Galveston Island, Texas – The Galveston College
Public Affairs team recently won two Medallion
Awards from District IV of the National Council for
Marketing and Public Relations for work to promote
the college’s Continuing Education programs.
The college received the gold Medallion Award for
best academic catalog/class schedule for the summer
2018 continuing education schedule and the bronze
award for digital advertising for continuing education
social media ads.
Sandi Smith, graphics specialist, and Trish Szymanski,
digital communications and web services
manager, accepted the awards at the 2018 Medallion
Awards ceremony at the NCMPR District IV conference
in Denver, Colorado.
“This recognition comes at a time when amazing
things are happening at Galveston College,” said
Carol Langston, director of public affairs. “These
awards are special acknowledgement of our efforts
to promote the life-changing opportunities Galveston
College offers to students and the community. I am
so proud of our talented Public Affairs team members
who worked with our partners in the Continuing Education
department to develop such a creative sched ule
and advertising. It’s a great day to be a Whitecap.”
The National Council for Marketing and Public Relations
is the leading professional development asso ciation
exclusively serving those working in communication
at two-year community and technical colleges.
The NCMPR Medallion Awards recognize outstanding
achievement in design and communication
at community and technical colleges in each of NCMPR’s
seven districts. District IV includes colleges in
Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
and Wyoming.
