July 31, 2008

Prestigious national award presented to T.V. spot featuring Dr. Nick Duesbery

Grand Rapids, MI (July 31, 2008) –   Van Andel Institute (VAI) has won a Bronze 2008 Telly Award in the category of “Best Corporate Image TV” for its television commercial featuring Senior Scientific Investigator Nicholas S. Duesbery, Ph.D.  The 29th Annual Telly Awards received 13,500 entries from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries.

“This is the highest standard in the industry,” said Joseph P. Gavan, Vice President of Communications and Development at VAI.   “The 40 nationally recognized judges who evaluated the entries apparently agreed that our mission, Nick’s words, and the production quality of the commercial achieved our goal and qualified us for this national award.” 

The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.  The commercial was created by Grand Rapids-based Lawrence Productions.  It can be viewed at: http://www.vai.org/upload/media/Commercials/Nick.wmv.

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Established by Jay and Betty Van Andel  in 1996, Van Andel Institute is an independent research organization dedicated to preserving, enhancing and expanding the frontiers of medical science, and to achieving excellence in education by probing fundamental issues of education and the learning process.