Posted on June 9: McMaster recognized for advancing education

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Teamwork has once again paid off as McMaster University has been awarded three medals at the Prix D'Excellence, the prestigious annual awards program of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE).
The CCAE recognizes outstanding achievement in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment, and overall institutional advancement.
Teamwork showed up in a big way in the first place entry in the Best Print Ad or Ad Campaign. Anne Plessl, Library Development Advisory Group, teamed up with the Department of Athletics & Recration and photographer Scott Gardner to develop the @ your library posters for McMaster University libraries. This innovative marketing campaign for used varsity athletes to help make fellow students more aware of the resources available at their library of choice.
Other winners are from the Office of Public Relations, which received a bronze medal for Shelly Easton's Valentine's Day news release, Blue movies for the birds, and the Office of Alumni Advancement, which claimed a silver medal in the Best Alumni or Volunteer Recognition category for the McMaster Alumni Association Arch Award. Recipients of this award are Karen McQuigge, Rod Morrison, Michelyn Siple, Sarah Buffett, Maureen Harmer, Larry Barnard, Pearl Sojnocki, Christine Johnson, Kiah Constam, Jane Caufield and Peter Nelson.
The Arch Award recognizes recent grads who have achieved success in career endeavours, had interesting, unusual or innovative accomplishments in their public or personal life, or made notable contributions to society, to local communities or the McMaster community.
Photo caption: @ your library poster