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The Art Institute of California - Inland Empire - 2015 American Advertising Awards Competition

Students at The Art Institute of California - Inland Empire, a campus of Argosy University competed in the 2015 American Advertising Awards Competition and received an outstanding 28 ADDY Awards, including 3 Gold, 6 Silver, and the top award for all entries, Best of Show.

Justin Valdivia, a Graphic Design student who works in Student Affairs (Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design), won Gold/Best of Show for his design on “MTV Season’s of Music Campaign: Spring Version.”

The American Advertising Awards are one of the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting more than 40,000 entries in 200 markets across the United States. The mission of the competition is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising.

Selection of the most creative entry in each category is affected by a scoring process in which a panel of judges evaluates all creative dimensions of every entry. A Gold ADDY is recognition of the highest level of creative excellence. Entries that are also considered outstanding and worthy of recognition receive a Silver ADDY. The number of awards given in each category is determined by the judges, based on the relative quality of work in that category.