The Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Orlando Area Chapter hosted the 2021 FPRA Orlando Area Chapter Image Awards, “An Adventurous Celebration: Honoring Our PR Superheroes.” This year, due to the extensive and mutually beneficial relationship between the Nicholson School of Communication and Media and FPRA, the Nicholson School was the underwriting sponsor for the event.
The awardees represent the best examples of innovation, planning and design as well as public relations professionalism across the state of Florida.
The local competitions started more than 25 years ago on top of the statewide competitions, The Statewide Golden Image Awards, which began more than 60 years ago.
There are four divisions of awards: Public Relations Programs, Printed Tools of Public Relations, Digital Tools of Public Relations and Student Public Relations Projects. Within the divisions are various categories.
Division A, Public Relations Programs, has some of the most categories. Among them are categories such as Community Relations, Crisis Communications, Public Affairs and Special Events. For a full list of categories within each division and the winners, check out the FPRA website.
The UCF-affiliated winners of the Orlando Image Awards are as follows:
- Division D – Student Projects in Public Relations
Category 3: Public Relations Campaigns
Image Award and Judges’ Award
Quotes Charges ON
2020 Quotes Executive Board for their campaign
- Division C – Digital Tools of Public Relations
Category 3: Social Media
Image Award and Judges’ Award
Launching the UCF Restores Facebook Wellness Education Series
Curley & Pynn and UCF RESTORES
- Grand Image Awards
Grand Image Award for Division C
Launching the UCF RESTORES Facebook Wellness Education Series
Curley & Pynn and UCF RESTORES
- Division D – Student Projects in Public Relations
Category 5: Public Relations Campaign
Award of Distinction and Image Award
Increasing Membership through Partnership with Universal
Rachel Ilardi, Emily Garcia, 2019-2020 Quotes Executive Board
- Division D – Student Projects in Public Relations
Category 6: Digital Communication
Judges’ Award and Image Award
Maintaining Digital Engagement Through “Intern IRL”
Emily Garcia, Rachel Ilardi, 2019-2020 Quotes Executive Board
- Division A – Public Relations Programs
Category 1: Community Relations
Judges’ Award and Image Award
UCF Graduates First Class of Inclusive Education Students
UCF Communications and Marketing
- Division A – Public Relations Programs
Category 4: Public Information
Image Award
Messaging “Safety First” at UCF Downtown
Courtney Gilmartin, Amanda Sellers
- Division A – Public Relations Programs
Category 10: Reputation Management
Award of Distinction
UCF Downtown Debut
UCF Communications
- Grand Image Awards
Grand Image Award for Division D
Increasing Employer Awareness Through Featured Internships
2019-2020 Quotes Executive Board
- Grand All Image Award
Grand All Image Award for Division A
UCF Graduates First Class of Inclusive Education Students
UCF Communications and Marketing
Some alumni that received Image Awards within their careers include Rachel Ilardi, Ali Beemer, Cynthia Lambert and more.
Congratulations to all this year’s winners!
Published August 2, 2021. Written by Iulia Popescu.
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