2018 Circle of Excellence Award Winners by Institution
Aalto University
In-House Print Publications (Grand Gold)
Aiglon College
Independent School Magazines (Gold)
Amherst College
Circulation: 29,999 or Fewer (Silver)
Archer School for Girls
Annual Reports and Fund Reports (Bronze)
Arizona State University
PSAs and Commercial Spots (Gold)
Arizona State University
Mobile Applications (Bronze)
Auburn University
Case Statements/General Cultivation Publications (Gold)
Fundraising Publications Packages (Gold)
Fundraising Programs: Flash Campaigns (Silver)
Special Events: Year-Long (Gold)
Individual Fundraising Publications (Bronze)
Special Events: Multi-Day (Bronze)
Bates College
Design: Calendars (Gold)
Baylor School
Fundraising Videos: Long Videos (Gold)
Baylor University
External Audience Newsletters (Print) (Gold)
Bentley University
Individual Sub-Websites (Bronze)
Berea College
Emerging Programs (Bronze)
BI Norwegian Business School
Advertising Campaigns (Silver)
Recruitment Videos: Short Videos (Bronze)
Biola University
Multi-Page Publications (Silver)
Boston University
Digital Magazines (Gold)
Districts I-IV (Gold)
Individual Sub-Websites (Gold)
President's Reports and Annual Reports (Digital) (Gold)
President's Reports and Annual Reports (Print) (Gold)
Feature Writing: Profile (Silver)
Individual Sub-Websites (Silver)
Innovative Alumni Programs (Silver)
Long Videos (Silver)
Marketing and Branding (Silver)
President's Reports and Annual Reports (Digital) (Silver)
Series of Related Photographs (Silver)
Viewbooks and Prospectuses (Silver)
Individual Sub-Websites (Bronze)
Series of Related Photographs (Bronze)
Brigham Young University
Best Uses of Social Media: Student Life (Gold)
Long Videos (Silver)
Design: Posters (Bronze)
Individual Photographs (Bronze)
News and Research Videos (Bronze)
Brown University
Fundraising Programs: Targeted Campaigns (Silver)
Feature Writing: Topical (Bronze)
Butler University
Best Uses of Social Media: Public Relations and Marketing (Gold)
California Institute of Technology
Principal or Major Giving Programs (Gold)
News and Research Videos (Bronze)
California State University, Fullerton
Writing for the Web (Gold)
California State University, San Bernardino
Institution Wide (Gold)
Campbell University
Design: Covers (Silver)
Carleton College
Districts V-VIII (Bronze)
Carnegie Mellon University
Special Events: Multi-Day (Silver)
Design: Books (Bronze)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
External Audience Newsletters (Print) (Bronze)
Series of Related Photographs (Bronze)
Central European University
Issues and Crisis Management (Gold)
Champlain College
Publications Packages (Bronze)
Clark University
Individual Photographs (Gold)
Clemson University
Special Events: Single Day (Grand Gold)
Colby College
Special Events: Single Day (Bronze)
College of the Holy Cross
Fundraising Campaigns: Flash Campaigns (Bronze)
Columbia University
Feature Writing: Profile (Silver)
Design: Illustrations (Bronze)
Districts I-IV (Bronze)
Concordia University
Overall Operations (Silver)
Connecticut College
Design: Covers (Gold)
Design: Covers (Silver)
Magazine Publishing Improvement (Silver)
Cornell University
Communications Program Improvement (Silver)
Long Videos (Bronze)
Dallas County Community College District
Public or Private Grants (Silver)
Dartmouth College
External Audience Newsletters (Print) (Silver)
De Montfort University
Public Relations and Community Relations Projects (Bronze)
Deakin University
Annual Magazines (Gold)
Denison University
Fundraising Videos: Short (Silver)
Institutional Websites (Bronze)
Dickinson College
Individual Publications (Gold)
Drexel University
Annual Magazines (Silver)
Visual Identity Systems (Silver)
Duke University
Feature Writing: Profile (Gold)
General News Writing (Gold)
Research, Medicine and Science News Writing (Gold)
Special Events: Single Day (Silver)
Special Issues (Silver)
Innovative Alumni Programs (Bronze)
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Design: Illustrations (Gold)
Best Uses of Social Media: Public Relations and Marketing (Silver)
Fashion Institute of Technology
Design: Covers (Bronze)
Florida International University
Annual Giving Programs (Bronze)
Special Issues (Bronze)
Florida State University
Fundraising Videos: Long Videos (Gold)
Foxcroft School
Fundraising Publications Packages (Gold)
George Brown College
