Alumni Relations Office Awards
The Alumni Office’s communication efforts have won awards every year since 2008.
The Alumni Office has won accolades for:
WITSReview magazine
MACE 2023 (Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education)
Silver: Printed: External magazines and newsletters WITSReview November 2022
Silver: Skills Award for Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview November 2022
MACE 2022 (Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education)
Platinum: Printed: External magazines and newsletters: WITSReview April 2022
Silver: Skills Award for Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview October 2021
MACE 2021 (Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education)
Gold: Skills Award of Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview October 2020
Gold: Printed: External magazines and newsletters: WITSReview October 2020
Silver: Skills Award for Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview April 2021
Silver: Printed: External magazines and newsletters - WITSReview April 2021
MACE 2019 (Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education)
Gold: Skills Award of Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview
MACE 2018 (Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education)
Gold: Skills Award of Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview
MACE 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
Best External Magazine
MACE 2015
The Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation Top Achiever Award
SA Publication Forum Awards 2021
Best Corporate Publication in South Africa
Excellence in Communication
Best External Magazine
Best Design
Best Headlines
SA Publication Forum 2019
Best External Magazine
Excellence in Communication
SA Publication Forum 2011-2014
Top Corporate Publication in South Africa 2012
Best External Magazine
CASE 2017 (Council for Advancement and Support of Education)
Joint winner in the external audience print newsletter category. CASE serves more than
3 600 of the world’s top universities, colleges and related organisations in more than 80 countries, presented the award for the December 2016 issue of WITSReview jointly with the University of Chicago’s publication, Tableau.
Newsletters
MACE 2023: Bronze: Design for Digital Media for Alumni Homecoming Weekend, Email Campaign Brochure 2022
MACE 2013 & 2011: Winner: Electronic Publications
Wits Book
MACE 2010: Winner: Internal Publications/magazine
MACE 2013: Winner: Internal Publications/magazine
SA Publication Forum 2011: Best Once-Off Publication
Alumni Website
MACE 2013 & 2011: Winner: Electronic Communication/Website
Campaigns
MACE 2021: Gold: #Witsie4Life Stories
MACE 2008, 2009, 2015: Winner: Integrated campaign/Alumni Relations
Audio, visual and audio-visual
MACE 2023: Silver: Wits Centenary Video
Editor of the Year
2011, Peter Maher (SA Publication Forum Awards)