Each year, Memorial’s marketing and communications teams work with faculties, schools and departments to create and deliver effective campaigns and materials that stand out.

The marketing and communications teams across our campuses are dedicated to serving the university's internal and external communications and marketing needs, as well as responding to the community's needs for information about Memorial. The teams aim to not only meet these needs, but to exceed them.

This year, Memorial University’s Division of Marketing and Communications, the Marketing and Communications department at Grenfell Campus, and the Marketing and Communications department at the Marine Institute have been recognized with awards for their work by local, national and international organizations.

Memorial’s 2014 president’s report, FaceForward, received a gold award from the international Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), a Gold Quill Award from the International Association for Business Communicators (IABC) and a platinum MarCom Award, an international awards competition for marketing and communications professionals.

The 2014 research report, We Are Research, from the Office of the Vice-President (Research), was honoured with three awards this year. The Newfoundland and Labrador chapter of the International Association for Business Communicators (IABC-NL) recognized Memorial with an IABC Pinnacle Award of Merit in the digital communication vehicle category; CASE awarded a gold Circle of Excellence Award; and the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) honoured Memorial University with a gold CCAE Prix d’Excellence award for best online communications, newsletter or magazine.

Including the award for We Are Research, CCAE honoured Memorial University with a total of five CCAE Prix d’Excellence awards this year. The gold award for best print ad or poster went to the School of Graduate Studies’ “What’s Your Master Plan?” recruitment poster. The silver award for best development event went to the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development’s gift announcement for the Joyce Foundation. The bronze award for best community outreach initiative went to Grenfell Campus’s Teddy Bear Clinic, and the bronze award for best brochure, newsletter or flyer went to the Marine Institute’s MI Big World: Your Guide to Student Success 2014/15, the institute’s new first-year student guide book.

Memorial received an IABC-NL Award of Merit for the WW100 Commemoration Program launch, and the Marine Institute received an IABC-NL Award of Merit for its Library Awareness Campaign.

The 2013 research report, Into the Deep, received an IABC Gold Quill Award and a gold MarCom award.

“I am incredibly proud of our teams’ work in helping to earn these awards for Memorial,” said Victoria Collins, executive director, Division of Marketing and Communications. “The old adage that you can’t turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse is still true today. These awards demonstrate excellence in communications and marketing, but they also speak loudly to the high quality of teaching, research and public engagement that this university does. I congratulate all who worked on these projects and also extend my thanks to our partners across various faculties, schools, departments and campuses. Our collaborative efforts were undoubtedly a big factor in the success of these projects.”