The 2006 Keystone, the College of Education's annual magazine, was one of 14 public relations projects receiving Medallion Awards at the 2006 Public Relations Council of Alabama state conference in September.

The Medallion Awards program recognizes the best work of the state's PRCA members with certificates of merit, awards of excellence and the medallion award, the highest award given.  Award entries were considered by a panel of judges from the Public Relations Association of Mississippi (Starkville Chapter), who reviewed 159 entries in 19 categories—awarding 14 medallion awards, 25 awards of excellence, 13 certificates of merit, and two best of show awards. The judges considered planning, originality, creativity, communications effectiveness, budget utilization and the entrant's role in the project.

The 2006 Keystone is circulated annually by the College of Education to more than 30,000 alumni, donors and other key college constituencies.  The 2006 edition was under the direction of Michael Tullier, APR, director of external relations and a PRCA member, and former Auburn University employees Katie Crew and Mike DeMent.

This is the magazine's first medallion award.  The 2005 edition received a PRCA certificate of merit and an award of excellence from the Southern Public Relations Federation.