Marketing and CommunicationsAwards
Awards
Since 2008, the HWS Office of Communications has earned more than 30 honors and individual recognitions, including eight prestigious national awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Below is a sampling:
National CASE Circle of Excellence Awards
- 2022 Gold Award in the category "Marketing: Branding Programs: Branding (Institution)" and Silver Awards in the categories "Publications: Student Recruitment (Individual Publications)" and "Marketing: Websites (Institutional)"
- 2021 Silver Award in the category "Excellence in Writing"
- 2020 Silver Award in the category "Marketing: Visual Identity Systems"
- 2019 Silver Award in the category "Video: Fundraising"
- 2017 Gold Award in the category "Photographer of the Year"
- 2016 Gold Award in the category "Targeted Fundraising Programs" for the Wheeler Society 25th Anniversary campaign (planned giving)
- 2016 Platinum Finalist in "Excellence in Photography" category
- 2014 Bronze Award in "Best Uses of Social Media" category for "Quake on the Lake II," a social media fundraising campaign
- 2010 Silver Award in the category "Photographer of the Year"
- 2010 Bronze Award for Colleges' admissions microsite
- 2008 Bronze Award in the category "Complete Website"
2019 Silver Award in the category "Video: Fundraising"
CASE District II Accolades Awards
- 2023 Best of District II Awards for "Videos: Promotional (Short)" and "Specialty Pieces: Design" categories
- 2022 Best of District II Awards for "Alumni/General Interests Magazines," "Branding," "Websites," "Student Recruitment Publications," "Videos for a Student Audience" and "Writing, Profile 1000+ Words" categories
- 2021 Gold Award for "Photography: Individual Photographs" category, Sliver and Bronze Awards for "Photography: Series of Related Photographs" category and Bronze Award for "Writing: Feature" category
- 2020 Case District II for "Best Practices in Fundraising" and "Excellence in Photography" categories
- 2020 Lead CASE District II Finalist for Platinum division, "Excellence in Photography" category
- 2020 Honorable mention in "Best Practices in Fundraising" for the Campaign for Boswell Field at David J Urick Stadium
- 2017 Silver Award in the Platinum division for "The HWS Update," the news section of the HWS website
- 2017 Silver Award for "Creativity on a Shoestring" for two videos: "President Gearan's Bucket List" and "CNN's John King Presents Breaking News"
- 2017 Silver Award in "Publication Design" for the HWS Viewbook
- 2017 Bronze Award in "Excellence in Photography" category
- 2017 Bronze Award in "Special Events" for the New York City Gala celebrating the presidency of Mark Gearan
- 2016 Gold Award in "Excellence in Photography" category
- 2016 Silver Award in "Video Features, Student Recruitment" category for "HWS: Preparing Students to Lead Lives of Consequence"
- 2014 Gold Award in the "Color Photography" category for "Seneca Lake Steam"
- 2014 Silver Award in the "Special Purpose Website" category for the HWS 2012 Celebrate webpage, a three-day online giving campaign
- 2014 Silver Award in "Student Recruitment: Individual Print Pieces" for "Results" book
- 2014 Silver Award in the "Social Media" category for "Quake on the Lake," a social media fundraising campaign
- 2013 Silver Award in the "Student Recruitment: Packages" category
- 2011 Gold Award in the "Online/CD/DVD Content" category for "Meet the Campus with John Heavey"
- 2010 Silver Award in the "Student Recruitment: Packages" category for "Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Admissions Communications Stream"
- 2010 Silver Award in the "Website: News" category for Reunion 2009 coverage
- 2008 Silver Award for "William Smith Centennial website"