LATROBE, PA – The Saint Vincent College Office of Marketing and Communications received multiple national awards for its work in promoting the College during spring 2025.
The College earned three Communicator Awards from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts. These included an Award of Excellence for the cover design of the Illumination issue of 1846: The Magazine of Saint Vincent College. The Award of Excellence is the highest honor in the competition and places the College among other recipients such as NASA, Apple and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
The College also received an Award of Distinction in the full magazine category for the Illumination issue of 1846 as well as an Award of Distinction in the print content category for the recruitment brochure, A Lifetime Forward.
In addition, Saint Vincent was recognized by the Educational Advertising Awards, the largest educational advertising competition in the United States. The College’s “Bearcats Climb Higher” commercial received a Gold Award in the television advertising category. A Silver Award was presented for the College’s virtual tour in the interactive media category, and both the A Lifetime Forward recruitment booklet and the 2024 Campus Plan brochure received Silver Awards.
The Communicator Awards recognizes excellence, effectiveness and innovation across all areas of communication. Now in its 31st year, the program is open to companies, agencies, organizations and independent creators regardless of team size or budget. Entries are judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, an invitation-only body of over 500 industry leaders from leading brands and agencies including, Google, Smithsonian, Microsoft, Publicis, Spotify, Johns Hopkins, Amazon and the Andy Warhol Museum.
The Educational Advertising Awards is the largest educational advertising awards competition in the United States. This year, more than 2,000 entries were submitted by more than 1,000 colleges, universities and secondary schools from all 50 states and several countries. Entries were evaluated by a panel of industry experts based on creativity, marketing execution and message impact.
