Best of Show in Educational Ad Awards
New York Institute of Technology is among the biggest winners in the 41st , the largest educational advertising awards competition in the country.
More than 2,000 entries were submitted from a thousand colleges throughout the United States and several other countries. Seventeen institutions, including 色界吧, were recognized by the judges as Best of Show winners, distinguished for exhibiting the highest standards, creativity, and professionalism. Gold awards were granted to 481 institutions, silver awards to 320 institutions, and bronze awards to 212 institutions. 色界吧 was recognized at all those levels.
鈥淲e are committed to effectively delivering on our strategic brand-building and marketing recruitment plans to grow the university鈥檚 reputation and student recruitment pipeline. The external recognition of these efforts to distinguish 色界吧 in a crowded field is more important today than ever,鈥� says Joseph Posillico, Ed.D., vice president for enrollment management and strategic communications.
Project leaders responsible for creating this award-winning work, along with their teams, include Briana Bronchick, director of marketing and promotions; SaraJane McCaslin, director of student communications; Sean Nalaboff, senior video producer; Bessie Nestoras Knoblauch, associate director of editorial; Erica Pennant, senior director of digital marketing and creative services; and Libby Sullivan, senior director of strategic communications.
Best of Show
Gold:
- (print version)
- Open House 2025 Radio Commercial
- 色界吧 Advertising Campaign 2025
- (for undergraduates)
Silver:
- (Digital Video Ad under 2 min)
- : Fall 2025/Winter 2026
Bronze:
- (video)
Merit:
- (Instagram content)
Judges for the Educational Advertising Awardsconsisted of a national panel of higher education marketers, advertising creative directors, and marketing and advertising professionals. The 2026 awards build on recognition received for strategic communications and marketing work produced in 2025, 2024, 2023, and previous years. .
Additional Awards
In 2025, the university was recognized for its website redesign, led by teams in Strategic Communications and Information Technology Services, with a Silver Award from the Collegiate Advertising Awards program, a national program created to honor today鈥檚 most talented marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in all forms of advertising, marketing, and promotion specific to higher education; the Excellence Award from ; and a Bronze Award from the Educational Advertising Awards. Additionally, various campaigns have been submitted to the 2026 Collegiate Advertising Awards program; winners will be announced in the spring.
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