Cal State San Bernardino’s Coyote Advertising and students from the art department took home 38 ADDY awards from the annual American Advertising Federation Inland Empire Chapter’s Awards Gala.

Coyote Advertising, which competed in the professional category, won one gold award, three silver awards and six bronze awards. In addition, it shared two bronze awards with the CSUSB College of Education.

“It’s pretty amazing for Coyote Advertising to win a gold and three silvers this year, considering we are a student agency competing against the very best professional advertising/media agencies in our region,” said Jacob Poore, Coyote Advertising manager.

The awards gala took place at the Mission Inn Hotel and Spa in Riverside. The annual event recognizes and honors the top advertising work created in the Inland Empire counties of San Bernardino and Riverside during 2017.

According to the AAF Inland Empire, the student competition was the 13th such competition in the nation, with 109 entries from seven colleges and universities. CSUSB’s 31 total awards was the most in the student competition, followed by the Art Institute of California-Inland Empire’s 29.

The American Advertising Awards Inland Empire Competition is part of the national American Advertising Awards, the world’s largest advertising competition with about 40,000 professional entries in almost 200 local competitions and about 5,000 student entries.

Winners in the local competitions move on to compete in one of 15 district competitions for the right to make it to the national finals. Both the professional and student gold winners in the Inland Empire will move on to compete against the professional and student gold winners in the American Advertising Awards District 15 competition against the winners from the Los Angeles, Orange County, Palm Springs, San Diego, Las Vegas and Coastal California (San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura counties) competitions.

Here is the list of Professional ADDY Awards for Coyote Advertising:

Gold Award

Category: Integrated Media Public Service CampaignEntry Name: 1984 — A Three Part EventClient: John M. Pfau LibraryCredits: Nicole Rodriguez, graphic design; Cameron Massey, video production; Maelani Balane, video production.

Silver Awards

Category: Public Service Print AdvertisingEntry Name: Orozco Mexican RevolutionaryClient: John M. Pfau LibraryCredits: Nicholas Aceves, graphic design

Category: Public Service Print AdvertisingEntry Name: A Poetry ReadingClient: John M. Pfau LibraryCredits: Bliss Gray, graphic design

Category: Public Service Print AdvertisingEntry Name: Formerly Incarcerated IndividualsClient: John M. Pfau LibraryCredits: Nicole Rodriguez, graphic design

Bronze Awards

Category: Local Radio Commercial CampaignEntry Name: Renaissance FestivalClient: Koroneberg Renaissance Festival

Category: Logo DesignEntry Name: OneSearch LogoClient: CSU Council of Library DeansCredit: Bliss Gray, graphic design

Category: Logo DesignEntry Name: OktoberTech 2017Client: Information Technology ServicesCredit: Nicole Rodriguez, graphic design

Category: Public Service Online Film, Video and SoundEntry Name: ITS Promo VideoClient: Information Technology ServicesCredit: Maelani Balane, video production; Cameron Massey, video production

Category: Public Service Print AdvertisingEntry Name: 1984 — A Three Part EventClient:  John M. Pfau LibraryCredits: Nicole Rodriguez, graphic designer

Category: Public Service Print AdvertisingEntry Name: Who Are The RefugeesClient: Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern StudiesCredits: Bliss Gray, graphic designer

Collaborations between College of Education and Coyote Advertising, Bronze Awards

Category: Public Service Online Film, Video and SoundEntry Name: DisABILITY Sports Fest: “I am Able”Client: College of EducationCredit: Ginger Hartman, creative director/producer/copywriter; Keith Baxter, videography; Robert Whitehead, photography; Coyote Advertising, sound design; Emi Sunshine, music.

Category: Direct MailEntry Name: Together We Do Great WorkClient: College of EducationCredit: Coyote Advertising, graphic design; Ginger Hartman, creative director/copywriter, Robert Whitehead, photography

The award book from the gala may be found online at American Advertising Federation Inland Empire Award Book.

Coyote Advertising was established in 2010 and is an on-campus multimedia training facility with a mission to prepare CSUSB students for 21st century media leadership positions. Housed in the CSUSB College of Arts and Letters, students in the program engage in media projects and creative advertising services for paying clients.

Alumni of the program have bridged into careers with companies such as: Los Angeles Newspaper Group/Digital First Media Group, iHeart Media, Univision, Los Angeles Times, Katz Public Relations, Ignited Advertising, Maxus, Anaheim Broadcast Corporation, CBS Radio, Walters Automotive Group, American Diabetes Association, Red Fusion Media and plenty more.

For more information on Coyote Advertising, email coyoteadvertising@csusb.edu or call (909) 537-3486.

For more information on Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit inside.csusb.edu.