The OU Engineering communications team attended the 2023 Oklahoma College Public Relations Association annual conference in July at the Downstream Casino Resource in Quapaw, Oklahoma.
Victoria Stevens and Margarita Rodriguez received the Grand Award (first place) for web design.
Karen Kelly and Lorene Roberson received the Grand Award for OU Engineer, a monthly e-publication focusing on research. The work placed first in the shoestring category.
Roberson also was awarded an honorable mention for a full-length feature titled "OU Biomedical Engineering Researcher Ready to Transform TBI Surgery."
OCPRA received approximately 523 entries from 39 institutions across the state. Entries are judged by a panel of experts in their respective fields who are not OCPRA members. For a complete list of winners and examples of their work, click here.
Kelly, communications director for the Gallogly College of Engineering, serves as the secretary for the organization. Rounding out the OU Engineering communications team is biomedical engineering sophomore Mohamad Alshamsi.
The OCPRA Awards Competition recognizes the best in contemporary communications from educational institutions -- both public and private -- throughout the State of Oklahoma. The annual competition was created in 1992 to reward achievement, recognize excellence and encourage a healthy competitive spirit by those who represent higher education to the public. Materials are submitted by individuals who work in public relations, sports information, video, development or alumni affairs at any of the state’s higher education institutions.
