Unitech Excellence Awards: 2007
The Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, was awarded the Unitech Excellence Award in the Best Community Development category for the HIV-911 Programme. The award ceremony took place at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in mid November 2007. The award was accepted by Professor Dasarath Chetty, Executive Director Public Affairs & Corporate Communications, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
UKZN Scoops Unitech Awards
(reposted from UKZN Online, November 2007)
UKZN received six Excellence Awards at the Unitech 2007 Congress held in Durban from November 14-16. The Congress was organised and hosted by UKZN for the second successive year as Professor Dasarath Chetty is the national president.
Development Brief, the magazine aimed at donors, and HIV-911, the helpline set up by the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN), were awarded first prize in their categories. The University’s alumni publication, UKZNTOUCH; Growing a Nursing School, which commemorates the School of Nursing’s 50th anniversary; the electronic newsletter UKZN Online; and the UKZN website were runners-up in their categories.
Unitech is the association of marketing, communications and public relations practitioners at South African Higher Education Institutions and Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges. The theme for this year’s Congress which brought together 120 delegates from 25 institutions was “Changing Lanes: Global Best Practices in Marketing, Communications and Advancement.”
The Excellence Awards are adjudicated by a panel of independent judges representing the publishing, printing and electronic media.
Overview of the Unitech Awards:
Unitech is the association of marketing, communications and public relations practitioners at South African Higher Education Institutions and Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges. The theme for the 2007 Congress, which brought together 120 delegates from 25 institutions, was “Changing Lanes: Global Best Practices in Marketing, Communications and Advancement.”
Unitech gives out Excellence Awards for various categories within the areas of marketing, communications and development in Higher Education. One of these categories is for “Community Development Projects”. More specifically, the “Community Development Project Award seeks to promote sustainable community empowerment projects facilitated under the auspices of the marketing, communications and development department or division in an institution. Project outcomes should be measurable, and should involve the community of interest in its management and implementation. Project marketing, budget breakdowns and funding, outcomes and sustainability are key areas of assessment.
The Excellence Awards are adjudicated by a panel of independent judges representing the publishing, printing and electronic media.
Unitech is the association of marketing, communications and public relations practitioners at South African Higher Education Institutions and Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges. The theme for the 2007 Congress, which brought together 120 delegates from 25 institutions, was “Changing Lanes: Global Best Practices in Marketing, Communications and Advancement.”