commonvision Students, SACM Staff Receive Four National Design Awards

commonvision (UMBC Student Design and Print Center) students and Student Affairs Communications and Marketing (SACM) staff received four awards from the University & College Designers Association for several projects:

• The Pizza Zine (spring 2025) - Excellence Award in the category of "Integrated Marketing Campaign" 

• Aidan Sobutka ‘25, brand designer and Mary Budnitz ‘27 / brand designer and animator 

• The Major Event (fall 2023 campaign) - Silver Award in the category of "Integrated Marketing Campaign" 

• Aidan Sobutka ‘25, graphic designer and Toni Olafunmiloye ‘24, animator and motion designer

• Welcome, Retrievers branding (fall 2024) - Excellence Award in the category of "Integrated Marketing Campaign" 

• Aidan Sobutka ‘25, designer and Catherine Frizzell ‘25, animator and motion designer

• the Baja Livery Design - Excellence Award in the category of "Other-Print" 

• Jordan Fisher ‘25, student graphic designer and Emma Hagen ‘14, assistant director

The UCDA Design Awards are judged by a hand-picked panel of jurors composed of designers, design educators, photographers, and videographers working in or doing a significant portion of their work for educational institutions. Winning entries will be part of the UCDA Design Show on display during the 55th annual UCDA Design Conference this fall. 

For more than 50 years, the UCDA Design Awards has recognized the best of exceptional design and creative work as part of our mission to promote design excellence, support educational institutions, and drive the exchange of ideas and information relating to the unique role creatives play in education and the world.

Full list of project credits:

Pizza Zine branding (spring 2025): Excellence Award in the category of "Integrated Marketing Campaign" 

• SACM 

• Laura Schraven, Director, SACM

• Katie Chrzanowski ‘07, Senior Web Experience/Digital Designer, SACM

• Emma Hagen ‘14, Assistant Director, SACM

• Rebecca Huppman, Project Manager, SACM

• Tori Richner ‘22, General Associate: Print Production, SACM

• commonvision students

• Aidan Sobutka ‘25, brand designer

• Mary Budnitz ‘27, brand designer and animator

• commonvision contributors:

• Bebe Obinwa ‘26

• Bella Berry ‘26

• Catherine Frizzell ‘25

• Ghazal Mojtahedi ‘25

• Gwen Knott ‘25

• Jeremiah Dammons ‘25

• Jordan Fisher ‘25

• Joshua Bowman ‘26

• Kate Thorp ‘25

• Makenna Fairbrother ‘27

• Noah Udoff ‘26

• Rachel Wesley ‘22

• Sara Bondroff ‘25

• Sarah Myers ‘25

• Shomapti Hussain ‘25

• Siskind Oshry ‘25

• Thomas Hammond ‘25

• Zaara Ismailjee ‘27

The Major Event (fall 2023, Baltimore theme): Silver Award in the category of "Integrated Marketing Campaign" 

• Commonvision students

• Aidan Sobutka ‘25, graphic designer

• Toni Olafunmiloye ‘24, animator and motion designer

• SACM

• Emma Hagen ‘14, Assistant Director, SACM

• Katie Chrzanowski ‘07, Senior Web Experience/Digital Designer, SACM

• Laura Schraven, Director, SACM

Welcome, Retrievers! branding (fall 2024): Excellence Award in the category of "Integrated Marketing Campaign" 

• commonvision students

• Aidan Sobutka ‘25, designer

• Catherine Frizzell ‘25, animator and motion designer

• SACM

• Emma Hagen ‘14, Assistant Director

• Katie Chrzanowski ‘07, Senior Web Experience/Digital Designer

• Laura Schraven, Director

Baja Livery Design: Excellence Award in the category of "Other-Print" 

• commonvision student

• Jordan Fisher ‘25, graphic designer

• SACM

• Emma Hagen ‘14, Assistant Director

• Laura Schraven, Director

• Rebecca Huppman, Project Manager