BHCC Magazine Brings Home Two National Communications Awards

Thursday, March 26, 2015

BHCC Magazine, a publication of Bunker Hill Community College, won a gold award in the nationwide communications competition sponsored by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR). A second gold award went to a digital illustration for the BHCC Magazine feature, “In a House of Books.”

The awards honor outstanding achievement in communications. This year approximately 256 colleges submitted nearly 1,800 entries for the contest. Eighty external marketing and PR professionals from around the country review and score the entries. The awards were announced March 24, 2015, at NCMPR’s national conference in Portland, Oregon.

NCMPR, an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges, represents marketing and public relations professionals at community and technical colleges throughout the United States.

Launched eight years ago, Bunker Hill Community College’s magazine has now earned its fifth gold award from NCMPR, having received golds in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009 and 2007, along with two silver awards, in 2011 and 2014.

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About Bunker Hill Community College
Celebrating 50 years of excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is Massachusetts' largest community college, annually welcoming a diverse community of around 16,000 students. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, BHCC extends its reach across several locations in Greater Boston. BHCC is celebrated for its diversity, boasting a student body where 65% identify as people of color and more than half are women. The College also embraces a global perspective, with over 600 international students representing 90 countries and conversing in more than 65 languages. Our commitment to diversity is further reflected in BHCC's designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).