Prairie State Earns Accolades at NCMPR District Conference

(PSC) received a Gold and two Silver Medallion Awards of Excellence at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District 3 Conference in Detroit, Mich., last month. Members of the Communications and Marketing Department accepted the awards on behalf of PSC.

The gold award recognized PSC for various marketing items promoting the 2011 Jazz Fest. The first silver award was for the non-credit programs brochure, and the second silver award recognized the most recent high school poster promotional piece.

Jennifer Stoner, executive director of communications and marketing at PSC also was named the 2011 recipient of the Communicator of the Year for District 3 for demonstrating special leadership or ability in college communications. Stoner’s receipt of the award automatically nominates her for NCMPR’s national award, which is presented at the national conference.

Stoner, a resident of Manhattan, Ill., has been head of the Communications and Marketing department at PSC since 2007. She oversees the activities of a number of communications functions of the school, including publications, public relations, graphic design, advertising, video production, and the Web site, as well as Institutional Support Services and the Information Center. 

Kristin Carrera, lead graphic designer at PSC who nominated Stoner for the award, said that Stoner deserves to be recognized for how hard she works, despite her humility about her accomplishments.

“She will be the first to tell you that it's not about her. It's about her team,” Carrera said.

But, Carrera added, Stoner’s efforts are not going by unrecognized. “It's amazing how much one person can make an impact on an institution,” she said. “There is one person who, hands down, has made a lot of changes to benefit the college, and that is Jennifer Stoner.”