The Marketing and Communications office at Ivy Tech Community College Northeast received eight Medallion Awards, including two golds, at the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (or NCMPR) District 3 Conference in Green Bay, Wis., this evening.

The six-person staff won medallions in the following areas:

• Communications success story, for INSPIRE Academy: Northeast Indiana’s Best Dancers – Sasha Mallory (gold medal)
• Wild Card, for Finding Ivy Comic graphic novel produced by Ivy Tech Northeast students (gold medal)
• Magazine, for Inside Ivy Tech, a quarterly college publication (silver medal)
• Feature writing, for Going whole hog—literally (silver medal)
• Novelty advertising, for Paper airplane with ticket direct mail marketing the aviation maintenance technology program (silver medal)
• Special event promotion, for A Reason to Taste: Golden Gala (silver medal)
• Successful recruitment or marketing program, for Industry professional communication project (silver medal)
• Social media or online marketing campaign, for Meme marketing campaign (bronze medal)