Marketing and Branding (Gold)
George School
Individual Fundraising Publications (Silver)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Editorial Design (Gold)
Diversity Programs: Internal Constituencies (Silver)
Design: Periodicals (Bronze)
President's Reports and Annual Reports (Print) (Bronze)
Grand Valley State University
Programming for Special Constituencies (Bronze)
Hamilton College
Annual Giving Programs (Gold)
Harper College
Stewardship (Gold)
Harvard Business School
Circulation: 75,000 or Greater (Gold)
Design: Invitations (Silver)
Feature Writing: Profile (Bronze)
Writing for the Web (Bronze)
Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year (Grand Gold)
Harvard Law School
Feature Writing: Topical (Bronze)
Long Videos (Bronze)
Harvard University
Circulation: 30,000 to 74,999 (Gold)
News and Research Videos (Gold)
Feature Writing: Topical (Silver)
Hathaway Brown School
Independent School Magazines (Bronze)
Holton-Arms School
Recruitment Videos: Long Videos (Gold)
Indiana University
Advertising: Individual Ads (Silver)
Individual Sub-Websites (Gold)
Fundraising Publications Packages (Bronze)
PSAs and Commercial Spots (Bronze)
Digital Communications (P)
Short Videos (Gold)
Johns Hopkins University
Design: Specialty Pieces (Grand Gold)
Media Relations Programs & Projects (Silver)
Feature Writing: Profile (Bronze)
Short Videos (Bronze)
Kansas State University
Research Publications (Silver)
La Salle University
Viewbooks and Prospectuses (Silver)
Lehigh University
Creative Strategies for Engaging Volunteers (Gold)
Promotional Publications (Gold)
Individual Publications (Bronze)
Lesley University
In-House Print Publications (Gold)
Institutional Websites (Silver)
Short Videos (Gold)
Lethbridge College
Community College Magazines (Silver)
Lewis & Clark College
In-House Print Publications (Silver)
Loyola University New Orleans
Department or Unit (Gold)
Best Uses of Social Media: Student Life (Silver)
Publications Packages (Silver)
MacMurray College
Special Events: Multi-Day (Gold)
Macquarie University
Fundraising Programs: Targeted Campaigns (Silver)
Marquette University
Special Issues (Grand Gold)
Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School
Visual Identity Systems (Bronze)
Massey University Foundation
Student Alumni Initiatives (Bronze)
McGill University
External Audience Newsletters (Digital) (Gold)
Challenge Grant/Matching Gift Programs (Silver)
McMaster University
Best Uses of Social Media: Public Relations and Marketing (Bronze)
Medical University of South Carolina
Public Relations and Community Relations Projects (Grand Gold)
Miami University
Fundraising Programs: Flash Campaigns (Gold)
Michigan State University
Excellence in Photography (P)
Michigan Technological University
Collaborative Program (Gold)
Middlebury College
Feature Writing: Profile (Gold)
Individual Photographs (Gold)
Fundraising Videos: Short (Silver)
Recruitment Videos: Short Videos (Silver)
Milton Academy
Case Statements/General Cultivation Publications (Bronze)
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Overall Operations (Gold)
Missouri State University
News and Research Videos (Silver)
Montana State University
Publications Packages (Gold)
Circulation: 29,999 or Fewer (Bronze)
Nebraska State Colleges
Books (Gold)
Northeastern University
Advancement Services: Donor Relations (Gold)
Short Videos (Bronze)
Northwestern University
Department or Unit (Bronze)
Oakland University
Annual Giving Programs (Silver)
Oberlin College
Circulation: 30,000 to 74,999 (Silver)
Design: Periodicals (Silver)
Ohio University
Student Alumni Initiatives (Silver)
Diversity Programs: External Constituencies (Bronze)
Oregon Health & Science University
Fundraising Videos: Short (Gold)
Oregon State University
Short Videos (Silver)
Pacific Lutheran University
Individual Photographs (Silver)
Peddie School
Independent School Magazines (Gold)
Pennsylvania State University
Feature Writing: Profile (Silver)
Phillips Academy
Single-Page Publications (Gold)
Point Loma Nazarene University
Recruitment Videos: Long Videos (Silver)
Portland State University Foundation
Single-Page Publications (Bronze)
Princeton University
Design: Specialty Pieces (Silver)
Punahou School
Fundraising Videos: Long Videos (Silver)
Purdue University
Long Videos (Gold)
Queen's University
Special Events: Year-Long (Silver)
Renbrook School
