Generated Illustration, KCC won the third-place Bronze Paragon Award for an illustrated campus map that served as the centerspread for the college’s “Blaze Goes to Camp” children’s book, illustrated by KCC Graphic Design alumna Sara Parks.

In the Logo Wear category, KCC received the second-place Silver Paragon Award for a shirt designed for the college’s Bruin Blast welcome-back event for students, which was distributed freely to students and staff.

The KCC Postcard Project won the first-place Gold Paragon Award in the Postcard (Single or Series) category. This project is a partnership with the Arts and Communication Department, where a work of art from a KCC Art, Graphic Design, and Photography and Multimedia program student is chosen each month and printed as a postcard for distribution on campus and throughout the community.

Additionally, KCC won the second-place Silver Paragon Award for its latest original children’s book, “Blaze Goes to Camp,” in the Print Wild Card category.

KCC’s Marketing and Communications Department provides various in-house services, including strategy development, marketing management, graphic design and print services. The department operates under the leadership of Vice President for Communications and Advancement Eric Greene.

Since 2012, the marketing team has won a total of 26 Paragon Awards and 88 Medallion Awards, which are regional honors bestowed by the NCMPR.

The department employs several staff members and part-time student workers to help students gain valuable skills in marketing and communication.

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