The American Advertising Federation is the oldest advertising group in the United States. AdFed’s annual awards ceremony is like the Oscars of the design community. The awards are given regionally with Fargo being home base for the region North Dakota is part of.

Bismarck State College was well represented at the Addy Awards Feb. 28 bringing home five Addys including two gold award winners.

Silver awards went to Trey Bruce, Angela Lipp, and Jacob Wetzel. Gold winners were Lindsey Hefta and the Sophomore Class of 2013 for Proof Magazine.

The students from the Graphic Design and Communications Club attended the awards banquet and did a great job representing BSC.

Of the 19 total awards given to students by AdFed, 12 went to students of two-year programs, both Bismarck State College and Minnesota State Community and Technical College. The remaining seven awards were divided between Minot State University, North Dakota State University and Minnesota State University Moorhead.