Office of Communications staff earn state and national awards
April 15, 2014 - OBU News Bureau
Ouachita Baptist University’s Office of Communications staff recently earned a total
of seven state and national awards from two professional communications organizations.
The Arkansas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators honored
Ouachita with three awards of excellence at the organization’s 2014 Bronze Quill Awards
Ceremony held April 10 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s William H. Bowen
School of Law. The OBU communications staff also received four national awards at
Baptist Communicators Association’s 2014 Wilmer C. Fields Awards Banquet held April
11 during BCA’s annual workshop at Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina.
Ouachita’s three Bronze Quill Awards of Excellence from IABC Arkansas were presented
for the Ouachita mobile app, design of The Ouachita Circle alumni magazine and design of the “Discover the Ouachita Difference” student recruitment
brochure.
Awards presented by BCA included recognition of the Ouachita mobile app and integrated
branding of the “Discover the Ouachita Difference” marketing campaign. Brooke Zimny,
assistant director of communications, won an individual award for her design of the
Grant Center Legacy Wall, and René Zimny, assistant director of graphic services,
was honored for his design of a promotional poster for Ouachita’s fall 2014 opera,
Die Fledermaus (The Revenge of the Bat).
The Grant Center Legacy Wall, a focal point of the recent renovation and expansion
of the Daniel and Betty Jo Grant Center for International Education, combines photographs
and text layered on an antique world map. Shirley Hardin, assistant registrar and
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Grant, said the legacy wall was created to honor the Grants,
provide information about global education both past and present and inspire others
to become a part of Ouachita’s legacy of international education.
The BCA judge evaluating Brooke Zimny’s design of the legacy wall described it as
“a lovely display with photos and text that tell of missions.”
The Die Fledermaus poster was created for Ouachita’s Division of Music/Opera Theatre to highlight Johann
Strauss’ comedic opera set in Vienna during the Victorian era. The BCA judge critiquing
René Zimny’s poster design affirmed that the poster’s “images of Victoria era Vienna
inside the bat work very well.”
“We always appreciate the opportunity for our work to be evaluated alongside projects
by fellow professional communicators,” said Trennis Henderson, OBU vice president
for communications. “As we seek to tell the Ouachita story, it’s affirming to be honored
by our peers in Arkansas and across the nation.
“I am especially pleased for Brooke and René to be recognized for their individual
talents and efforts,” Henderson added. “Their creativity and expertise are valuable
resources for the benefit of Ouachita.”
Among the other award-winning entries, Ouachita’s mobile app features information
for current and prospective students, alumni and others, including guides for campus
events such as Homecoming and Welcome to Ouachita’s World new student orientation.
The app can be downloaded in the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Kindle App Store
and more.
For more information, contact Trennis Henderson at [email protected] or (870) 245-5206.
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