GAA Programs, Review Win Top Awards in CASE District

Posted on Feb. 27, 2015

The UNC General Alumni Association has received seven awards for its programs and publications for 2014-15 from the the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for the Southeastern district of the U.S.

The GAA received:

• A Grand Award in Best Practices in Alumni Relations for the association’s Black Alumni Reunion programming; and
• A Grand Award in Alumni Relations Engagement Project, Event or Program for the association’s Tar Heel Service Day programming.

The Carolina Alumni Review received:

• A Grand Award in Graphic Design for the cover of the November/December 2013 issue about “Sexual Assault and the Law.”
• A Grand Award in Publications Writing for an entry composed of three articles from any single issue (“Sexual Assault and the Law”; “Your Bleatin’ Heart,” about the history of UNC’s mascot, Rameses; and “A Very ‘Public’ 220th to You All,” covering the installation of Carol L. Folt as UNC’s 11th chancellor). All are from the November/December 2013 issue.
• An Award of Excellence in Best Articles of the Year, for “Sexual Assault and the Law.”
• A Special Merit Award in Feature Writing for “Sexual Assault and the Law”; and
• A Special Merit Award in Graphic Design for the cover of the Review’s first food issue, in July/August 2014.

The GAA has been recognized with national or district CASE awards for 19 years in a row, earning 81 such awards in all — 50 for Alumni Communications and 31 for Alumni Programs.

In a separate competition, a leader in the GAA’s Student Alumni Association won one award from CASE’s Affiliated Student Advancement Programs in regional competition among student advancement groups in the Southeast. Austin Root, a senior who is a former president of the GAA’s Student Alumni Association, was named Outstanding Student Leader. Root currently serves on the SAA’s board of directors as the SAA’s Miles coordinator. GAA-sponsored student efforts have been recognized with a total of 25 CASE ASAP awards since 1998.

Also in this year’s CASE ASAP competition, UNC’s Heelraisers Student Giving Council also won the Outstanding Organization Award.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CASE is a worldwide professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and other areas. The CASE ASAP awards recognize outstanding student and adviser leadership and achievements as well as outstanding student educational advancement programming by member organizations.

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More online…

• OBT Wins Two Awards; GAA Programs Recognized
  March 2014 news report
• GAA’s Order of the Bell Tower, Adviser Win National Awards
  August 2013 news report
• GAA’s Order of the Bell Tower Wins National Award
  August 2012 news report
• GAA Earns Five Awards for Programs, Review
  March 2013 news report
• Clubs’ Carrier Classic Events Garner National Award
  June 2012 news report
• GAA Earns CASE Awards for Programs, Review
  February 2012 news report
• GAA’s Order of the Bell Tower Wins Top Award
  September 2011 news report
• Review Story Recognized Among CASE Best Articles
  August 2011 news report
• GAA Programs Win Grand Award in CASE District
  February 2011 news report

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