The TRU Foundation has brought home a bronze medal in the global Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards.

The awards are the world’s premier recognition of outstanding work in post-secondary advancement services, alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing. Announced on July 2, the 477 CASE Circle of Excellence winners were carefully selected from 4,460 global entries, representing 640 institutions from 33 countries.

For the third year in a row, TRU is among a prestigious list of post-secondary institutions recognized. Alongside the TRU Foundation’s bronze for News/Feature less than 1,000 words, gold medals in this category went to Columbia University and University of California, Davis, while Yale University and the University of Maryland tied for silver.

Featured in TRU’s 2023-2024 Report on Philanthropy, the Foundation’s medal-winning story recounts how Erin Walter, mother of TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball player Owyn McInnis (pictured above), chose philanthropy to move through her grief and ensure her son’s legacy lives on after his tragic death in late 2023.

This year’s medal is the third Circle of Excellence award for the Office of Advancement (which includes the TRU Foundation, Marketing and Communications, TRU Alumni and Events teams). Regional CASE awards have also recognized several projects in various categories.

The TRU Foundation’s dedication to highlighting the incredible impact of philanthropy continues to put TRU on the map globally.