Tuesday, February 13, 2007

260 MTSU STAFFER GARNERS AWARD IN REGION III CASE CONTEST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 11, 2007
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Rollins Secures Prize for Media Efforts in Multi-State Competition

(MURFREESBORO)—Lisa L. Rollins, a member of MTSU’s Office of News and Public Affairs (NPA) staff, garnered an award in the recent CASE District III Advancement Awards, which are sponsored annually by the international office of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Rollins, director of special media projects, was one of five entrants chosen to receive an “Award of Special Merit” in the Media Relations Projects category for her entry titled “The Alvin York Project 2006.”
Rollins’ entry competed against entries from throughout District III of CASE, whose membership is composed of Alabama, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. With more than 540 institutional members and nearly 4,500 professional members, District III is the second largest among the eight CASE districts, including its European offices.
The awards were presented during the annual conference awards ceremony Feb. 6 at Nashville’s Renaissance Hotel. Winning entries will be placed in the CASE III archives at CASE International in Washington, D.C.
Today CASE's membership includes more than 3,300 colleges, universities and independent elementary and secondary schools in 54 countries around the world, making CASE one of the largest nonprofit education associations in terms of institutional membership. The CASE membership currently comprises more than 47,000 advancement professionals, including more than 22,300 professional members.
For more information regarding CASE, please access its Web site at www.case.org.


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