Lee students win ADDY Awards

Students from the Lee University Department of Communication Arts received seven student awards from the American Advertising Federation (AAF).

Ten students represented and submitted work from Lee’s Vindagua, a student-run magazine. Twelve students were affiliated with and submitted work from Lee’s National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) team. The remaining three Lee participants submitted individually completed work.

“Our students did extremely well this year, displaying the benefits of working in teams,” said Dr. Megan Moe, professor of communication and advisor for Lee’s NSAC team.

Students from Vindagua and Lee’s NSAC team received the only two Gold Student ADDY awards. The Vindagua team also won the Student Best in Show award.

The individual students won a number of awards including senior advertising major Angela Williams who won Silver for a commercial and Bronze for a truck wrap design; senior elementary education major Jaclyn DeVries who won Bronze for a photograph; and senior graphic design major Kaitlyn Anderson who won Bronze for a graphic design piece.

The Vindagua and NSAC team entries were forwarded to the AAF-District 7 competition. Vindagua won a district Silver ADDY as well as a Judge’s Choice award. Each of the four judges chose their favorite work from either the professional or student entries, with one judge selecting the Vindagua Yearbook as the favorite submission.

The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs, is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 40,000 entries every year in local AAF Club (Ad Club) competitions.

Lee University’s Vindagua is a biannual student-run publication that is distributed at the end of every semester.

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