January 30, 2020
Written by Jake Dahill, Class of 2020 The COLOR20 Conference in San Diego provided insight into the new ways the printing and visual communications industry is implementing color management and reproduction into our everyday lives. This may sound hard to believe when you commonly hear that “print is dying”, but in reality it is just […]
November 25, 2019
Written by Caroline Schoenberger, Class of ‘20 This year Forbes hosted it’s 15th annual Forbes CMO Summit. This is an event in which Forbes invites the most influential and innovative Chief Marketing Officers to gather in the same room to discuss accomplishments, struggles, ideas, and the evolution of the ever-important CMO role. For the first time ever, […]
November 20, 2019
Written by Julia Pruitt, class of 2021 On November 3 through November 7, four Clemson Graphic Communications students and two faculty members had the experience of a lifetime at AdobeMAX in Los Angeles, CA. Adobe hosts The Creativity Conference every year, and this year, Julia Pruitt, Emily Algary, Emily Smith, Bethany Wheeler, Dr. Erica Walker, […]
November 4, 2019
On Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019, a group of nine Clemson University students, along with two Clemson GC faculty members, boarded an airplane that was destined for Dallas, TX. This year, PRINTING United, a brand-new trade show by SGIA was held in Dallas. The trade show provided insight into the latest printing technologies and a glimpse […]
October 21, 2019
On October 2nd, nine upperclassmen Graphic Communications students, along with Dr. Weiss and Dr. Weisenmiller, departed Clemson and traveled up to Chicago for Print19 (https://www.printtechnologies.org/PRINT19/). For many years, the Department of Graphic Communications has had a presence at Print19, but this year was a little bit more special; it was the last year the conference […]
May 14, 2019
Last week seven of Clemson’s Graphic Communication students had the opportunity to attend the Front End Design Conference (FEDC) in St. Petersburg, FL. The annual conference is an event for web professionals who love their community, the web, and learning. Along with assistant professor Dr. Erica Walker and lecturer Daryl Stevens, students gained valuable insights […]
April 8, 2019
Written by James Weaver, class of 2020 Clemson’s Student Chapter of the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts got to see the reward of their hard work the past year by attending the 2019 TAGA conference. Held in Minneapolis, Minnesota this year, students attending the conference heard a range of great speakers covering a wide […]
January 25, 2019
Co-Written By: Riley McLeod, Lauren Robinson, and Makyya Johnson Looking back on our past four years at Clemson University, we could not be more thankful for the opportunities that have been afforded to us as students. One of the most recent opportunities we had was being attendees of the Color 19 Conference in San Diego, […]
November 1, 2018
This past October of 2018, three Graphic Communication students; Jeremy Johnson, Jacob Dahill, & Clayce Reid, were given the amazing opportunity to travel to the Specialty Graphics & Imaging Association (SGIA) Expo in Las Vegas Nevada. SGIA is the largest trade show for printing technology in North America. It is the trade association of choice […]
October 31, 2018
PRINT18 is an annual trade show held in Chicago where industry professionals from around the globe connect and network. PRINT18 offered all the education, tools, products and innovations needed to grow a business and achieve the goals they may have. As students, our experience with the trade show was somewhat different than that of professionals […]
