Dec. 23, 2010
Annual Holiday Design Winners Named
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The winners of Marshall University’s annual holiday design contest for students were announced earlier this month. The competition, which is sponsored by Marshall President Stephen J. Kopp and his wife, Jane, included categories for a commemorative plate, a holiday card and a digital greeting.
“Working with the Kopps each year to gather and identify winners has been both enlightening and fulfilling,” said Byron Clercx, chair of the department of art and design. “Together they select superb examples from a pool of increasingly inventive and inspired submissions from art and design students, and I am proud they choose to share them with the university and extended Marshall family.”
David Kendall received first place honors for both the holiday greeting card and the digital greeting. His greeting card design was mailed to those on the president’s list and the digital greeting was distributed to alumni. He received a prize of $700 in each category.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Martin was named the first place winner in the commemorative plate category. She also received a prize of $700.
Others who received recognition and prizes were as follows:
President and Mrs. Kopp began the card design and plate design competition in 2007 as a way of recognizing the talent of Marshall’s students. The digital greeting category was added last year. ### Cutline:
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Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The winners of Marshall University’s annual holiday design contest for students were announced earlier this month. The competition, which is sponsored by Marshall President Stephen J. Kopp and his wife, Jane, included categories for a commemorative plate, a holiday card and a digital greeting.
“Working with the Kopps each year to gather and identify winners has been both enlightening and fulfilling,” said Byron Clercx, chair of the department of art and design. “Together they select superb examples from a pool of increasingly inventive and inspired submissions from art and design students, and I am proud they choose to share them with the university and extended Marshall family.”
David Kendall received first place honors for both the holiday greeting card and the digital greeting. His greeting card design was mailed to those on the president’s list and the digital greeting was distributed to alumni. He received a prize of $700 in each category.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Martin was named the first place winner in the commemorative plate category. She also received a prize of $700.
Others who received recognition and prizes were as follows:
* Jillian Smallwood, second place in the commemorative plate category, who received $350;Honorable mentions were given to Cyndee Adkins in the commemorative plate category; Crutchfield in the holiday greeting card category; and Andrew Burgess, Adam Hopkins and the team of Marta Molina Gomez and Carlos Aledo in the digital greeting category.
* Kaitlynn Smith, second place in the holiday greeting card category, who received $350;
* Brandon Vernatter, second place in the digital greeting category, who received $350;
* Matthew Levi Brumbaugh, third place in the commemorative plate category, who received $150;
* Juyeon Lee, third place in the holiday greeting card category, who received $150;
* Matthew Crutchfield, third place in the digital greeting category, who received $150.
President and Mrs. Kopp began the card design and plate design competition in 2007 as a way of recognizing the talent of Marshall’s students. The digital greeting category was added last year. ### Cutline:
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