Durham, NC - Duke University communications offices have won several communications awards for 2008 from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).CASE is the leading international organization for communications professionals working in education. Its national awards contest is among the most prestigious in the field.

The Office of Communication Services won two awards. For Working@Duke, it received a gold medal for a collection of five articles in the Periodical Staff Writing for Internal Audiences category. The Office won a bronze medal in the Special Program Publications Packages category for "My Health. My Life," open enrollment for benefits. The publication included a photo contest in which employees submitted photos that explained how healthy living is important to them. The contest is currently running for a second year. Click here for more information.  

Duke Magazine won two bronze medals in the category of Best Articles of the Year. Jeffrey Stern won for his article "For God and Country," about Duke alumnus Lt. Col. Stuart Couch who challenged the military justice system's handling of war on terror cases. Robert Bliwise won for his article "One Year Later," reviewing the Duke Lacrosse crisis in the May/June 2007 issue.

Duke Medicine HealthLine, the quarterly consumer newsletter for the Duke Health System, won a bronze medal for Print External Audience Tabloids and Newsletters. HealthLine, which is distributed in Durham, Wake, Chatham and Orange Counties, is edited by Kathleen Yount and designed by Cara Ragusa.

The Office of News and Communications won three awards. In Research, Medicine, and Science News Writing, the office received the gold medal. The entry included five research stories submitted by Karl Bates and Monte Basgall of the Office of News and Communication and Laura Brinn of the Fuqua School of Business.

In Specific Media Relations Programs, the Office of News and Communications (ONC) op-ed service received a silver medal. The op-ed service distributes opinion articles written by Duke faculty members to a collection of leading national newspapers. The service is directed by Keith Lawrence, director of media relations for ONC.

In Web-Based of Electronic HTML Internal Audience Periodicals, Duke Today received a silver medal. Duke Today is edited by Geoffrey Mock and designed by Tam Ferguson.