On March 1, 2021, the 36th annual Educational Advertising Awards (EduADAwards) were announced. The UWI earned two gold awards and one merit award for creativity, marketing execution and message impact in its public education/communication campaigns on climate action and its COVID-19 response.
Presented by Higher Education Marketing Report, the leading marketing publication for higher education professionals in the US, the EduADAwards is the largest, oldest and most respected educational advertising awards competition in the country. This year, more than 2,000 entries were received from over 1,000 colleges, universities and secondary schools.
The University Marketing and Communications Office was honoured as follows:
Gold award in the E-Publication category
Gold award in the COVID Response Materials category
Special merit award in the Website category
It is notable is that in these categories, The UWI competed with other top ranked universities such as Johns Hopkins, Emory and University of Toronto, to name a few of this year’s recipients.