In true Southern California style, students, family, and guests stormed the Folino Theater via the anuual red carpet Cecil Awards gala.  Check out the event in photos from before, during, and after the ceremony!



The Cecil Awards is an annual gala held in the Folino Theater, created by a class of hard-working students in the Public Relations & Advertising program, who develop the theme, branding, scripting, casting, marketing, and fundraising for the event.

See more coverage on the event here, and see the entire photoset (this is just a snippet of them!) on our Flickr photostream.


Before the action begins, students and family posed for pictures on the red carpet:



 

Awards are handed out to the very best of the best; selected in committee by faculty from each program, both undergraduate and graduate work from students’ final projects is honored.  Presented by key professors in each discipline, the awards celebrate the years of effort and study our most talented students have worked so hard for.  And importantly, the students get some early practice in delivering the “thank you” speeches that will become routine in their professional lives:



As a combined mixer, celebratory release, and send-off after the end of classes, the Cecils after party, hosted on the Dodge College soundstages, gives the winners and teams a special chance to relax and bask in the glow of success! 
To see the rest of the photos, including the after party, head over to our Flickr page!


Thanks to all the hardworking Cecil Awards planners and staff, the families who came to support the winners, and of course, the students who work so tirelessly to produce such amazing media!

Cecil Awards 2013


The cast and crew responsible for this year’s Cecil Awards!