April 2006

SAF announces winners in student advertising competition

The Student Advertising Federation (SAF) announced the winners of the the 8th Annual J. Jerome Jewler Student Ad Awards at a reception on April 25.

Senior Alex Grinton won Best of Show and the $500 grand prize for his U.S. Health and Human Services Protect Yourself campaign. This campaign had previously won a silver ADDY from the Columbia Ad Club.

In addition to the Best of Show, Grinton took home a Gold Award for his outdoor advertising campaign for Monterrey's. (View ads.)

Senior Alexis Bass won two Gold Awards for campaigns for Burt's Bees and the ASPCA. Burt's Bees also won a Gold Addy from the Columbia Ad Club in February.

Other Silver Award winners and their campaigns were:

Ashanti Huey - Panasonic
Sarah Conlin - Swiss Army Knife
E. B. Davis and Alex Grinton - Q-Tips
Joe Murray - American Cancer Society

Judges for the 2006 competition were A. Jerome Jewler; Brian Rish, freelancer; Lori Gardner, Mad Monkey; and Melissa Young, Chernoff-Newman.

The annual competition is sponsored by the Student Advertising Federation, the local student chapter of the American Advertising Federation, and endowed by Professor Bonnie Drewniany in honor of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jewler.