Video Institute Earns PRSA Honors
Canisius College Video Institute Wins Three Excalibur Awards
The Canisius College Video Institute, Barbara J. Irwin, PhD, director, received three Excalibur Awards from the Buffalo/Niagara chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The awards were presented at the chapter's 18th annual awards dinner on June 21.
"HeARTstrings: The Guitars for Hope Project" which was designed to promote awareness of the Guitars for Hope public art project, received a Bronze Excalibur award. The video was produced by Nicholas Barone '06, Nina Cimino '06, Ignayra Ramos '06 and Mike Woeppel '06.
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Rowing Boathouse," produced by Jennifer Eberhart '08 and Jesse Koch '08, also won a Bronze Excalibur award. The purpose of the video was to assist the Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse Corporation in their efforts to raise funds to build the Wright design as a working boathouse on the Buffalo Waterfront.
A promotional video produced to raise funds and recruit volunteers for Vive La Casa earned the video institute a Silver Excalibur Award. Student producers included Kirsten Jahn '07, Melissa Wall '06, Bob Carbone '06, Jennifer Eberhart '08, Johnny Graves '07 and Amy Falletta '06.
The Canisius College Video Institute is funded in part by the John R. Oishei Foundation and directed by Barbara Irwin, PhD, chair of the Communication Studies Department. For more information about the video institute, click here.
"HeARTstrings: The Guitars for Hope Project" which was designed to promote awareness of the Guitars for Hope public art project, received a Bronze Excalibur award. The video was produced by Nicholas Barone '06, Nina Cimino '06, Ignayra Ramos '06 and Mike Woeppel '06.
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Rowing Boathouse," produced by Jennifer Eberhart '08 and Jesse Koch '08, also won a Bronze Excalibur award. The purpose of the video was to assist the Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse Corporation in their efforts to raise funds to build the Wright design as a working boathouse on the Buffalo Waterfront.
A promotional video produced to raise funds and recruit volunteers for Vive La Casa earned the video institute a Silver Excalibur Award. Student producers included Kirsten Jahn '07, Melissa Wall '06, Bob Carbone '06, Jennifer Eberhart '08, Johnny Graves '07 and Amy Falletta '06.
The Canisius College Video Institute is funded in part by the John R. Oishei Foundation and directed by Barbara Irwin, PhD, chair of the Communication Studies Department. For more information about the video institute, click here.
Date released: 6/26/2007
