Aurora Awards: Community Relations

• First Place: American Cancer Society Food & Wine Festival
  Emily Davenport, Eric Buhrman, Amy Steele, Sarah Robinson, Nicki Shiwers
  Solstice Advertising for American Cancer Society
• Second Place: Zoning Code Update: A Better Way to Grow
  Lauren Kruer, Emerson Krueger, Stefan Hinman, Patty Sullivan
  Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Reputation and Brand Management

• First Place: None
• Second Place: At Home in Alaska
  Anita Nelson, Bruce Bustamante, Allyson McBride
  Princess Tours

Events and Observances (Seven or Fewer Days)

• First Place: Southcentral Foundation’s 12th Annual Gathering
  Tammy Ashley, Vera Starbard, Jessica Dorrington, Thom Leonard, Kristin Helvey
  Southcentral Foundation
• Second Place: Municipality of Anchorage’s Bike to Work Day
  Anne Schlapia, Michelle McMillian, Sandra Yi, Scott Mlynarczyk, Michael Stewart
  MSI Communications for Municipality of Anchorage
• Third Place (tie): Alaska Pacific University 50th Anniversary
  Ann Hale, Jayna Combs, Kathy Day, Jessica Harris, Phyllis Gross
  Alaska Pacific University and KD/PR Virtual and Aleutians East Borough Presents
• Third Place (tie): Testimony Supporting Responsible Oil and Gas Development to Interior Secretary Salazar
  Laura Tanis, Stanley Mack, Sharon Boyette, Clark Corbridge
  Aleutians East Borough

 Events and Observances ( More Than Seven Days)

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Dena’ina Center Grand Opening
  Nance Larsen, Kathy Day, Jeanette Anderson Moores, Char McClelland
  Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau, Municipality of Anchorage, KD/PR Virtual, Alaska Destination Specialists

Public Service

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Understanding Digital Television
  Gretchen Gordon, Tammy Tragis-McCook, Claudia Clark
  KUAC FM, AlaskaOne TV

Public Affairs

• First Place: None
• Second Place: House Bill 134, Alaska Cruise Association
  Lana Johnson, Christina Cober, John Binkley, Rod Pfleiger, Lalanya Downs
  MSI Communications for Alaska Cruise Association
• Third Place: Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge Enhancement Act
  Laura Tanis, Gary Hennigh, Della Trumble, Ernest Weiss, Stanley Mack
  Aleutians East Borough, City of King Cover, King Cove Corporation

Marketing Consumer Products
No submissions

Marketing Consumer Services
No submissions

Marketing Business to Business

• First Place: Calista Business Reception
  Emily Davenport, Lincoln Garrick, Alexis Roskelley-Johnson, Eric Buhrman, Amy Hastings
  Solstice Advertising for Calista Corporation

Global Communications

• First Place: Caring for Our Watersheds
  Lisa Parker, Lana Johnson, Mariajose Echeverria-Stewart, Greg Whitworth, Lindsey Metheral
  MSI Communications for Agrium

Crisis Communications

• First Place: Redoubt Volcano and the Drift River Oil Terminal
  Lana Johnson, Casey Sullivan, Dee Buchanon, Santana Gonzalez
  MSI Communications for Cook Inlet Pipeline Company

Issues Management
No submissions

Internal Communications

• First Place: 2009 Influenza Vaccine Campaign
  Kirsten Schultz, Stacey Thurman
  Providence Health & Services Alaska
• Second Place: Be Idle Wise
  Liz Lynch, Kevin Class, John Booth, Jackie Savina and Sandra Yi
  MSI Communications for BP Alaska

Investor Relations
No submissions

Multicultural Public Relations

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Faces From Our Past
  Debbie Lukin, Laurie Fagnani, Mariajose Echeverria-Stewart, Dee Buchanon
  MSI Communications for Koniag, Inc.

Integrated Communications

• First Place: Eat Local Challenge
  Emily Davenport, Lincoln Garrick, Alexis Roskelley-Johnson, Eric Buhrman, Amy Pettit
  Solstice Advertising for State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• Second Place: U.S. Cabinet Secretaries Calista Region Visit
  Lincoln Garrick, Amy Hastings, Eric Buhrman, Matthew Nicolai
  Solstice Advertising for Calista Corp.

