Several staff members from agricultural communication were honored at the international Association for Communication Excellence meeting in Denver, June 17-20.

Bob Bertsch, Becky Koch, Ellen Crawford, Rich Mattern, Bruce Sundeen and Scott Swanson received a gold award in the information technology website category for their flood website, available at www.ag.ndsu.edu/flood.

Sundeen and Swanson also received a gold award for a diversity video for targeted publics for their project, “Keep Your Food Safe.”

Koch won a bronze award in the diversity targeted publications category for the History Ag Mag, and Sundeen received a bronze award for the video program, “Horticulture for the Home.”

Also, Koch started her term as the organization’s vice president. She’ll serve as president in 2013-14.