Written by Jessica Johnson, Edited by Dr. Charles Weiss Every year, industry partners, faculty, and students pack their bags and venture from all over the United States to the annual expo held by the Specialty Graphics Imaging Association, better known as SGIA. The 2015 SGIA Expo was held in Atlanta, Georgia, just a little over […]
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Delving into Portraiture: GC Faculty Photos Project
Written by Anna Mallard This semester when tasked with an extra project for GC 3400 Digital Imaging and eMedia, I knew that I wanted to complete a project in an area that interested me. Coincidentally, this course contains a segment on photography, a hobby that I have enjoyed for several years and now get to […]
Homecoming 2015: There’s Something In These Halls
Additional photos from the event! Written by Jessica Johnson, Graduate Student, Class of 2016 Clemson University has experienced immense growth in size and scope since first established over 126 years ago. Beginning as a small military college, Clemson University has become a top national university and institution of higher learning that has been forever impacted […]
U.S. grant for printed electronics could be boon for Clemson, region
Imagine bandages that detect infections, flexible paper light bulbs that screw into a light socket or food containers that notify you of an allergen inside. Now imagine all of this technology is created on a printing press and that Clemson University is on the cusp of helping bring it to mainstream America. Those technologies and […]
Computers & Writing Conference 2015: A Student Perspective
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 […]
ClemsonGC Takes on Front End Design Conference 2015
Reflections provided by Claudia Giles and Megan Matthews, GC students Edited by Erica Walker, lecturer The Front End Design Conference, hosted every summer in St. Petersburg, FL provides students with an opportunity to learn far more than simply coding skills. This year, ClemsonGC’s third year attending the conference, Mrs. Erica Walker brought students Claudia Giles, […]
A New Tradition: Homecoming 2014
Written by Maria Hill, GC Graduate Student Clemson University’s Homecoming is always filled with traditions, both old and new, and each year, this special fall Saturday brings in thousands upon thousands of alumni to their alma mater once more. Homecoming gives former students and families the chance to walk across the beautiful campus they once […]
Student Spotlight: Jonathan Balcombe
Students in the department of Graphic Communications find themselves in just about every possible position within the graphic communications industries during their two required internships. With over 50 companies attending Intern Employer Day each Spring and Fall, they may choose to work for a Fortune 500 company or small mom-and-pop print shop. Students may find […]
GC Entrepreneurship course shakes up traditional online classes
Summer 2014 saw the launch of a brand new online course focusing on Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship in the Graphic Communications Industries. The course was designed flexibility that allows students who are interning or taking classes during the day to gain additional major requirement credits, whether they spend the summer in Clemson or anywhere else in the country. […]
Student Spotlight: Anne Lander & Alex Horne
Written by Erica Walker, Lecturer Graphic Communications attracts a wide variety of students at Clemson University. Sometimes students in the department have a real interest in mechanical engineering and those students love working on the different printing presses. Other students have a strong sense for visual design and take the opportunity to build an impressive […]
GC Students visit DSCOOP 2014
The DSCOOP (Digital User Group) conference was held in Orlando, Florida from March 6-9, 2014, at the Gaylord Hotel. The Department of Graphic Communications was lucky enough to bring along four bright and talented students, Elise Stock, Katie Runge, Deanne Anthony, and graduate student, Lauren McCain. The young ladies worked with the event coordinators from […]
Student Profile: To Infinity and Beyond!
How did Graphic Communications get me interested in journalism? I think of it as the other way around, journalism lead to my interest in Graphic Communications. Growing up there were three things that interested me: films/television, print, and music. Those three things still captivate me, even now. I was always intrigued by the stories and […]
The Godfrey’s: Basketball Edition Promotional Videos
Written by Erica Walker, lecturer In GC3400 class this semester, students had the unique opportunity to experience real-world video production. When it comes to lab assignments, I find that students, like everyone really, fear things that are not controlled or controllable. Due to it’s nature, video production has more unknown factors, more moving parts than […]
Hello, My Name Is Godfrey.
Photography by Lisa Car, GC Undergraduate and Erica Walker, GC Faculty Slide show! Written by Jason Palmer, GC Graduate Student There are three certainties in football: a Clemson University win, an opponent loss, and Homecoming. Being a part of numerous Homecomings, I’ve seen it all. But, basically it’s a swarm of people celebrating the return […]
From producer to educator: graphic communication’s Erica Walker
Dustin Wilson, College of Business and Behavioral Science, September 14, 2013 “The print industry is definitely not dead,” claims Erica Walker, lecturer in graphic communications and professional cinematographer. “The industry is rapidly changing and moving beyond just traditional products by offering cross-media marketing services in order to better serve clients,” says Walker. Walker points out that printing companies […]
