Campus Publications Win Gold, Bronze Awards

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July 14, 2000


Two viewbooks produced by the Publications Office won awards during the Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts' annual Creative Merit Awards ceremony on June 28.

A viewbook for the Department of Art won two gold awards. Graphic designer Donna Meisse was honored for her design of the 16-page, full-color booklet. Therese Frare and Ben Barnhart shared the other award as photographers for the project. Frare is a staff photographer at Photographic Services and Barnhart is now staff writer and photographer at UMass magazine.

"This piece tells the reader more about this facility than pieces three times its size," noted one judge while another said, "There is no better way to make a visual statement than with this full color glossy piece. The student work highlighted is top notch."

A third judge called the piece "great positioning for an art department."

The Ad Club also gave bronze awards to Steve Robbins and Jim Burke of the Publications Office for their design of the Undergraduate Admissions viewbook, "Excellence Within Your Reach." Robbins is associate director and creative director and Burke is assistant director and senior designer at the Publications Office.