UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three videos produced by Penn State students earned five awards in an international competition that recognizes excellence in video and television across all screens.
The Telly Awards selected videos produced by CommAgency, the student-led production agency housed in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, for a Bronze Telly. Videos honored were:
- Bellisario College Recruitment Video, which was honored in both the Promotional Video-Educational Institution category and Promotional Video-Student category;
- Alumni Association Spotlight, also honored for Promotional Video-Educational Institution and Promotional Video-Student; and
- Penn State DUS Overview, which was selected in the Promotional Video-Educational Institution category.
“I’m excited for the students,” said Catie Grant, director of CommAgency and an assistant teaching professor in the Bellisario College. “It’s great to have a high-level, professional award recognition for their work. Plus, their work was up against submissions from professional agencies and production companies in the Promotional Video-Educational Institution category. It’s just a testament to the quality of work our students produce.”
The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 to honor excellence in local, regional and cable television commercials with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after. With the recent evolution and rise of digital video (web series, VR, 360 and beyond), the Telly Awards also reflects and celebrates this exciting new era of the moving image on and offline.
The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work created within television and across video, for all screens. This year more than 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents were considered. Telly Award winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising agencies, television stations, production companies and publishers from around the world. The Telly Awards recognizes work that has been created on the behalf of a client, for a specific brand and/or company (including your own) or self-directed as a creative endeavor.