Category: Student Spotlights

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Written by Maddie Williams, class of 2018 A serendipitous encounter with a unique Clemson fan named Bryson Carter led to the once in a lifetime opportunity of screening my short film at the Cannes Film Festival this May. Bryson’s courage and determination after losing his eyesight and still attending 136 consecutive football games struck a […]

Maggie Whiston, ClemsonGC Junior During my summer internship at Milliken, I worked on various projects that allowed me to explore and apply different skills that I have learned through our GC curriculum. I was able to utilize my design skills and my knowledge of Adobe CC to create mockups for marketing pitches that were then […]

Campus Movie Fest is the largest student film festival in the world and brings a team to campus that provides resources for students to produce a 5 minute film in 7 days. This was the first time they came to Clemson University. Many ClemsonGC students participated in the Campus Movie Fest this semester and here […]

Q&A with: Haley Hendry and Allie Ayers What led you to GC? Haley: I started Clemson as a freshman graphic communications student hoping to be the best graphic designer in the field. In high school I took Adobe Photoshop and Digital Multimedia classes and really enjoyed following a product from start to finish. I heard […]

Brad Cohen views the Graphic Communications course, GC3400 as a game changer in his academic journey at Clemson University. The videography course, taught by lecturer Erica Walker, opened Brad’s eyes to a career in graphic communications he never would have considered until he stepped into the Godfrey Hall studio class this past spring semester. This […]

Written by Kelsey Worthington, GC Undergrad Student GC Special Projects In summer Mini-semester A, Mr. Jacobs offered the first GC2510 special projects course. This course was intended to introduce students to the unique challenges of designing and implementing training workshops. It is fairly common for graduates of the GC program to do some form of […]