IT communications at IU enjoy fruitful awards season
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Sept. 8, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Each year, technical communications organizations gather to recognize outstanding work in the field. This year, numerous Indiana University information technology (IT) communicators have been honored by their peers.
Four IU communications products will be recognized at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) annual conference, October 19-22 in Portland, Oregon. Three of these were awarded best of category.
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) also presented a Distinguished Award, an International Award of Merit, and three Awards of Excellence to IU communicators earlier this year.
SIGUCCS awards
SIGUCCS Best of Category award winners include: "Celebrating the Progress, Continuing the Journey," a booklet produced by the University Information Technology Services (UITS) Communications Office; the University Information Policy Office (UIPO) home page; and the IU News Room. UITS IT Training and Education earned an Award of Excellence in the Printed Instructional Classroom Materials category for the workshop materials "Podcasting: The Basics (Audacity)."
"Celebrating the Progress, Continuing the Journey" chronicles ten years of IU IT progress, commemorating the success of IU's first Information Technology Strategic Plan and highlighting the kick-off of the second. Jan R. Holloway and Maria Morris of the UITS Communications Office created the booklet in preparation for the Information Technology Strategic Plan 2 launch event in the spring. The booklet won Best of Category in General Service Promotional Materials.
The UIPO home page is the online landing place for information policy development, education, and incident response at Indiana University. The site, coordinated by team members Scott Wilson and Merri Beth Lavagnino, won Best of Category in Computing Services Public Web Site.
The IU News Room—a source of news from around IU and a product of the Office of University Communications within the Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations (Larry McIntyre, Susan Williams, Nicole Roales, Rebecca Salerno, Greg Polit)—won Best of Category in Electronic Computing Newsletter.
"Podcasting: The Basics (Audacity)," is one of a series of workshops for IU podcast producers. The workshop, developed by UITS IT Training and Education, won an Award of Excellence for Printed Instructional Classroom Materials.
STC awards
STC Chicago Chapter Distinguished Award winners Maria Morris, UITS Communications Office, and Sherry Knighton-Schwandt, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, were recognized for the ArtsWeek 2007 postcard, which advanced to the International Technical Art Competition where they received an International Award of Merit.
STC presented Awards of Excellence to other members of UITS, including Chip Rondot and Les Teach of the Communications Office, for the "Get Connected" new student booklet; Vince Cannon, Media Design and Production, Troy Barnes, Communications Office, and Scott Wilson, UIPO, for the "Switch to a passphrase" poster set; and Vince Cannon and Merri Beth Lavagnino, UIPO, for the "Are You Legal?" file-sharing awareness poster.
The ArtsWeek 2007 postcard promoted Bloomington's campus-community arts festival themed "Technology and the Arts." ArtsWeek has traditionally included more than 50 separate events and exhibitions, integrating works by prominent local and visiting artists and performers.
The "Get Connected" booklet, the "Switch to a passphrase" poster set, and the "Are You Legal" poster each focus on a variety of information technology support and awareness issues for IU students.
List of winners
STC Awards:
ArtsWeek 2007 postcard; Distinguished Award, Chicago Chapter, and International Award of Merit; Maria Morris and Sherry Knighton-Schwandt
"Get Connected" booklet; Award of Excellence, Chicago Chapter; Chip Rondot and Les Teach
"Switch to a passphrase" poster set; Award of Excellence, Chicago Chapter; Vince Cannon, Troy Barnes, and Scott Wilson
"Are You Legal?" poster; Award of Excellence, Chicago Chapter; Vince Cannon and Merri Beth Lavagnino
SIGUCCS Awards:
"Celebrating the Progress, Continuing the Journey" booklet; Best of Category, General Service Promotional Materials; Jan R. Holloway and Maria Morris
IU News Room web site; Best of Category, Electronic Computing Newsletter; Larry McIntyre, Susan Williams, Nicole Roales, Rebecca Salerno, Greg Polit
University Information Policy Office web site; Best of Category, Computing Services Public Web Site; Scott Wilson and Merri Beth Lavagnino
"Podcasting: The Basics (Audacity)" workshop materials; Award of Excellence, Printed Instructional Classroom Materials; UITS IT Training and Education
About SIGUCCS
SIGUCCS' mission is to enhance the support, delivery, and management of information technology services in higher education. SIGUCCS provides a forum for those involved in supplying information technology services on a college or university campus.
About STC
STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world. Its 14,000 members include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.
