PSU students bag wildlife dream job before graduation

 

When they graduate in May, Blake Broaddus and Devin Greenwood — both commercial graphics majors who graduated from Diamond (Mo.) High School — will have a resume that includes field production work for an outdoors television show. Read more >

Students hired as reality show producers

What began as a class project has become a dream come true for two Pittsburg State University students.

Seniors Blake Broaddus and Devin Greenwood, both of Diamond, Mo. and co-owners of Antler Shed Media, have been hired as executive field producers for a new reality show. Quest TV, to air in the Midwest and nationally in Canada, highlights the ups and down of life and business in the outdoors. Read more…

Typographic Illustrations | GIT 241 Image Composition

Students in GIT 241 Image Composition are exploring Adobe Illustrator. One of their first projects was to create a typographic illustration. They had to use text from a favorite song, quote, short story, poem or speech, to create their image. 

All in all the submissions were impressive, but these were exceptional!

Abby Spillane

Amanda Scott

Kathryn Wright

Kenzi Jordan

Nolan Terrill

Susan Grace

Special Topic: Portfolio Presentation

During this special topics course, students were required to do the following:

• develop a personal identity brand and corresponding materials
• rework a project
• develop a new project
• complete a client project
• conduct mock and community interviews
•  complete a digital and hard copy portfolio
• apply for a job every week

These images are from their final portfolio presentations.  

Photos were taken by Kris Hartley

 

 Caitlin Weaver had a great mix of student, internship and freelance work to display. She has kept her blog current since her sophomore year. If you want to hear more about her thoughts on the Portfolio class, you can read it here.

 Josh Herder completed a set of mini boards where each piece had a QR code that takes you directly to that project on his web portfolio. He did an excellent job demonstrating this with his iPad.

 Kimi Dowling displayed her personal identity brand, and all of the event invitation work she has been doing as a freelancer. She also had some nice tutorials from Illustrator.

 Kris Hartley was lucky enough to be interning in the University Marketing and Communication office during the National Championship. She was able to complete several projects branded for this event. She also did an excellent job of displaying her photography.

 Paul Manger is not graduating yet, but this class gave him a great jump start on getting his portfolio in order. He had an interactive personal identity set, several client projects, and a great graphic novel for his Senior Project.

Student Success: Melissa McDonald

"My dad used to wake me up every morning saying "Today is a school day, a break all the rules day." My mom would tell me "You don't become famous for following the rules, have a famous day!" As a result, I live life to my own beat, along with friends and family who are crazy enough to keep up with me. These blog posts are the chronicles of my life to keep people up to date when they can't be with me for every step of the adventure!"

Melissa McDonald is a graduate of the Graphics and Imaging Department, working as a Cruise Ship photographer! You can catch up on Melissa's adventures here>>

Internship Success

Great story on Zach Waggoner....check it out here!

Declare Yourself!

Thank you to the Graphic Arts Club students, lead by Cassie Pierce, who designed and installed the display in the Overman Student Center. The display is designed to entice undeclared students on campus.

Students are able to schedule a tour of the Graphics and Imaging Department by scanning the QR code above, or visiting the GIT home page. All students who complete a tour will be eligible to enter a drawing for an iPod and iTunes card.

The display will be up until October 2.

Gallery Display

About 50 pieces of work from Graphics and Imaging Technologies students are now on display in Parsons at Labette Community College through October 14.

The Hendershot Gallery, located in the main building, is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday.  For more information call (620) 421-6700.

Students represented:

Salman Alkhulif, Sharon Anderson, Andi Ballard, Tammy Bertrand, Michelle Burton, Nathan Craft,  Teri Diggs, Emily Dodge, Travis Duff, Zack Fields, Nicole Galemore, Sydney Hague, Kris Hartley, Josh Herder, Kaedy Hess, Carissa Hughes, Rion Huffman, Sarah Jensen, Aubry Jones, Erika Lowe, Alex Meisinger, Sienna Miller, Liz Pace, Monica Platt, Hunter Peterson, Molly Redmond, Kelly Sims, Rose Thornhill, Katie Traxon and Pa Vang

Stop by and see it if possible and sign the guest register.

Congratulations, Nicole!

Nicole Smith, Commercial Graphics Major, recently completed a freelance job for the Mount Carmel Foundation 27th Annual Gala. Over 500 invitation packages were printed.

"Nicole did an excellent job of providing exactly what we need, in a very short time frame!" Marlene Willis, Interim Director Mount Carmel Foundation

The Winning Design.....

Jordan Frederick | Image Composition 241

Our class was recently given the opportunity to utilize their Photoshop and Illustrator skills to create a poster for an upcoming event with Santa. This event is sponsored by both PHS Drama and the Mount Carmel Foundation. With a few minor tweaks, you will see this poster all over town. Great job, Jordan!