Public relations students’ 2016 senior capstone campaign to promote the community of Manning, Iowa, beat professional public relations entries to win the Community Relations category in the 2017 Clarion Awards.  The Manning work also won the Student Public Relations Campaign category. Additionally, work that a public relations writing class did for community client Easter Seals also won an award.

The Clarion Awards contest is presented by the Association for Women in Communications (AWC) and known as one of the most prestigious competitions in the marketing and communications field.

The 2017 contest attracted hundreds of submissions, including five Drake entries. Three of the five won awards. The awards will be presented at the national AWC conference in Dallas, Texas, in September.

—Kathleen Richardson, Dean, SJMC