Thirteen students in 海角社区 State鈥檚 Department of Art are being applauded for honors received from the American Advertising Federation.
The students won gold and silver awards at the local Tuscaloosa ADDY Awards Gala earlier this semester and went on to compete in the District 7 competition against all 19 AAF chapters in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, 海角社区 and Tennessee.
Junior Hannah G. Chapman of Madison won a district Gold Award for her project, 鈥淢ashine Speakeasy,鈥 which now moves on to be judged in the AAF national awards competition.
Students completed their work in Assistant Professor Claire Gipson鈥檚 fall 2019 Advertising Design I and Assistant Professor Cassie Hester鈥檚 fall 2019 Typography I courses.
鈥淧rofessor Gipson and I are proud of the students,鈥 Hester said. 鈥淲e also wish Hannah Chapman luck as her project is judged at the national level.鈥
Formerly the ADDYs, American Advertising Awards recognize creativity and excellence in the field. is one of 210 member clubs across the nation; there are 14 district competitions with winners proceeding to the national finals.
MSU鈥檚 2020 American Advertising Federation Tuscaloosa AAA winners include (by hometown):
ALPHARETTA, Georgia鈥擩unior Madison E.R. 鈥淢addie鈥 Rosenbaum, Gold Award for 鈥淢ason鈥
BROOKHAVEN鈥擲enior Amber E. McDonald, Silver Award for 鈥淜rok鈥
FLORENCE鈥擲enior Meghan A. Norman, Gold Award for 鈥淛eanne鈥檚 Bakery鈥
FLOWOOD鈥擲enior Stephen C. Latham, Silver Award for 鈥淰alspar鈥
FRANKLIN, Tennessee鈥擩unior Morgan E. Pearce, Silver Award for 鈥淐arilliantine鈥
GREENVILLE鈥擲enior Darius S. Amos, Silver Award for 鈥淥rbe Pizzeria鈥
ITTA BENA鈥擲enior Anna Claire Garrard, Silver Award for 鈥淏ungee Diner鈥
JACKSON鈥擲enior Tommie Jo N. 鈥淭J鈥 Barnett, Silver Award for 鈥淧arlay鈥
MADISON鈥 Junior Hannah G. Chapman, Gold Award for 鈥淢ashine Speakeasy鈥; and senior Amanda L. 鈥淢andy鈥 Schemmel, Gold Award and a Judge鈥檚 Choice Award for 鈥淪iracha鈥
RIDGELAND鈥擲enior Claire B. Crutcher, Silver Award for 鈥淓pitaph鈥
SALTILLO鈥擲enior Savannah M. Alley, Silver Award for 鈥淏lockhead Food Truck鈥; and junior Alexandra E. 鈥淎lex鈥 Herring, Silver Award for 鈥淏r眉no鈥檚鈥
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