Ron Kerns, graphic designer at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP), received a Silver Medallion at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) District 5 Medallion Awards Ceremony.

The ceremony was held during the district’s annual conference Sept. 26-28 in Sioux City, Iowa.

Kerns received the award in the Poster category for the poster he developed to promote the “Buffalo Soldiers: From Slave to Soldier” event that was scheduled to be hosted by MSU-WP’s University/Community Programs (U/CP) Department this past February. The event had to be postponed due to inclement weather.

The NCMPR is the only organization of its kind that exclusively represents marketing and public relations professionals at community and technical colleges. As one of the fastest-growing affiliates of the American Association of Community Colleges, NCMPR has more than 1,600 members from nearly 550 colleges across the U.S. and Canada.

District 5 consists of members from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and the Canadian Province of Manitoba.