2011 Maroon & Gold Awards Recipients

Maroon & Gold awards are presented annually to UMCF members whose work
best embodies the University's core values: excellence,
innovation, integrity, diversity, academic freedom, collaboration,
sharing of knowledge, accountability, stewardship, and
service.

 Congratulations to the 2011 winners, listed below!

CATEGORY: WRITING

• GOLD
  Rebuilding Faces, Rebuilding Lives: Reconstructive Surgeons Give People Another Chance For a Normal Life
  Minnesota Medical Foundation
• MAROON - Short Feature
  
  Alumni Spotlight: Janis Amatuzio M.D.-Adding Compassion to Forensic Pathology
  Minnesota Medical Foundation
• MAROON - Long Feature
  Second Hand: Art That Speaks to Our Relationship to Stuff
  Institute on the Environment
• MAROON - Instructional
  
  Extension Website Governance Guidelines
  Extension Center for Food, Agriculture & Natural Resource Sciences
• MAROON - Script
  About University of Minnesota Extension presentation slides
  Extension Center for Food, Agriculture & Natural Resource Sciences

CATEGORY: MULTIMEDIA

• GOLD
  Promise of the Prairie Documentary
  Morris University Relations
• MAROON - Website
  Student Unions & Activities Website Redesign
  Student Unions & Activities
• MAROON - Video/DVD
  Water for Mulobere
  Institute on the Environment
• MAROON - Coordinated Social Media
  Institute on the Environment
  Facebook, Blog, Twitter, YouTube

CATEGORY: PRINT

• GOLD
  Momentum Magazine, Summer 2010
  
  Institute on the Environment
• MAROON - Multi Sheet
  Enhancing Minnesota
  College of Food, Agriculture & Natural Resource Sciences
• MAROON - Single Sheet
  
  Spring Events Calendar
  Student Unions & Activities
• MAROON - Card
  Kerlan Award Postcard
  University Libraries
• MAROON - Specialty
  University of Minnesota, Morris Vision for Sustainability
  Morris University Relations
• MAROON - Magazine
  Reach Magazine, Spring 2010
  College of Liberal Arts Media & Public Relations

CATEGORY: CAMPAIGN

• GOLD
  Discovery Showcase
  Minnesota Medical Foundation
• MAROON - Informational
  
  25 Years of MnTAP Success
  Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
• MAROON - Promotional
  
  Andersen Horticultural Library Promotional Campaign
  
  University Libraries

CATEGORY: GREEN

• EFANS Connects: A Quarterly Webinar For Employees
  Extension Center for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences

CATEGORY: MARGO

• Extension Program Website Pilot Project
  
  Extension Center for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences

CATEGORY: MIKE

• Andersen Horticultural Library Promotional Campaign
  University Libraries

Why Should You Enter the MAG Awards?

Because you do great work. Because you work miracles with a small budget. Because you make a conscious effort to communicate green. Because it looks really good to your supervisor.

Yep...I went there. Winning a Maroon and Gold Award could do good things for your career. The MAG awards recognize the work our communicators are doing as important for several reasons: eloquent execution within their chosen medium, ability to be creative within a limited budget, and providing communications that respect our environment. Winning acknowledges and rewards excellence. For some who are still trying to justify their budgets and the importance of what they do to their superiors, a win of any kind could gain further respect for the work they do. An award win looks snazzy in your personal file and on a resume. Also, the MARGO Award comes with a monetary award for further professional development.

And last but not least, a MAG award would look totally cool on your desk.

Please enter the Maroon and Gold Awards today. Early Bird rates end this Friday the 12th. If you have any questions please contact me at ward0115@umn.edu.

New Categories for Electronic MAG Award

Hello Forum members!

As I had mentioned a few weeks ago, we have created two new subcategories for the Electronic category for the Maroon and Gold Awards.  This was in response to the change in how we communicate here at the U.  No doubt about it...times are tough.  Our print budgets have been slashed, we do more with fewer people...all while still maintaining the high quality of work that we do.

We have had to be innovative.  We have had to find other ways to get our message across to our audience.  We have had to completely change the way we do do our work in a short period of time.  It only makes sense that we on the Awards Committee adapt to the new way we are being asked to communicate, and we want to make sure you get the recognition that you deserve.  Because of all these reasons, we have created two new subcategories to the Electronic category of the Maroon and Gold Awards.  We believe the addition of these two new subcategories address how many of you are choosing to communicate.

Coordinated Social Media--Can include any or all of
the following: blogs, FaceBook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. Entries will be
judged on clearly-defined strategic purpose, creative and effective
approach to message, excellent writing and interactivity,
appropriateness for intended audience(s), technical execution, and
effective exploitation of the particular qualities of the medium
employed. When more than one of the social media are used in concert,
criteria will include synergy among the different media that supports
the overall effort and effective exploitation of  the particular
qualities of each medium employed.

E-Newsletter--Can include any electronically
delivered newsletter within the University system sent on a regular
schedule that is at least monthly and includes significant content
(beyond calendar items and brief notices). Audiences for the
e-newsletter may be internal or external (staff, students, alumni,
etc.). Various formats are welcome: email-delivered with full text in
the body, emails with teaser copy offering links to full online
articles, blogs, etc.

Please consider submitting any work you have produced that fit these categories.  We want to not only recognize the amazing work you are doing, but showcase how the University as a whole is a leader in adapting to new media and electronic communications as a whole.

Quite simply, you rock....lets make sure the U knows it!

Tomorrow's post...how entering the MAG Awards is good for your career.