CCPR Wins Five #CPRS ACE Awards!

We’re so proud of our students, we can hardly stand it! This year, students who began our program in September 2016 won three student awards for excellence in Communications Plans, done, by the way, for REAL clients.  Congratulations to the student teams:

Team Canada Parks Council: L to R. Sandra Ulewicz, Alyssa Stewart, Rebecca Goss
Team Woodgreen: Leah Mabhurukwa and Priya Khemchandra
Team CivicAction (L to R): Isabel Cupryn, Angela Pinzon Romero, Rachel Tilner

And a huge congratulations to Student of the Year, CCPR student Priya Khemchandra, who won not only for her academic excellence but contribution to the profession and leadership with her peers.

Priya Khemchandra, Student of the Year

And to top off the evening, Up All Night, the student-conceived and student-run 12-hour event last March 31-April 1 in support of mental health won in the Special Events Category, non-student category.

L to R: Erin Griffin, Donna Lindell, Evan Luke (Evan and Erin are Class of ’16, now working in the profession).

Congrats to everyone!!!

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