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AASU Wins Three Publications Awards


Savannah, GA-November 9, 2005-Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) and the Office of University Relations have received three awards from the Georgia School Public Relations Association (GSPRA). Primarily made up of public relations offices for the public school systems in the state, GSPRA's awards program is open to all Georgia schools, school districts, colleges, and universities.

The team that produces the university newsletter, Compass, was honored with a Gold Award for the issues released during 2004-2005. Barry Ostrow is the editor and principal writer, Joan Lehon is the designer, and Anna de la Paz was the primary photographer for the issues produced that year. Elizabeth Sams in the Office of External Affairs wrote the quarterly's donor profiles.

Ostrow's article, Hola Ecuador: A Study Abroad Odyssey, appeared in the Fall 2004 issue of Compass and was singled out for a Gold Award for excellence in writing. The article followed an AASU study abroad group as it traveled throughout Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.

The 2004-2005 Robert Ingram Strozier Faculty Lecture Series brochure, designed by delaPaz, won a Silver Award. The publication earlier won a Gold Addy Award from the Savannah chapter of the Advertising Federation of America and a Silver Addy Award from the southeastern district of the federation.
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