Awards and Recognitions

Virginia Ball Center seminars have produced a wide range of creative projects and have won many prestigious awards and recognitions. Here are some of our numbers and achievements:

• 1 Musical in development for Broadway
• 2 American Society of Landscape Architects honors
• 3 Society of Professional Journalists awards
• 8 Emmy Awards (33 nominations)
• 10 International Aurora awards
• 16+ Other awards - including those from the Broadcast Education Association, the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, and a commendation from the American Association for State and Local History - and counting

Read more about a selection of our accomplishments below:

VBC Highlights

• Increasing the Odds and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
  seminar's documentary film "Increasing the Odds" wins an Emmy for Photography

• State of Assault and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
  seminar's documentary film "State of Assault" takes home an Emmy Award for Editing

• State of Assault and Posters on the Hill:
  students selected to present their research at national exhibition of undergraduate research sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research in Washington, D.C.

• Expectation of Excellence and the 2008 Harvest Moon Festival:
  seminar's documentary film "Mintonette" scores award for Best Student Film at the 2008 Harvest Moon Film Festival
  

• Nature at Play and the American Society of Landscape Architects:
  seminar's video game elicits national collaboration award from the American Society of Landscape Architects
  
  
• Human Faustus Project and University Theatre:
  seminar performs its revision of the Elizabethan drama at the annual meeting of the Council on Undergraduate Research in Washington, D.C., and then heads to the University Theatre's 2007-2008 season lineup
  
  
• Consuming a Nation and the Society of Professional Journalists:
  3 awards for seminar's radio series documenting the impact of globalization on tourism in Ireland
  
  
• Traces and Trails and the American Association for State and Local History:
  the "Intersections: Traces and Trails of Wayne County" museum exhibit project receives national recognition and wins Certificate of Commendation

• The Other Side of Middletown and the Margaret Meade:
  Lassiter's seminar project garners the Margaret Meade award from The Society for Applied Anthropology and the American Anthropological Association