The Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry (ChemE) was honoured last week with two 2011 Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.

The Department’s weekly e-newsletter – CHEM ENG NEWS – (CEN) – won a Platinum Award in the e-newsletter category, while a series of promotional videos for its graduate program won Gold in the web video category.

CEN was created by Business Officer Arlene Smith over 25 years ago as a collection of ChemE notices and announcements. In 2010, CEN moved to a new web-based platform and now features news stories, photographs and a summary of recent research published by faculty members. The newsletter is currently edited by Liam Mitchell with the support of contributing editors Joan Chen and Sabrin Mohamed.

Also recognized were five videos promoting ChemE graduate studies. They were directed by Mike MacMillan of Lithium Studios and produced by Liam Mitchell with the guidance of Professor Vladimiros Papangelakis, the Department’s Associate Chair and Graduate Coordinator.

The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies.