Honors and Awards


Alpha Delta Sigma Honor Society

Alpha Delta Sigma is the national honor society sponsored by AAF that recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement in advertising studies.

AAF's Most Promising Minority Students Program

Sponsored by the AAF Foundation in partnership with Advertising Age, this program selects the nation's top 25 minority advertising students and brings them to New York for a two-day program.

College Chapter Membership Contests

The chapter that has the largest total membership or has had the greatest growth in membership has a chance to win one free trip to the AAF National Conference.

Distinguished Advertising Educator Award

This award is given annually to a full-time professor who has made a significant contribution to advertising education.

Advertising Hall of Fame Legacy Scholarship

This scholarship was established to reflect the high ideals of the Hall of Fame and is given to undergraduate students who demonstrate a strong desire to pursue a career in the advertising industry.

The Home Depot Most Promising Minority Student Scholarship

With the support of The Home Depot, the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Center on Multiculturalism will award fourteen MPMS Scholarships to deserving minority students majoring in advertising, marketing or communications.

Mosaic Center Internship sponsored by Gotham Inc.

This 10-week paid internship in Gotham’s New York office will be awarded to one (1) extraordinary minority upperclassmen majoring in communications, advertising or marketing at a four-year college/university.