WCC Garners National Marketing Award - Wayne Community College | Goldsboro, NC

WCC Garners National Marketing Award

April 25, 2022

Wayne Community College is a National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) Paragon Award winner.

The honored item is a presidential challenge coin. It earned a bronze award in the Novelty Category.

Accepting WCC’s Paragon Award at the NCMPR conference are Graphic Design and Print Specialist Jessica Meadows, President Patty Pfeiffer, former Graphic Design and Print Specialist Jax Ochs Adams, and Office of Communications Director Ken Jones.

This is the fifth time in six years that WCC creative products have been Paragon Award finalists. In past years, the college has collected eight awards: three gold, four silver, and one bronze.

The Paragon Awards recognize outstanding achievement in design and communication at community and technical colleges. It is the only national competition of its kind that honors excellence exclusively among marketing and public relations professionals at two-year colleges.

This year 232 colleges across the country submitted more than 1,700 entries in 52 categories.

The award was presented at the NCMPR National Conference in Denver.

NCMPR is an organization for two-year college communicators that provides professional development opportunities, information on emerging marketing and PR trends, and connections to a network of more than 1,700 colleagues across the country. NCMPR is an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges.

Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, the college serves 10,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 165 college credit programs. WCC’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.