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
SA Publication Forum Awards 2021
Best Corporate Publication in South Africa
Excellence in Communication
Best External Magazine
Best Design
Best Headlines
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
SA Publication Forum 2019
Best External Magazine
Excellence in Communication
MACE 2018 (Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education)
Gold: Skills Award of Excellence - Design for Printed Media WITSReview
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.
2015 MACE
The Carl & Emily Fuchs Foundation Top Achiever Award,
Best External Magazine
* Best External Magazine 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 (MACE)
* Best External Magazine 2011-2014 (SA Publication Forum)
* Top 5 Best Corporate Publication in South Africa 2012 (SA Publication Forum)
Newsletters
Design: Alumni homecoming weekend: Email campaign 2022 (MACE 2023)
Winner: Electronic Publications 2011-2013 (MACE)
Wits Book
Winner: Internal Publications/Magazine 2010 & 2013 (MACE)
Best Once-Off Publication 2011 (SA Publication Forum)
Alumni Website
Winner: Electronic Communication/Website 2009 & 2013 (MACE)
Campaigns
Gold: #Witsie4Life Stories (MACE 2021)
Winner: Integrated campaign/Alumni Relations 2008, 2009 & 2015 (MACE)
Audio, visual and audio-visual
Silver: Wits centenary video (MACE 2023)
Editor of the Year
2011, Peter Maher (SA Publication Forum Awards)