Durham College’s (DC) Communications and Marketing department is once again being recognized for its expertise and creativity, winning seven industry awards from both the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) Paragon Awards and the Higher Education Marketing Report’s Education Digital Marketing (EDM) Awards.

Over the course of the last four months, the team has added four gold, two silver and one bronze to their trophy case.

“I am extremely proud of the innovative, dedicated and professional members of DC’s Communications and Marketing department.” said Carol Beam, executive director, Communications and Marketing. “Every day this amazing team reaches for new heights and pushes themselves to produce the highest quality of work possible. To be recognized by awards programs hosted by both the Education Marketing Report and the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations for the third consecutive year is a great honour and a testament to all of their hard work.”

DC took the gold for the 2015-2016 Academic Catalog at the NCMPR Paragon Awards and received gold from the Higher Education Marketing Report for the 2016-2017 College Guide; the Annual Report and the Experience DC microsite. In addition, DC received silver for the International Viewbook and the Experience DC marketing campaign and bronze for the DC Alumni Magazine in the online publications category.

NCMPR’s prestigious Paragon Awards recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges. It’s the only national competition of its kind that honours excellence exclusively among marketing and PR professionals at two-year colleges. Winners hail from large, multi-campus districts and small institutions, from large staffs with healthy budgets and from one-person shops with limited resources. All of them demonstrate that creativity, originality and unique approaches to problem-solving set the winners apart.

The Higher Education Marketing Report is the most widely read publication for educational marketers. The EDM Awards recognize the best educational websites, digital content, electronic communications, mobile media and social media, judging submissions on creativity, marketing execution, message impact, technology application and innovative content.