IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 3, 2007
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Slippery Rock University homecoming logo receives CASE award

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University’s Rocktoberfest homecoming logo has received a Bronze Accolade Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) organization. The logo placed in the Visual Design in Print-Logos/Nameplates category in the mid-Atlantic region encompassing six states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

    CASE is the nation’s largest nonprofit education association with 3,250 institutional members. It represents 47,000 people working in alumni relations, public relations and development in all levels of education, according to its Web site.

    SRU used the logo on promotional T-shirts, cups, posters and fliers for homecoming ’06 and the fall edition of The Rock Magazine sent to 50,000 alumni and university friends. The logo features an image of Old Main surrounded by fall foliage.

    “The Accolade Award is to alumni and public relations what the Oscar is to actors,” SRU’s Michael Saraka, director of alumni relations, said.

     Saraka and alumni association President Eric Holmes, a 1993 SRU graduate, plan to attend CASE’s awards gala at the District I and II Conference in New York City in February to collect the University’s award.
    Kostilnik & Associates Graphics Inc. in Pittsburgh designed the logo under the art direction of SRU’s Sandra Busch, publications manager for university public relations.

        Slippery Rock University is Pennsylvania’s premier public residential university. Slippery Rock University provides students with a comprehensive learning experience that intentionally combines academic instruction with enhanced educational and learning opportunities that make a positive difference in their lives.