Villanova School of Business Wins Five 2017 MarCom Awards

VILLANOVA, Pa., October 19, 2017—The Villanova School of Business (VSB) was selected as a winner of five 2017 MarCom awards. This international competition recognizes the creativity of marketing and communications professionals from Fortune 50 companies, PR firms, production companies, advertising agencies and educational institutions representing dozens of countries around the world.

Members of the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals judged the awards, selecting work that they believed set new benchmarks for the industry. Winners were selected from more than 200 categories and 6,000 entries, and VSB earned four awards and one honorable mention.

VSB was awarded the following:

• Platinum award for the VSB Summer 2017 Magazine
• Platinum award for the Villanova Graduate Business Programs Brochure
• Gold award for the Center for Global Leadership Annual Report
• Gold award for the BLF 2016 Student Innovations Video: Chinasa Nwokocha '17 VSB
• Honorable mention for the Evil Genius Brewery Facebook Live Interview

“The Villanova School of Business is honored to receive industry recognition for our communication and marketing work,” said Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD, the Helen and William O’Toole Dean of VSB. “The fact that our team received an award for each submission exemplifies our commitment to sharing the VSB experience, connecting with alumni and professionals, and showcasing our values in meaningful and engaging way."

You can find the VSB entries and a complete list of the winners on the MARCOM website, www.marcomawards.com.

The Villanova School of Business (VSB) undergraduate program is ranked #1 in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek and has been at the forefront of business education since it was founded in 1922. Serving over 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students, VSB is home to five Centers of Excellence (the Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate, the Center for Business Analytics, the Center for Global Leadership, the Center for Marketing & Consumer Insights and the Center for Church Management) with each designed to foster innovative, cross-disciplinary research and teaching opportunities for business faculty. VSB is known for academic rigor; creativity and innovation; hands-on and service learning opportunities; a firm grounding in ethics; and an applied education that prepares students to become outstanding leaders and global citizens within the ever-changing, complex, and fast-paced world of business. For more, visit business.villanova.edu.