UNL PRSSA wins nine Paper Anvil awards

PRSSA members with faculty advisor Jemalyn Griffin.
PRSSA members with faculty advisor Jemalyn Griffin.

The Public Relations Student Society of America chapter at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications was presented with nine PRSA Nebraska Paper Anvil Awards during the 2019 ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Omaha.

“These awards show all the hard work the students have put into PRSSA over the past year,” UNL PRSSA faculty advisor Jemalyn Griffin said. “I’m incredibly proud of my students for being recognized as student leaders across the state.”

All of PRSSA’s awards were of the highest distinction and served as an affirmation of the chapter’s recruitment and campaigning efforts over the course of 2019. One of the most notable awards recognizes when the chapter raised more than $500 from a single fundraiser, the highest amount to date. The complete list of awards won by PRSSA are as follows:

Outstanding Branding Campaign
Award of Excellence: Find Your Direction. Find PRSSA.

Outstanding Campus Event
Award of Excellence: “Live On. Give On.” - UNL’s 2019 National Organ Donor Awareness Event

Outstanding Classroom Campaign
Award of Excellence: “IGNITE THE i IN IMC” - Inclusion for All in Integrated Marketing Communications: National Bateman Case Competition

Outstanding Community or Nonprofit Event
Award of Excellence: 2018 Gratitude Gala
Award of Excellence: Flood Feed Media

Outstanding Professional Development
Award of Excellence: Mentoring Program

Outstanding PRSSA Chapter Project
Award of Excellence: PB&Js with PRSSA

Outstanding Relationship-Building Project
Award of Excellence: Alumni Blog

Outstanding Strategy to Address a Problem
Award of Excellence: “IGNITE THE i IN IMC” - Inclusion for All in Integrated Marketing Communications: National Bateman Case Competition

The chapter was deeply honored to receive nine awards from PRSA as a reflection of the hard work the membership accomplished in 2019. The Paper Anvil awards 23 student awards in total for Nebraska PRSSA chapters.