Newhouse School advertising faculty members Mel White and Kevin O’Neill were recognized as award-winning instructors by Graphis, an international publisher of books on communications design. The designation comes as part of Graphis’ international advertising competition.
The Platinum award-winning work by Giulia Giancola.
Students from White and O’Neill’s creative advertising classes—Portfolio I, II and III—made a strong showing in the competition, winning 36 awards and making Syracuse University the third-most-awarded institution in the advertising division. Winning entries included print ads, print ad campaigns and outdoor advertising.
“These awards represent a major milestone to the learning outcome of the advertising curriculum, especially the creative emphasis, which requires three portfolio courses to be taught in sequence by two outstanding teachers,” says James Tsao, chair of the advertising department.
The student winners were:
Gold Award-winning work by Audrey Heurlin, a student in Professor Mel White’s class
The students’ work, which can be viewed online, will be published in the 2017 Graphis New Talent Annual, scheduled for release next month. According to the Graphis website, “This annual presents award-winning work from instructors who have challenged and inspired their students to achieve brilliance in their respective disciplines.”
