Recently, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) announced the recipients of the 2024 Circle of Excellence Awards.

The Hill School is excited to share the news that it received a Silver Award in the category of Marketing Initiatives for its most recent admission campaign, On The Hill: Learn, Lead, Succeed. Judges in the category noted Hill’s campaign was a “strong, well-executed campaign that distinguished itself with its innovative use of multichannel strategies to increase enrollment . . . with clearly defined goals and metrics.” View samples of the award-winning materials.

Congratulations to members of The Hill School’s Marketing and Communications Office who conceptualized and executed this campaign, especially Kerry Fader, design director; Claudia Buzad, senior graphic designer; Jennifer Bechtel, director of web strategy and communications; Denise Spatarella, director of strategic communications; Sarah Bender, school photographer; and Andrea Chirieleison, admission liaison. The Hill team engaged with Brilliant Graphics, an award-winning printing company based in Exton, Pa., to produce printed collateral shared with prospective students and families throughout their admission experience.

CASE’s Circle of Excellence Awards are the premier recognition program for educational advancement. These peer-selected and adjudicated awards celebrate colleges, universities, and schools worldwide whose talented staff have advanced their institutions with resourcefulness and ingenuity.  This year, CASE received 4,200 submissions in a variety of categories from schools in 28 countries. Volunteer judges selected 486 exemplary entries for Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Grand Gold recognition. Winners are chosen for overall quality, innovation, use of resources, and the impact on the institution or its communities, such as alumni, parents, students, faculty, and staff.  

“As we mark CASE’s 50th anniversary this year, we are taking time to celebrate our members across the globe,” says Sue Cunningham, CASE President and CEO. “Examples of their remarkable work are evident throughout the Circle of Excellence Awards. We applaud the achievements and innovation of advancement professionals across all sectors and all regions—work in schools, colleges and universities that advances education and thereby transforms lives and society.”

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the global nonprofit association dedicated to educational advancement—alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and advancement services—and championing education to transform lives and society. CASE’s membership includes more than 3,000 colleges, universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools in more than 80 countries and serves more than 90,000 advancement professionals.