{"id":1910,"date":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/capitol-street-party-presidents-report-get-top-honors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:57:25","slug":"capitol-street-party-presidents-report-get-top-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/capitol-street-party-presidents-report-get-top-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Street Party, President&#8217;s Report Get Top Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>MTSU\u2019s Nashville partnerships, including its work with Capitol Records and Metro Nashville schools, received top honors from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association, the university announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>MTSU received 19 honors from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association in its 2012-13 competition among marketing and communications operations at the state\u2019s public and private higher-education institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Bob Gordon, shown standing fourth from right in the second row, and his student team from MTSU\u2019s Department of Electronic Media Communication pause early Oct. 17 in their prep for the 2012 Capitol Street Party in Nashville featuring headliner Luke Bryan. The College of Mass Communication\u2019s Mobile Production Truck was located at the corner of Second Avenue and Broadway. (MTSU file photo)<\/p>\n<p>It was the third consecutive year MTSU was at the top of the TCPRA honorees list. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville tied MTSU with 19, followed by Austin Peay State University with nine and Tennessee Tech University with eight.<\/p>\n<p>Two of MTSU\u2019s six Gold Awards were for its contributions to the 2012 Capitol Street Party in downtown Nashville (Best Special Event for less than seven days) and ongoing work with Metro Nashville schools (Best Special Event for more than seven days).<\/p>\n<p>Students from MTSU\u2019s College of Mass Communication held key production roles for the 2012 Capitol Street Party, which drew 14,000 on Nashville\u2019s Lower Broadway on Oct. 17. More than 50 students modulated audio, staffed HD cameras and recorded the outdoor concerts by Capitol Records artists Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi and Kelleigh Bannen.<\/p>\n<p>With Metro Nashville schools, MTSU was the lead sponsor of the Academies of Nashville Video Awards Show, the Nashville Career Fair and a partnership with\u00a0The Tennessean to provide W.H. Oliver Middle School students with unique learning experiences and hands-on resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur efforts with the Capitol Street Party and Metro Nashville schools represent only a fraction of the good works done by MTSU throughout the region,\u201d said Andrew Oppmann, associate vice president for marketing and communications. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased those partnerships, along with the other work done to tell the university\u2019s message, were recognized by our peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university received four other TCPRA Gold Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Sidney A. McPhee\u2019s biennial report to the community, which detailed the university\u2019s standing as the No. 1 producer of graduates in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, was honored for Best Report.<\/li>\n<li>An episode of \u201cMiddle in a Minute,\u201d the series of one-minute radio features that air on WMOT and the Blue Raiders Radio Network, was honored for Best Radio Public Service Announcement.<\/li>\n<li>MTSU\u2019s work to promote \u201cSpring into Middle,\u201d the annual April open-house weekend staged by the university\u2019s Alumni Relations Office, was honored for Best Advertisement.<\/li>\n<li>MTSU Magazine\u2019s iPad edition and app, now available for free download on iTunes, was honored for Best Electronic College\/Alumni Magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MTSU\u2019s Billy Pittard and Metro Nashville Public Schools administrator Dr. Chaney Mosley present the Best in Show check for $1,000 to the Academy of Health Science and Law at McGavock. The presentation was made in April at the second annual Academies of Nashville Video Awards Show. Left to right are Mosley; Elise Taylor, a student at McGavock; Barclay Randall, broadcasting teacher at McGavock; Robert Bagwell, student at McGavock; DeLaney Williams, a student at McGavock, and Pittard, chair of MTSU\u2019s Department of Electronic Media Communication. (MTSU file photo)<\/p>\n<p>The university received seven Silver Awards from TCPRA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Special Event (more than seven days) for MTSU\u2019s True Blue Respect campaign;<\/li>\n<li>Best Overall Promotion Campaign for the \u201cI am True Blue\u201d branding campaign;<\/li>\n<li>Best Banners\/Outdoor Media;<\/li>\n<li>Best Photography for MTSU Magazine\u2019s feature on the university\u2019s Horse Science program;<\/li>\n<li>Best Media Success Story for national outreach on professor Cliff Ricketts\u2019 coast-to-coast trip with vehicles powered by hydrogen;<\/li>\n<li>Best Radio Public Service Announcement for an episode of \u201cMiddle in a Minute;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And Best Special Publication for the MTSU National Women\u2019s History Month 2013 calendar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And MTSU received six TCPRA Bronze Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Feature Story for MTSU Magazine\u2019s article on the university\u2019s Horse Sciences program;<\/li>\n<li>Best Social Media Success Story for the short film, \u201cSanta Goes to College;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Radio\/TV Show or Newscast for WMOT\u2019s \u201cOn the Record;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Best Video Advertisement;<\/li>\n<li>Best Print Advertisement;<\/li>\n<li>And Best Media Success Story for national outreach on the groundbreaking of MTSU\u2019s $147 million Science Building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Oppmann (<em>andrew.oppmann@mtsu.edu<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTSU\u2019s Nashville partnerships, including its work with Capitol Records and Metro Nashville schools, received top honors from the Tennessee College Public Relations Association, the university announced Friday. 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