Besting more than 400 other entries in a regional communications professionals' competition, Barbara Clemons, UC Davis director of foundation relations and development communications, was awarded the International Association of Business Communicators' regional Silver Six Award of Excellence for her Students First campaign's external one-time communication program. The same association also gave the Sacramento area-wide Crystal Merit Award to Eden Dabbs, development writer, for her Students First campaign organizational identity/logo. She also won a Crystal Award for the campaign's communications plan. The UC Davis Presents team marketing manager Dave Webb, designer Avi Hangad, and assistant editor Rob Turner won a Crystal award for their full-page black and white advertisement "WHOMP." They also won two merit awards for their work in the promotional campaign "40 Tickets, 40 Cents" and a full-page color advertisement.