Why Hip-Hop Matters<\/a>\u2019 was intended as a short alumni profile on rapper Duval \u2018Masta Ace\u2019 Clear \u201988 and his 30-year career in the business,\u201d said Mary Elizabeth Reilly-McGreen, the writer of the piece and a digital content strategist in the Marketing and Communications Office. \u201cAfter a little digging, though, we learned that Clear was an industry icon and that hip-hop\u2019s influence extended far beyond music\u2014to art, poetry, philosophy, rhetoric, professional sports, advocacy, race relations, anthropology, and fashion. Moreover, our University community was deeply and actively engaged with hip-hop.<\/p>\n\u201cSo, what started as a 250-word alumni profile mushroomed into a five-part web series highlighting 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s alumni rappers, students, academics, artists, poets, philosophers, DJs, MCs, and fans,\u201d added Reilly-McGreen.<\/p>\n
The judges\u2019 comments on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s gold-award entry: \u201cFrom a grain of an idea, the Rhode Island team expanded this into a creative series that hits a sweet spot where music, culture, and academia overlap. The topic here is timely and relevant, and their choice to include the lyrics, audio, and social media content was a nice touch. The writing itself is clear and compelling in this novel approach to institutional storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Led by John Pennypacker, web communications manager, several team members contributed to the series. In addition to writer Reilly-McGreen,\u00a0Brandon Fuller, digital content strategist, created all the\u00a0design elements for\u00a0the web stories, and Nicki Toler served as editor.<\/p>\n
Sue Cunningham, president and CEO of CASE, commended this year’s recipients for their bold, innovative work that epitomizes the profession\u2019s best practices.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese awards demonstrate our members\u2019 success in advancing their institutions through their remarkable work,\u201d\u00a0says Cunningham. \u201cThis year\u2019s award winners demonstrate creativity and strategy; I urge everyone to take a look\u2014you will be inspired. Congratulations to all the Circle of Excellence Award recipients. Your work engages important communities in the life of your institutions, advancing education to transform lives and society.\u201d<\/p>\n
Made up of several of CASE’s long-time recognition programs, the Circle of Excellence Awards program, in its present configuration, was introduced in 1994. It is CASE’s largest and most popular awards program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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