Kansas State University

University creative teams honored by CASE

Submitted by Division of Communications and Marketing

Kansas State University won 24 Best of CASE awards from District VI of CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, for marketing and communications projects to advance the university.

The awards recognize excellence in creative work in support of the university that include video, marketing materials, social media campaigns, storytelling, magazines, websites and more. The CASE awards are for work produced by the Division of Communications and Marketing, K-State Alumni Association and KSU Foundation.

CASE is an international association of educational institutions. District VI includes member institutions in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

K-State received 12 awards for work by the Division of Communications and Marketing, two awards for work by the K-State Alumni Association and 10 awards for work by the KSU Foundation. 

Three of these projects also earned Circle of Excellence honors, which were announced in June. The Circle of Excellence Awards are international awards that showcase outstanding work in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing at colleges, universities, independent schools and affiliated nonprofits around the world.

Best of Case winners for the Division of Communications and Marketing:

• Seek magazine, "From research to reality: A closer look at vaccine development," storytelling category.
• We’re bringing the purple, design invitations category.
• Chats with Cats, student engagement category.
• Seek magazine, Alumni/General interest category for four-year universities.
• Seek magazine, Alumni/General interest category for any institution type.
• Seek magazine, "Farming of the Future," individual photographs category.
• Come see what’s next video, commercials category.
• Class is always in session video, commercials category.
• K-State is just the beginning video, student audience short category.
• Learning economics with "The Office" video, student audience short category.
• Graphene at K-State video, news and research category.
• The story of K-Hill video, promotional short category.

"I am incredibly proud of the efforts of our creative teams across the institution who are regularly lauded by their peers for the truly inspired work they do for this institution," said Ashley Bourne, interim vice president for communications and marketing. "When great people are united by great purpose, these are the kind of achievements we can all expect to see in our efforts to realize our Next-Gen K-State vision and goals."  

Best of Case winners for the K-State Alumni Association:

• Wine the Wildcat Way video, promotional short category.
• Gathering Place: K-Staters and friends start hometown brewery, profile writing category. 

"It is an honor for our quality staff to be recognized for their top-notch work as we strive every day to engage and connect with K-Staters worldwide," said Adam Walker, president and CEO of the K-State Alumni Association. "The Alumni Association is proud to collaborate with our campus partners on a daily basis to positively impact our university."

Best of Case winners for the KSU Foundation:

• All in for K-State 2022, storytelling category.
• Board of trustees strategic plan participation, targeted constituency engagement category.
• Interest tag collector through survey, online marketing advertising category.
• Boldly Advancing brand campaign, marketing branding category.
• All in for K-State microsite, marketing microsite category.
• All in for K-State, photography category.
• 2022 KSU Foundation branding videos, commercials category.
• 2022 All in for K-State, Why mental health services? Video, fundraising category.
• Lou Ball Scholarship surprise video, fundraising and stewardship category.
• College of Agriculture Innovation initiative, news feature writing category. 

"It's rewarding to see our professionals recognized for their outstanding work in strategy-informed creative executions and programs," said Susan Berhow, KSU Foundation's vice president of marketing communications. "These projects inspire our donors and allow us to boldly advance K-State through philanthropy."