A video produced by members of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Division of Student Affairs has been nominated for a 2023 Mid-Atlantic Emmy award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
This is the first time that a video produced by the university has been nominated for an Emmy award. Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s video is part of the Overall Excellence award nominees and is in the Education-Schools category. Â鶹ÊÓƵ joins nominees from all over the state and region for the competition.
The video, released during the spring 2022 semester, is titled . It was created by Bill Hamilton, Brian Henry, and Emily Smith from the Office of Marketing and Communications. Henry was the project director, Hamilton was director of photography, and Hamilton, Henry, and Smith were videographers and editors for the piece.
The video tells the story of Â鶹ÊÓƵ University College faculty member Luke Faust and recent Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduate Imani Jefferson. It is available on the channel.
“This is an incredible honor for Â鶹ÊÓƵ,” Â鶹ÊÓƵ Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Segar said.
“Recognition for this particular video is especially meaningful because it showcases Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s commitment to individual attention for all of our students, meeting students where they are, and helping them to achieve their goals, including through challenging life circumstances,” he said.
“Members of the Office of Marketing and Communications have been recognized with a number of honors and awards for their videos, publications, and photography,” Segar said. “This nomination affirms the ongoing quality work being done by the team, and the team’s ability to beautifully capture Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s focus on student success,” he said.
Hamilton (left), a 1992 communications media graduate of Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has been at Â鶹ÊÓƵ for 30 years. Smith (center), who has both her bachelor’s degree in communications media and her master’s degree in adult education and communications technology from Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has worked at Â鶹ÊÓƵ for the past 17 years. Henry (right), who has a bachelor’s degree in applied media arts from Edinboro University, has worked at Â鶹ÊÓƵ since 2019.
The Emmy Award recipients will be announced on October 14.