ACUP+ Honors Award Winners in Online Ceremony

In an online ceremony Wednesday night that drew dozens of in-plants from all over the country, the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) honored the winners of its ACUP+ Awards competition. The awards were to have been handed out personally on the last day of ACUP’s planned conference in Lincoln, Neb., earlier this year but that event, like many, was canceled due to COVID-19.

The ceremony, conducted via a Zoom call, brought together higher-ed in-plant managers from five time zones, stretching from Alaska to Maine. After 15 minutes of socializing among members, ACUP+ Administrative Director Jennifer Bowers kicked off the ceremony. ACUP+ President Bob Donahue, of Franklin University, welcomed attendees, and awards were announced by Theresa Roby, of Penn State, and Donna Horbelt, of University of California, Davis.

This year's ACUP Hall of Fame honor went to Lisa Hoover of Bucknell University (wife of a previous Hall of Fame inductee, Andrew Scott). Barb Childers, of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, earned the ACUP Achiever award for her many contributions to the association. The Best of Show winner was the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

A screen shot from the ceremony shows the announcement that both Sacramento State and Bucknell University shared the Impact WOW+ Service Award.

This year ACUP reclassified winners in each category of its Production Awards as Gold and Platinum instead of First Place and Honorable Mention. Here's a list of all the 2020 ACUP+ Awards winners:

Production Awards: 

Digital Single Page, Small Shop

• Gold: California State University, Sacramento
• Platinum: Bucknell University

Digital Single Page, Large Shop

• Gold: Iowa State University
• Platinum: University of Maine

Digital Multi Page, Small Shop

• Gold: University of New Hampshire
• Platinum: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Digital Multi Page, Large Shop

• Gold: Iowa State University
• Platinum: UT Health - Houston

Digital Multi Piece, Small Shop

• Gold: Messiah College
• Platinum: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Digital Multi Piece, Large Shop

• Gold: University of North Texas
• Platinum: Oregon State University

Offset Single Page

• Gold: UT Health - Houston
• Platinum: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Offset Multi Page

• Gold: UT Health - Houston
• Platinum: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Offset Multi Piece

• Gold: UT Health - Houston
• Platinum: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Graphic Design

• Gold: Yale University
• Platinum: Wichita State University

Specialty Printed Products

• Gold: Fayetteville State University
• Platinum: Iowa State University

Operation/Shop Promotion

• Gold: Oregon State University
• Platinum: UT Health – Houston

Decals/Stickers

• Gold: Kellogg Community College
• Platinum: Oregon State University

Adhesive Graphics/Wraps

• Gold: Bucknell University
• Platinum: University of Alaska, Anchorage

Canvas/Fabrics

• Gold: University of Massachusetts Boston
• Platinum: Yale University

Banners & Displays

• Gold: Oregon State University
• Platinum: Highline College

Posters

• Gold: Fayetteville State University
• Platinum: Oregon State University

Impression Awards:

• Accelerated Service (recognizes a member organization that has successfully accomplished an extreme production deadline): Pennsylvania State University
• Collaborative Service (recognizes a member organization that has made a significant institutional contribution working with another unit to achieve a goal): California State University, Sacramento
• Impact WOW+ Service (recognizes a significant institutional contribution that brought recognition to the operation and the WOW+ factor from campus departments): California State University, Sacramento and Bucknell University

Jennifer Bowers.

At the end of the ceremony, the location of ACUP+ 2021 was announced. The conference will be held in Vancouver, Wash., across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore.

Also, Bowers announced her retirement as ACUP’s administrative director after more than 10 years. She was previously director of Printing and Mailing Services at Florida State University. During that tenure she hosted one of the most well attended ACUP conferences in history. Prior to that, Bowers oversaw the in-plant at Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne. IPI wrote about her career in this 2004 story.