Savannah Tech wins national honors with 2015 Collegiate Advertising Awards

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah Technical College earned two gold awards for photography and design, along with a silver for TV/Video Advertising with the 2015 Collegiate Advertising Awards.

The gold for photography/illustration was awarded to a fire science program photograph taken by Stephen B. Morton. Morton’s work for the College previously won gold with Collegiate Advertising Awards in 2014 for a welding photo and a series of faculty environmental portraits.

The College’s Bistro Savoir Interactif passport, which was given to attendees of STC’s 2015 Savannah Food and Wine Festival event, also won gold in the miscellaneous design category. The passport features student portraits by Morton, design by Eric Willis of Fluorescent Design Studio and recipes from STC’s Culinary Institute of Savannah. It was printed by The Kennickell Group.

Blue Voyage Productions produced a series of College that Works commercials that won silver. The series features students in health sciences and precision manufacturing programs. To watch the commercials visit: http://bit.ly/1QKefmJ.

The Collegiate Advertising Awards is an elite national program seeking to recognize today’s most talented marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in all forms of advertising, marketing and promotion specific to higher education products and services. All entries are centralized for judging (per category) by a panel of design and education marketing professionals with decades of combined experience. Entries are judged on: creativity, layout/design, typography, production, quality and overall effectiveness.

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A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, Savannah Technical College (Savannah Tech) is the premier provider of career-ready technical education in Coastal Georgia, offering a comprehensive range of nearly 150 market-driven programs, preparing students for high-demand careers including Aviation Technology, Cybersecurity, Health Sciences, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Automation & Robotics, Information Technology, Culinary Arts, Public Services and more. With campuses in Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties, Savannah Tech serves more than 13,000 credit and non-credit students with a variety of pathways to success, including dual enrollment programs for high school students and specialized support services for military veterans and their families. Beyond academics, Savannah Tech is an economic and community development partner, collaborating with industry leaders to provide customized training programs, assessment services, and continuing education opportunities. For more information, visit www.savannahtech.edu.

Savannah Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate degrees, diplomas and technical certificates of credit. Questions about the accreditation of Savannah Technical College may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).

Savannah Technical College complies with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). The TCSG State Board prohibits discrimination on the basis of an individual’s age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status (“protected status”). No individual shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation under, any TCSG program or activity because of the individual’s protected status; nor shall any individual be given preferential treatment because of the individual’s protected status, except the preferential treatment may be given on the basis of veteran status when appropriate under federal or state law.