Department of Graphic Communications

We Are All Tigers

Written by: Alyssa Pittman, Megan Smith, & Sydney Thompson (all are class of 2021) When we signed up to take GC 3400 with Dr. Walker this summer, we had no idea that we would be given a major opportunity to contribute to helping make an impact for endangered tigers in the wild. We had the […]

ClemsonGC attends Front End Design Conference for the 6th year in a row

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 […]

Graduation Reception, May 2019

Each semester, graduating seniors and their parents are invited to join faculty and staff in Godfrey Hall the evening before their graduation. As faculty and staff, we love the end of semester events because it is a chance to celebrate our graduating Seniors and meet their families the night before they walk across the stage […]

ClemsonGC wins Attendee’s Choice and Production Quality Award at TAGA

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 […]

PRINTING United Establishes Scholarship at Clemson University

PRINTING United Scholarship: Need-based scholarship designed for students in Graphic Communications program Fairfax, Va. — Scholarships do more than help fund an education. They motivate and encourage students, according to Erin Nuss, Manager of Workforce Development, Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA). “Scholarships were important to my pursuit of a career in graphic communications,” said Nuss, […]

Senior GC student teaches an Adobe Livestream from California

Written by Paul Johnson, Undergraduate Student Class of 2019 In 2016, I was introduced to Adobe XD (Experience Design)—a design platform focused heavily on interface prototyping for web, application, and software design—while taking GC 3400 – Digital Imaging and eMedia. Unlike other design applications such as Adobe Illustrator or InDesign, XD has a simplified pallet […]

Students enjoy using new state-of-the-art X-Rite equipment in the GC labs

Written by Bryanne Trice, graduate student class of 2019 This year is truly a championship year, especially within the Graphic Communication’s department. Current students in the GC department have been able to work and learn like champions, thanks to X-Rite Pantone. At the beginning of the academic year, X-Rite Pantone was able to contribute equipment […]

GC students participate in an Adobe Rush focus group

Co-written by Weston Sanders (class of 2020) and Jorgine Vick (class of 2020) A small team of GC3400 students recently got the opportunity to work with Adobe’s newest video editing tool, Premiere Rush. Rush was introduced at this year’s Adobe MAX; it’s meant to provide video creators with a modern all-in-one video editing solution that […]

Graduation Reception December 2018

Each semester, graduating seniors and their parents are invited to join faculty and staff in Godfrey Hall the evening before their graduation. These receptions are always one of the highlights of the academic year because we have a chance to celebrate our graduating Seniors the night before they walk across the stage and join Clemson in a […]

GET hosts 5th Adobe Workshop

Story by: Kristin Watson, class of 2019, Caroline Schoenberger, class of 2020, and Jorgine Vick, class of 2020 Gamma Epsilon Tau just wrapped up the fifth Adobe workshop that we have planned, lead, an executed. Gamma Epsilon Tau (GET) is partnered with the Adobe Education team and members are Adobe Ambassadors. As Adobe Ambassadors, we are a […]