Best of CASE District VI Award
 

Institution: University of Nebraska Foundation

Title of entry: UNO Magazine Summer 2022 Cover – Beyond City Limits

About this entry: UNO Magazine is the flagship publication of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is published three times a year as a collaborative effort of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Nebraska Foundation and the UNO Alumni Association. Each issue has a theme that encompasses the traditions, values and achievements of the university and promotes a sense of community and belonging among students, faculty and alumni.

Omaha is more than simply our location; the city truly functions as part of the UNO campus. However, the influence and achievements of Nebraska's metropolitan university reach across the state and beyond. Under the theme Beyond City Limits, the Summer 2022 edition of UNO Magazine cast a spotlight outside of the metro including stories about preventing agriculture cyberterrorism, increasing rural transportation accessibility and bridge longevity, wildlife conservation and law enforcement, emergency disaster response and more.

For this cover, we brainstormed an aerial view of farmlands, much like the majority of the state of Nebraska, with crop circle designs including the Maverick bull, UNO's mascot, and symbols representing several of the feature stories and articles within. We then hired illustrator Traci Daberko who used clean vector lines and shapes to bring our concept to life. The result was an unexpected and inclusive visual representation of the work and impact of UNO and its alumni akin to the Maverick Spirit the university embodies.