The district’s Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs team was recognized with
gold awards in the categories for Video: Promotional Long Format and Campaign: Social
Media, as well as a silver awards for Video: Profile, Video: Promotional Short Format,
and Magazine categories.
San Diego College of Continuing Education was awarded gold for Video: Profile and
a bronze award for the Before and After category for a new logo in partnership with
the college’s Associated Students.
The awards were handed out on April 9 during the annual conference of the Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) held in Paso Robles in Central California.
Among the district’s winning video entries were documentation of the 2025 journey to Washington, D.C., for the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit and a story of “becoming” for student parent Destiny Garcia who took part in the inaugural cohort of the Miramar College Public Safety Management baccalaureate program. A robust collection of creative artwork encouraging students and employees to download the SDCCDsafe app took top honors in the Social Media Campaign category. The silver award for Magazine was in recognition of the newly redesigned SDCCD With Excellence magazine from fall 2025, which featured stories focused on the district’s “Be. Belong. Become.” tagline.
The winning College of Continuing Education video featured the story of 2025 commencement speaker Francisco Contreras. The Before and After bronze award recognized the creation of a new logo, developed
in partnership between SDCCE designer/photographer Dustin De Los Santos and the college’s
Associated Students.
“CCPRO is the only organization that specifically serves communications teams at California Community Colleges,” said Jack Beresford, Vice Chancellor of Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs at the SDCCD (who also serves on the CCPRO Board). “To be recognized by our peers is an incredible honor and demonstrates the high caliber of work performed daily here across the district.”
CCPRO is a professional development organization for marketing professionals at California’s 116 community colleges. More than 500 entries in a wide range of categories were submitted for its PRO Awards contest recognizing work completed in 2025.