Chosen by the Student Government Association as November's honoree just before the semester break and announced at Wednesday's SGA meeting, Ethan I. Burch is the latest "Student of the Month" at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The artist subsequently canceled his planned visit for personal reasons.) Pennsylvania College of Technology will host a lecture by American graphic designer David Carson, one of the most influential graphic designers of the 1990s, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students garnered 11 awards including Best of Show in the International Graphic Arts Educators' 2010 Gutenberg Awards competition. The awards, announced in May, recognize exceptional achievement in the field of graphic arts by students in various levels of education. Awards are available for printed items, websites and photographs.
A combination offset/digital publication has garnered a silver award for Printing and Document Services at Pennsylvania College of Technology, which received national recognition in the only competition held exclusively for in-plant printing operations.
From April 29 to May 13, The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Design: 2011," a portfolio exhibition by seniors in the college's graphic design major. A culminating project of their college curriculum, the students' annual exhibition will feature posters, books, magazine spreads and logos.
Seven students from Gamma Epsilon Tau, the graphic arts and printing honors fraternity, and their adviser, Tom Tyberg, assistant professor of graphic communications, recently ventured to Washington, D.C., where they attended the On-Demand Expo, a print-related trade show that focuses on variable-data printing and short-run, quick-turnaround printing.
Graphic design students had the opportunity Thursday to ask questions about the job search and how the "real world" looks for young graphic design graduates through a Skype conference with 2006 Penn College alumnus Austin Hoyt.
Students in Penn College's graphic communications management major experienced the papermaking process firsthand during a recent tour of the American Eagle Paper Mill in Tyrone. The plant has been in existence formore than 100 years, for much of that time making paper in the traditional way of using wood.
Beginning this fall, a bachelor's degree in web and interactive media an innovative melding of information technology and the visual arts will be available at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Beginning this fall, a bachelor's degree in web and interactive media an innovative melding of information technology and the visual arts will be available at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
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