UC’s 28 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards highlight the university’s impact

In July, six UC campuses and the Office of the President were honored with 2025 Circle of Excellence Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

These prestigious international awards recognize exceptional achievement in advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing. The creative, inspiring projects highlight UC’s incredible impact and raise awareness of the university around the globe.

Congratulations to all the colleagues who worked on these award-winning projects on behalf of our university.

Explore each winning entry by selecting the links below.

Advancement

• Bronze: Aggie Assign: App to the Future (of Prospect Management) (UC Davis)

Communications

• Silver: Berkeley Voices podcast (UC Berkeley)
• Silver: Red County, Blue County, Orange County (UC Irvine)
• Bronze: Caring For the Athlete in Everyone – Sports Medicine Guide (UCLA)

Design

• Bronze: UCSF Magazine, Winter and Summer 2024 (UCSF)
• Bronze: UCI’s Banner Campaign: The Power of Imagination (UC Irvine)

Engagement

• Gold: 2024 UC Davis Volunteer Leadership Handbook (UC Davis)
• Gold: Incoming Family Discovery Journey: Qualification at Scale (UC Berkeley)

Fundraising

• Bronze: Recipes for Success: A Taste of UC Davis Stewardship (UC Davis)

Magazines

• Silver: Letters & Science Magazine (UC Davis)

• Bronze: We Are UCLAvian (UCLA)

Marketing

• Grand Gold: Celebrating 75 Years of the School of Veterinary Medicine (UC Davis)
• Grand Gold: Behind the Dish: A Video Series (UC Davis)
• Grand Gold: “Year of the Eggheads” Campaign (UC Davis)
• Silver: The Expect Greater Story: A Geospatial Microsite (UC Davis)

Multimedia storytelling

• Grand Gold: New Parkinson’s Treatment Helps Former Pro Keep Skateboarding (UCSF)

Photography

• Gold: Luminescence (UC San Diego)
• Bronze: UCSF Magazine’s “The Wonderful World of 3D+” (UCSF)

Writing

• Grand Gold: Amara Yad: Erasing the Stain of a Dark Legacy (UCLA)
• Gold: “In the Seagrass Meadows” (UC Davis)
• Gold: UCLA Magazine Fall 2024 Issue (UCLA)
• Silver: First Person: The Ghost Ship of Point Reyes (UC Berkeley)
• Bronze: How to Save a Life (UCLA)

Videos

• Gold: The Power of Deep Rest (UCSF)
• Gold: When Does a Concussion Actually Become Dangerous? (Office of the President)
• Silver: UCLA Big Ten Commercial (UCLA)
• Silver: Why California Falcons Are Choosing City Life (Office of the President)
• Bronze: Campus Wild Turkeys Dos and Don’ts (UC Davis)