2023 Bateman Case Study Competition

2023 Competition

PRSSA Headquarters received 49 entries for the PRSSA 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition. Of these submissions, twelve entries received honorable mention and three were chosen as finalists to present. The results are below:

Winners

• First Place: University of Florida (summary)
• Second Place: University of Colorado Boulder - The Daily He(a)rd
• Third Place: Louisiana State University

Honorable Mentions

• Brigham Young University -Provo Team One
• High Point University
• Kent State University - Kent State Bateman Gold
• Montclair State University
• Ohio University
• Oklahoma Christian University
• Penn State - Nittany Lion Communications
• St. John's University - Team Goal Diggers
• St. John's University - Team Next Door
• University of Delaware - Bateman Blue Hens
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• University of South Carolina - Garnet

Thank you to all teams for participating. PRSSA Headquarters hopes all teams gained valuable experience from their perseverance and arduous work.

Judges
PRSA/PRSSA would like to thank the judges of the Competition for their time and expertise:

• Katie Aberbach
• Jill R. Alexander, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Arshia Anwer, Ph.D.
• Kristie K. Aylett, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Greg Bailey, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Mary Deming Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Kay F. Barkin, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Michael Cherenson, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Gerard F. Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Ellen Crane, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Debbie Davis, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Nathaniel Derrenbacher
• Dawn M. Doty, APR
• Jane Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Gayle Lynn Falkenthal, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Shaelynn Farnsworth
• Henry Feintuch
• Karen Garnik, APR
• Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Kathryn D. Hubbell, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Stephen D. Iseman, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
• Sherry A. Kast, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Joann E. Killeen, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Roland King, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Dean Kruckeberg, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Jennifer Lane Grizzle, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Nance Louise Larsen, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Kena L. Lewis, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Jake Lloyd
• Lisa Lochridge, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Chris Lukach
• Kim Marks Malone, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Olga Mayoral-Wilson, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Renea B. Morris, M.Ed., APR, Fellow PRSA
• Robert J. Oltmanns, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Elizabeth A. Pecsi, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Alee Quick
• Sally DG Ridenour, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Gail E. Rymer, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Diane Slaughter, APR, Fellow PRSA
• Faith Ureel
• Christina Veiga
• Marina Vujnovic, Ph.D., APR
• Mike Webb
• Larry Weiner, APR, Fellow PRSA 

Competition Materials

• 2023 Memo
• 2023 Timeline
• 2023 Rules and Guidelines
• 2023 Project Brief
• Intent-to-Enter Form Deadline: Monday, Nov. 21

Client Information

• NLP Brand Guidelines

Client Call

• Held December 13, 2022 at 1 p.m. ET: Access Recording Here

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