WCU’s Communications and Marketing team received 11 awards from the Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition that is one of the oldest and largest creative competitions in the world. The team, which encompasses 20 staff members responsible for university communications, marketing, photography and video, design, social media, paid media and web content, won seven platinum awards for their work over the last year with the creative April Fool’s Day “Boomer” campaign, the fall 2021 issue of WCU Magazine, its Black History Month essay/ illustration feature, “The Black Fantastic,” which highlighted African American faculty and staff, and its photo essay, “Essential WCU,” which featured faculty and staff who helped guide the university through the pandemic.