Marketing council honors Cecil College with national award
Published on April 13, 2023
Cecil College has received a 2022 Paragon Award from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) at the council’s national conference, which ran March 30 to April 1 in Orlando, Florida.
The award, for Interior Signage/Displays, Single or Series, celebrates the college’s marketing team for its work on their interior lobby “Home of the Seahawks” welcoming wall design.
“I love to celebrate the outstanding work of our community college marketers,” says Jeff Ebbing, NCMPR’s 2022-23 president. “The creativity and hard work that went into the winning entries is on par with some of the best agencies in the country and is a testament to the talent and dedication of our members. These people are pros in every sense of the word.”
The 2022 Paragon Awards drew 1,726 entries from 323 colleges across the country and was judged by more than 40 professionals from the marketing and public relations industry.
NCMPR’s Paragon Awards recognize outstanding achievement in design and communication at community and technical colleges. It’s the only national competition of its kind that honors excellence exclusively among marketing and public relations professionals at two-year colleges.
NCMPR supports the professional development of community college communicators, serving nearly 1,650 members from 550 colleges across the United States and Canada. It’s the only organization of its kind that exclusively represents marketing and public relations professionals at community and technical colleges and is one of the largest affiliates of the American Association of Community Colleges. NCMPR is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.