Campus Dining Wins National Collegiate Advertising Awards
The awards reflect collaboration across dining services, student employees and campus partners.
Cal Poly Campus Dining recently earned top honors in the Collegiate Advertising Awards, receiving a gold award for dining plan brochure design and a silver award for social media marketing.
The Collegiate Advertising Awards are among the largest and most competitive programs recognizing excellence in higher education marketing. Cal Poly’s awards highlight the strength of its student-focused communications and digital engagement strategies.
Overall, the awards span culinary innovation, wellness programming, facility renovation and integrated marketing efforts.
“These awards reflect the creativity, collaboration and dedication of our entire team,” said Jess Dozier, director of Cal Poly Campus Dining. “We are proud to support Learn by Doing while continuing to enhance the dining experience through innovation, wellness and meaningful engagement.”
Among the additional recognitions:
Collegiate Advertising Awards
- Gold Collegiate Advertising Award, Dining Plan Brochure Design
- Silver Collegiate Advertising Award, Social Media Marketing
Education Digital Marketing Advertising Awards
- Gold Education Digital Marketing Advertising Award, Email Campaigns
- Silver Education Digital Marketing Advertising Award, Instagram
Service Industry Advertising Awards
- Silver Service Industry Advertising Award, Website Design
- Silver Service Industry Advertising Award, Website Refresh
MARCOM Awards
- Platinum MARCOM Award, Team’s Body of Work Achievement, recognizing the Campus Dining Marketing Team
- Platinum MARCOM Award, Email Campaign, for The Dish email newsletter
- Gold MARCOM Award, Instagram Engagement, for Cal Poly Campus Dining’s Instagram
National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS)
- NACUFS Grand Prize Loyal E. Horton Dining Award, Innovative Dining Program of the Year
- NACUFS Grand Prize Loyal E. Horton Dining Award, Outreach and Education Program of the Year for the Self-Care Fair
- NACUFS Gold Loyal E. Horton Dining Award, Innovative Dining Program of the Year
- NACUFS Gold Loyal E. Horton Dining Award, Outreach and Education Program of the Year for the Self-Care Fair
- NACUFS Silver Loyal E. Horton Dining Award, Renovation of the Year for 1901 Marketplace