Saint Louis University recently received nine awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, recognizing its various contribution to higher education. The School of Law alumni relations also received two gold honors.

“We had sent in samples and answered questions about budget and time spent on projects,” said Danielle Caruso, assistant director of Development and Alumni Relations for the School of Law. “We were pretty excited to be given the awards.”

“Motion to Lead,” a special event that was held in May 2000 to recognize three new volunteer groups, was given one of the two gold awards. The other honor was awarded to the group’s law school reunion weekend held last September.

A silver award was given to publications and graphic design for the cover of last year’s commencement book. A poster for a SLU theatre production, a class schedule cover, the School of Social Service viewbook and the logo for the Atlas program all earned bronze awards.

“I’m so proud of our graphic designers, Carrie Fritsche and John Vieth, who are extremely talented and creative,” said Laura Geiser, assistant director of publications. “The publications and graphic design staff is thrilled to be honored with five awards from CASE.

“Our goal is always to put the University’s best foot forward,” Geiser continued.

Media Relations also received a silver award for media placements on the University’s St. Louis Initiative. “Building relationships with our community is really important,” said Kathryn Hundman, senior media specialist. “That’s why it was a focus of the campaign that won the award.”

SLU is in CASE District VI, which includes more than 200 member institutions, ranging from small private schools, to top research institutions and large state universities. SLU’s entries were chosen from more than 1,200 entries.

“Full Speed Ahead” served to be the theme for the conference of the 2002 Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VI Awards. The theme was chosen to reflect the fast-moving and constantly changing landscape in higher education.