Graphic Design & Art Articles

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.

Students in Brad Nason's Radio Programming and Management class interviewed Williamsport Mayor Gabriel Campana in the WPTC studios Thursday for a program they are producing (and which will air next week). From left are Natasha Gorham, Chelsi Welch, Mayor Campana, Elle Bateman and Brad Foster. The four students produceWPTC's "Wilpo Weekly" show about college and community events and issues.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Madigan Library, is hosting " Design: 2010 ," a student portfolio exhibition, through May 14. Twenty students are exhibiting a variety of work they created during their studies toward earning bachelor's degrees in graphic design. An opening reception, including a gallery talk, was held Thursday evening. Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m.

Fundraising efforts by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association have resulted in another scholarship award for a returning student. Megan R. Pennington, of Baltimore, was selected from a field of 18 applicants to receive a $1,000 Student Leader Legacy Scholarship award for the 2010-11 academic year. Outgoing SGA President Kyle M.

Timothy R. Cotter, of St. Marys, who next month will add a bachelor's degree in technology management to his associate degree in mass communications, has been chosen as the March "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Three employees of Pennsylvania College of Technology recently served as judges for the Pacific Southwest and San Francisco/Northern California chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Emmy Awards. The Penn College judging panel consisted of Bruce E. Huffman, instructor of media arts/video production; Brad L.