Recruitment Videos: Short Videos (Grand Gold)
Rice University
Best Practice in Fundraising (P)
Rockefeller University
Editorial Design (Silver)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Innovative Alumni Programs (Bronze)
Ryerson University
Advertising Campaigns (Bronze)
Multi-Page Publications (Bronze)
Promotional Publications (Bronze)
Saint Mary's College of California
Recruitment Videos: Short Videos (Gold)
Santa Clara University
Design: Periodicals (Gold)
Individual Photographs (Gold)
Editorial Design (Bronze)
Sarah Lawrence College
Recruitment Videos: Short Videos (Silver)
Smith College
Circulation: 30,000 to 74,999 (Gold)
Feature Writing: Profile (Silver)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Special Events: Multi-Day (Grand Gold)
Southern Methodist University
Design: Books (Gold)
Southwestern University
Institutional Websites (Silver)
Stanford University
Circulation: 29,999 or Fewer (Gold)
Feature Writing: Profile (Gold)
Districts V-VIII (Silver)
Individual Photographs (Silver)
Design: Illustrations (Bronze)
Design: Invitations (Bronze)
News and Research Videos (Bronze)
Research, Medicine and Science News Writing (Bronze)
Podcasts (Silver)
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
Special Events: Single Day (Gold)
Sweet Briar College
Institution Wide (Bronze)
Syracuse University
Diversity Programs: External Constituencies (Gold)
Tabor Academy
Multi-Page Publications (Gold)
Temple University
Internal Audience Publications (Digital) (Silver)
Texas A&M University
News and Research Videos (Bronze)
Texas State University
Editorial Design (Bronze)
The Brearley School
Individual Photographs (Silver)
The Browning School
Viewbooks and Prospectuses (Bronze)
The College of New Jersey
Design: Illustrations (Silver)
The College of Saint Rose
Recruitment Videos: Long Videos (Bronze)
The Ethel Walker School
Programming for Special Constituencies (Silver)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Programming for Special Constituencies (Silver)
The New School
Advertising Campaigns (Gold)
The Ohio State University
External Audience Newsletters (Digital) (Silver)
Individual Sub-Websites (Bronze)
The University of Adelaide
Marketing and Branding (Bronze)
The University of Auckland
PSAs and Commercial Spots (Silver)
The University of British Columbia
Advertising : Individual Ads (Gold)
Individual Sub-Websites (Silver)
Best Practice in Alumni Relations (P)
Short Videos (Silver)
The University of Edinburgh
Communications Program Improvement (Silver)
The University of Manitoba
Feature Writing: Topical (Gold)
Feature Writing: Topical (Bronze)
The University of Melbourne
Multimedia Campaigns (Gold)
The University of Newcastle
Institution Wide (Silver)
The University of North Carolina General Alumni Association
Feature Writing: Topical (Silver)
Feature Writing: Profile (Bronze)
The University of Nottingham
Media Relations Programs & Projects (Gold)
Multimedia Campaigns (Bronze)
The University of Queensland
Multimedia Campaigns (Gold)
General News Writing (Bronze)
Podcasts (Bronze)
The University of Sydney
Advertising Campaigns (Grand Gold)
The University of Western Australia
Emerging Programs (Silver)
Trinity University
Fundraising Programs: Flash Campaigns (Silver)
University at Buffalo
Special Issues (Gold)
University College Dublin
Annual Giving Programs (Silver)
University College London
Visual Identity Systems (Gold)
University of Alberta
Circulation: 75,000 or Greater (Gold)
Series of Related Photographs (Gold)
Design: Periodicals (Bronze)
External Audience Newsletters (Digital) (Bronze)
Research, Medicine and Science News Writing (Bronze)
Best Articles of the Year (P)
University of Birmingham
Fundraising Videos: Short (Bronze)
University of California, Berkeley
General News Writing (Silver)
Public Relations and Community Relations Projects (Bronze)
Short Videos (Gold)
University of California, Davis
Advertising: Individual Ads (Silver)
Internal Audience Publications (Digital) (Gold)
Collaborative Program (Silver)
Individual Sub-Websites (Bronze)
Diversity Programs (P)
University of California, Office of the President
Advocacy Campaigns (Gold)
News and Research Videos (Silver)
University of California, San Francisco
Department or Unit (Silver)
Special Constituency Magazines (Silver)
Fundraising Videos: Long Videos (Bronze)
University of Central Florida
Editorial Design (Gold)