Awards of Excellence

 Annual Report

• First Place– Mat-Su Borough – Strikingly Different
  Patty Sullivan, Jennifer Dawkins
  Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• Second Place (tie): Sitnasuak Native Corporation 2008 Report
  Amy Hastings, Eric Buhrman, Breanne McFarland
  Solstice Advertising for Sitnasuak Native Corporation
• Second Place (TIE): 2008 Annual Report – Creating Positive Change
  David Hardenbergh, Sarah Scanlan, Angela Gonzalez
  RurAL CAP
• Honorable Mention: Built to Last, 2008 Annual Report
  Sherrie Simmonds, Laurie Fagnani, Scott Mlynarczyk, Dee Buchanan
  Alaska Housing Finance Corporation

Internal Publication

• First Place: None
• Second Place: R&PP Connection
  Jerry Larsgaard, Mary Vlack, Carly Horton, Greg Whitworth, Lana Johnson
  MSI Communications for BP Alaska

External Publication

• First Place: Anchorage Native News
  Vera Starbard, Jessica Dorrington, Kristin Helvey, Thom Leonard, Tammy Ashley
  Southcentral Foundation
• Second Place: UAF Tanana Valley Campus Course Schedule
  Darcy Harrod, Michelle Renfrew
  UAF Tanana Valley Campus
• Third Place: Aurora Magazine
  Kim Davis and UAF Marketing & Communications
• Honorable Mention: RurAL CAP’s Village Voices Newsletter
  David Hardenbergh, Sarah Scanlan, Angela Gonzalez, Alisha Drabek, Rebekah Luhrs
  RurAL CAP

Speech Writing

• First Place: None
• Second Place: 2009 UAF Convocation Speech
  Scott McCrea, Brian Rogers
  UAF Marketing & Communications

Advocacy Writing

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Contracting Lifts Impoverished Peoples
  Lana Johnson, Robin Kornfield, Helvi Sandvik
  MSI Communications for NANA Development Corporation

Writing Portfolio

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Writing Portfolio
  Lana Johnson, MSI Communications

Brochure

• First Place: Princess Commitment Brochure
  Lana Johnson, Christina Cober, Bruce Bustamante, Anita Nelson
  MSI Communications for Princess Cruises
• Second Place: UAF Tanana Valley Campus: Small School Atmosphere, Big School Opportunity
  Darcy Harrod, Michelle Renfrew
  UAF Tanana Valley Campus

Direct Mail Solicitation

• First Place: None
• Second Place: KUAC FM and AlaskaOne Donor Appeals
  Gretchen Gordon, Dorrie Breese, Ginger Stock-McKenzie, Mike Powers
  KUAC PM and AlaskaOne TV

Special Printed Promotional Materials

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Calista Corp. U.S. Secretaries Tour Field Guide
  Lincoln Garrick, Amy Hastings, Eric Buhrman
  Solstice Advertising
• Third Place: Alaska’s First Peoples, Alaska’s First University
  Tori Tragis, UAF Marketing & Communications
• Honorable Mention: UAF Works
  LJ Evans, UAF Marketing & Communications

News/Feature Story Release

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Wear It Alaska! News Release
  Kathy Day, KD/PR Virtual for Kenai River Sportfishing Association

News/Feature Story Placement

• First Place: None
• Second Place: AVEC’s Wind Program
  Amy Murphy, Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
• Third Place: Wind Power
  Amy Murphy, Anne Todd
  Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development

News Conference

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Providence Neuroscience Center REACH News Conference
  Kathy Day, Jordan Hanson, Christie Artuso
  KD/PR Virtual for Providence Neuroscience Center
• Third Place: What Happens When a Destination Loses a Large Cruise Ship
  Lana Johnson, Christine Cober, John Binkley, Rod Pfleiger, Lalanya Downs
  MSI Communications for Alaska Cruise Association

Publicity Photo Published in Print Media
No submissions

Exhibits and Displays
No submissions

Video Material

• First Place: Kenai River Junior Classic
  Kathy Day, APR, Larry Bottjen
  KD/PR Virtual with DVD Technology for Kenai River Sportfishing Association
• Second Place: Invest
  Michelle Renfrew, Darcy Harrod, UAF Tanana Valley Campus
• Third Place: Zoning Code Update – A Better Way to Grow
  Lauren Kruer, Emerson Krueger, Stefan Hinman, Patty Sullivan
  Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Radio Material
No submissions

Website

• First Place: None
• Second Place: Koniag Education Foundation
  Iluhi Schimetka, Tyan Selby, Greg Whitworth, Dee Buchanan, Laurie Fagnani
  Koniag Education Foundation
• Third Place: Aurora Website Uaf.edu/aurora
  Jenn Baker, UAF Marketing & Communications

Special Electronic Promotional Material – Any electronic material not fitting into another category.
No submissions

Aurora Award Best in Show

• Southcentral Foundation’s 12th Annual Gathering
  Tammy Ashley, Vera Starbard, Jessica Dorrington, Thom Leonard, Kristin Helvey
  Southcentral Foundation