The communications team in the CALS External Relations office took several first and second-place awards in competition sponsored by the Association for Communication Excellence for Grow magazine. The awards include:

• Gold award – Magazines and Periodicals – for Grow magazine – Michael Penn, Diane Doering, Bob Mitchell, Nicole Miller and Wolfgang Hoffmann
• Silver award – Illustration – Diane Doering and Michael Penn, for an illustration (above) accompanying “Gaining on the Drain” (Fall, 2010).
• Gold Award – Writing for Magazines – Bob Mitchell, for “The Perfect Cow” (Fall, 2010)
• Silver Award, Writing for Magazines – Nicole Miller, for “Telltale Chemistry” (Summer, 2010)