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Bonnie Drewniany, an associate professor of advertising in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, has won the Silver Medal Award from the American Advertising Federation of the Midlands, the highest honor an AAF chapter can bestow.
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Drewniany received the award Feb. 23 during the chapter's annual ADDY Awards ceremony at the Township Auditorium in Columbia. She was selected based on professional success, creative ability, contributions to the general advancement of advertising, and contributions to the community.
In addition to her teaching and research on advertising's portrayal of minorities, women, and older people, Drewniany sits on a number of academic committees and heads such projects as the Ad Bowl, Ad Bowl Symposium, and the annual Cocky Award, according to the Midlands AAF chapter.
Drewniany is the only professor in the nation to have had a Most Promising Minority Student recognized by the AAF 12 years in a row. She is the Honorary Lifetime Board Member and Education Chair on the Board of Directors of the Midlands AFF. She also sits on the AFF's Third District Board and the AFF's National Academic Committee.
She is a member of the American Academy of Advertising, a former ADDY Awards judge, and an advisor to the Student Advertising Federation at USC. A textbook she co-authored with A. Jerome Jewler, Creative Strategy in Advertising, is in its ninth printing.
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