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Communicator of the Year |
Another annual program is the recognition of an Iowa Communicator of the Year. The recipient of this award must be an individual or organization that:
Nominations are accepted from any member of the Iowa educational community. Recipients are honored at ISPRA's spring conference. Marcia Hughes, Communicator of the Year Marcia Hughes, Community Relations Supervisor for the Cedar Rapids CSD,
has been named 2008 Communicator
of the Year by the Iowa School Public Relations Association. She
received the award “We are thrilled and happy that Marcia has been named the Communicator of the Year,” noted Dr. Dave Markward, superintendent. “For those of us who work with her, it comes as no surprise. She is truly deserving of the honor. We are so fortunate that she has chosen to use her skills for the benefit of all of us in the Cedar Rapids Community School District.” Marcia joined the Cedar Rapids Community Schools in 1996. She began her current role in 2004. As Community Relations Supervisor, she manages the district’s public relations effort and also facilitates the volunteer services program. She previously served as a Work-Based Learning Coordinator, developing the high school student internship program and helping to launch the regional Workplace Learning Connection. Active in the community, Hughes works with the Leadership for Five Seasons Program, the Governor’s Volunteer Awards Program, and the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Scholarship Program. She is past president of the Leaders In Volunteerism and currently serves as vice president of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance. Call for Nominations form example (PDF)*
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consistently
exhibits exceptional communication skills;
during the ISPRA spring conference, held in Des
Moines.