The University of Central Oklahoma School of Design brought home 100 student awards—29 gold, 50 silver and 21 bronze— at the 2023 Oklahoma City American Advertising Awards (ADDYs).

Central Design student Youser Kassim won the Best of University category for her integrated brand identity campaign “Up Route.”

In the professional category, Cynthia Luong, graphic designer for the UCO College of Fine Arts and Design, earned a gold award for “T Minus X” and a silver award for “The Golden Ratio” as a part of the special event materials category.

UCO Design also received the BRAGGY Award for the 13th consecutive year, which is awarded to the university with the most winners. Gold ADDY winners move forward to compete in the district 10 competition, followed by the National American Advertising Federation (AAF) Awards.

“Once again, UCO graphic design students made an impressive showing at the local ADDYs this year,” said Valerie Settles, Ph.D., director of the UCO School of Design.

“The award-winning work they produce in the program translates into award-winning work they produce in the design community as they move into the profession. We are so proud of the confident, skilled designers they are becoming.”

The ADDYs is the largest competition in the U.S. for advertising design, attracting more than 40,000 entries every year. The ADDYs is a three-tier competition, starting with local club competition, in which winners are invited to compete at the second-tier district level. District ADDY winners are then invited to compete on the national stage.

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