Individual Photographs (Gold)
PSAs and Commercial Spots (Gold)
In-House Print Publications (Silver)
University of Chicago
Design: Invitations (Gold)
Circulation: 75,000 or Greater (Silver)
Promotional Publications (Silver)
Feature Writing: Profile (Bronze)
University of Colorado at Boulder
Annual Magazines (Bronze)
Special Constituency Magazines (Bronze)
University of East Anglia
Best Uses of Social Media: Alumni Relations (Silver)
University of Essex
Research Publications (Silver)
University of Florida
Writing for the Web (Gold)
Writing for the Web (Silver)
Magazine Publishing Improvement (Bronze)
University of Georgia
Collaborative Program (Bronze)
Stewardship (Bronze)
University of Glasgow
Innovative Alumni Programs (Silver)
University of Houston
Case Statements/General Cultivation Publications (Silver)
University of Huddersfield
Viewbooks and Prospectuses (Gold)
University of Iowa
Professional and Staff Development (Silver)
University of Maryland Baltimore
Editorial Design (Bronze)
University of Maryland College Park
Best Uses of Social Media: Student Life (Silver)
Districts I-IV (Silver)
Individual Publications (Silver)
Individual Photographs (Bronze)
Internal Audience Publications (Print) (Bronze)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Individual Fundraising Publications (Gold)
Magazine Publishing Improvement (Silver)
University of Miami
Emerging Programs (Silver)
Special Events: Single Day (Silver)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Design: Invitations (Grand Gold)
Individual Sub-Websites (Gold)
Writing for the Web (Gold)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Case Statements/General Cultivation Publications (Grand Gold)
Department or Unit (Bronze)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Magazine Publishing Improvement (Gold)
University of Northern Iowa
Advancement Services: Donor Relations (Bronze)
Marketing and Branding (Bronze)
University of Notre Dame
Design: Posters (Silver)
Programming for Special Constituencies (Bronze)
University of Rhode Island
Feature Writing: Column or Opinion Piece (Gold)
University of Richmond
Circulation: 30,000 to 74,999 (Bronze)
Stewardship (Bronze)
University of Southern California
Case Statements/General Cultivation Publications (Bronze)
Long Videos (Bronze)
Special Events: Single Day (Bronze)
University of Texas at Austin
Stewardship (Silver)
University of Texas System
Emerging Programs (Gold)
University of the Pacific
Advancement Services: Donor Relations (Gold)
University of Toronto
Special Constituency Magazines (Gold)
Single-Page Publications (Silver)
University of Virginia
Annual Reports and Fund Reports (Gold)
Challenge Grant/Matching Gift Programs (Silver)
Issues and Crisis Management (Silver)
Individual Sub-Websites (Bronze)
Multi-Page Publications (Bronze)
University of Washington
Design: Specialty Pieces (Gold)
Series of Related Photographs (Gold)
Digital Magazines (Silver)
Individual Photographs (Silver)
Research, Medicine and Science News Writing (Silver)
Writing for the Web (Silver)
Individual Photographs (Bronze)
Podcasts (Gold)
University of Waterloo
Fundraising Videos: Long Videos (Silver)
University of Westminster
Innovative Alumni Programs (Gold)
Student Alumni Initiatives (Gold)
University of Wisconsin Madison
President's Reports and Annual Reports (Print) (Gold)
Public Relations and Community Relations Projects (Silver)
Special Issues (Silver)
Vanderbilt University
Best Uses of Social Media: Public Relations and Marketing (Bronze)
Victor Valley College
Community College Public-Private Partnership (Gold)
Villanova University
Challenge Grant/Matching Gift Programs (Gold)
Multimedia Campaigns (Silver)
Student Alumni Initiatives (Bronze)
Wake Forest University
Multi-Page Publications (Grand Gold)
Annual Reports and Fund Reports (Silver)
Design: Books (Silver)
Multi-Page Publications (Silver)
Circulation: 75,000 or Greater (Bronze)
Viewbooks and Prospectuses (Bronze)
Washington State University
Fundraising Videos: Short (Silver)
Washington University in St. Louis
Institutional Websites (Silver)
Design: Calendars (Bronze)
News and Research Videos (Bronze)
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Institutional Websites (Silver)
Weber State University
President's Reports and Annual Reports (Print) (Grand Gold)
Wheaton College
Short Videos (Silver)
York University
Digital Magazines (Gold)