Alabama Alumni Magazine Garners Top Awards

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama Alumni Magazine has received four national awards in recognition of work in its 2007 spring, summer and winter issues.

The magazine is a publication of The University of Alabama Office of Alumni Affairs and National Alumni Association. UA has produced a publication for its alumni for more than 135 years, making the Alabama Alumni Magazine one of the oldest continuously operating university publications in the country.

The magazine received a gold 2008 Hermes Creative Award for the spring 2007 issue, “Journeys of Discovery.” Hermes is an international competition for creative professionals working in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media, and is judged by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals.

UA was in good company as other Hermes Award winners included Penn State University, University of Texas, Ohio State University, George Washington University, Lockheed Martin, Rand McNally and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.

The summer 2007 issue, “Food for Thought,” received two awards — the 2008 APEX Award of Excellence and a gold 2008 Millennium Award.

The APEX Awards program, now in its 18th year, recognizes excellence in publications work by professional communicators, with entries judged by a panel of nationally prominent editors and publishers on editorial content, design and overall effectiveness. Other winners included Time Inc., University of Arizona, Costco Wholesale and IBM.

Millennium Awards is one of the most respected national competitions in the United States saluting outstanding work in video, film, TV, print, web design, audio and advertising. Leading judges are used for the competition, including Emmy Award recipients and top media leaders. Other winners include University of Iowa, Con Edison, Honda, Toyota and Boeing.

The winter 2007 issue, “A Healing Touch,” was honored with a bronze award for Best All Around Alumni Publication in the 2008 Magnum Opus Awards.

The Magnum Opus Awards reward an internal or external publication’s marketing and messaging success in the areas of editorial, design and strategy. Dedicated exclusively to custom media and judged by highly qualified professionals, the Magnum Opus Awards represent the premier competition for producers of custom publications from across the globe. Other winners included the Public Relations Society of America, Walt Disney Co., A.M. Best Co. and Virginia Tech.

The Alabama Alumni Magazine is issued once in each season and distributed to members of the NAA, the University community, alumni associations around the country, and legislators and other decision makers in the state and the nation. The current circulation is approximately 30,000.