Yale, Bucknell Big Winners in ACUP+ Awards
ACUP+ President Tom Lydon (left) presents an award to Dean Fisher, of Bucknell University.
On Wednesday, April 17, the Association of College and University Printers (ACUP+) honored the winners of its ACUP Awards competition in a ceremony in Rochester, New York. The gala event capped the association's 60th anniversary conference. The three-day event drew more than 80 higher-ed in-plant managers from 52 institutions, including attendees from Canada and the UK.
ACUP+ President Tom Lydon (left) presents an award to John Poitras, of Yale University.
John Yerger, retired director of University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s in-plant, was honored with the ACUP+ Achiever Award for his years of service to the organization. Donna Horbelt, of University of California, Davis, was inducted into the ACUP+ Hall of Fame. This was followed by the surprise induction of a second person into the Hall of Fame: IPI Editor Bob Neubauer, who has attended 26 ACUP conferences, starting in 1995. A special dedication to long-time ACUP attendee Ray Chambers, who passed away last year, was also presented by Neubauer, who reflected on Chambers’ career and dedication to ACUP. His wife Catherine Chambers attended the dinner.
Winners of ACUP+ Impression Awards were:
- Collaborative Service: University of California, Davis
- Green Service: Yale University
- Distinctive Service: Oregon State University
- Accelerated Service: Oklahoma City Community College
- Impact WOW+: Fayetteville State University and Yale University
In the ACUP+ Production Awards portion of the ceremony, Bucknell University brought home five Platinum and Gold awards and Iowa State University took four. Oregon State University won the Best of Show award for its Athletics Deck Books. The People’s Choice award went to Fayetteville State University for its impressive Bronco Print Sign, complete with lights.
Attendees at dinner before the ACUP+ Awards ceremony.
The following in-plants won ACUP+ Production Awards:
Offset Single Page
- Platinum: The University of Texas at Austin
- Gold: University of Houston
Offset Multi Page
- Platinum: The University of Texas at Austin
- Gold: University of Houston
Offset Multi Piece
- Platinum: University of Houston
- Gold: The University of Texas at Austin
Forest McGuire from Iowa State University (right) accepts his school's ACUP+ award.
Digital Single Page
- Platinum: Oregon State University
- Gold: Iowa State University
Digital Single Page
- Platinum: San José State University
- Gold: Bucknell University
Digital Multi Page
- Platinum: Oregon State University
- Gold: Iowa State University
Digital Multi Page
- Platinum: Bucknell University
- Gold: Hillsdale College
Digital Multi Piece
- Platinum: Yale University
- Gold: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Digital Multi Piece
- Platinum: Hillsdale College
- Gold: Bucknell University
Graphic Design
- Platinum: California State University Sacramento
- Gold: Yale University
- Gold: Oklahoma City Community College
Specialty Print Products
- Platinum: San José State University
- Gold: Fayetteville State University
Decals/Stickers
- Platinum: Iowa State University
- Gold: Bucknell University
Shop Promo
- Platinum: Bucknell University
- Gold: Yale University
Wide-Format Posters
- Platinum: Wichita State University
- Gold: Yale University
Wide-Format Rigid Substrates
- Platinum: University of California Davis
- Gold: Iowa State University
Wide-Format Banners, Canvas & Fabrics
- Platinum: California State University Sacramento
- Gold: Oklahoma City Community College
Wide-Format AG/Wraps
- Platinum: University of Alaska Anchorage
- Platinum: San José State University
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
