WSU, NASDA PESTICIDE TRAINING DVD WINS AWARD
News Date January 12, 2010
The Washington State University Murrow Video/MultiMedia Unit won a Gold Ava Award for the video entitled “PBN – Your Decontamination Station.” This video was produced in cooperation with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation (NASDA-RF) and US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs. The DVD is geared towards pesticide applicators and pesticide application educators. The video covers multiple topics aimed at educating applicators about the concerns with pesticide exposure and the needs and methods for decontamination of applicators themselves and the equipment they use. Both English and Spanish discs are packaged together. It was produced in both in English and Spanish. DVD005 is available through WSU Bulletins.
The Ava Awards recognize outstanding work by creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, direction, shooting, and editing of audio-visual materials and programs and is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The Director for this DVD project was Professor Carol Ramsay who is taking over as Project Director for the new 5-year Cooperative Agreement between NASDA-RF and EPA. (Contact: Dick Herrett or Carol Ramsay)