Department of Graphic Communications

ClemsonGC students attend Color 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 […]

ClemsonGC student attends Forbes CMO Summit in California

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, […]

ClemsonGC students get Behind-the-Scenes tour at AdobeMAX

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, […]

Printing United Convention: October 23rd – 25th, 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 […]

ClemsonGC upperclassmen attend the last PRINT19 in Chicago

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 […]

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 […]

From the Color Conference 2019 in San Diego, California

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, […]

SGIA Expo 2018 – Las Vegas, NV

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 […]

PRINT18: ClemsonGC Students attend trade show in Chicago

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 […]

Coast to coast: A trip to AdobeMAX

Last week we were fortunate enough to go to AdobeMAX through the Graphic Communications program! This year’s MAX event was held in Los Angeles and featured hundreds of creative individuals and brands. Along with exploring around Los Angeles, we were able to be a part of an amazing conference where we learned about new industry-related […]

Students take an opportunity to serve as PRINT Ambassadors at PRINT18

Every once in a while, an opportunity opens up to you that you don’t hesitate to take. For us, that opportunity was becoming student ambassadors for the Print 18 conference hosted in Chicago, Illinois. The six of us – Maggi Whiston, Emily Algary, Alyx Farkas, Weston Sanders, Kate Lawson, and Matthew Schultz – were honored […]

Clemson GC at the 2018 TAGA Conference

While many students were preparing to enjoy the first few days of their Spring break, eight members of Clemson’s student chapter of TAGA were headed up to Baltimore, Maryland for the 70 th Annual Technical Association of the Graphic Arts Conference. The yearly conference is intended to “provide a worldwide forum for sharing and disseminating […]

ClemsonGC Visits California for the Color Conference 2018

Written by Oak Owens, class of 2019 Departing the afternoon of January 12th, 2018, four students, guided by both Dr. Liam O’Hara and Dr. Erica Walker made their way across the country to San Diego, California—their goal to represent Clemson’s Department of Graphic Communications at the Color ’18 Conference. Color ’18 was a three-day conference, […]

AdobeMAX 2017 in Las Vegas, NV

Story and photography by Margaret Whiston, Mary Alexander, and Robert Myers AdobeMAX is a dream come true for creatives all over the world. The conference hosts numerous keynote speakers and sessions that inspire, encourage, and challenge you to learn new skills, experiment with different styles and techniques and to explore your creativity. This past October, three […]

Front End Design Conference 2017

By: Morgan Reno. Class ‘17. @mreno95 A group of five Graphic Communications students, Anna Kremer (senior), Jennifer Hill (senior), Rivers Hiller (senior), Melissa Thompson (junior) and myself, were given the privilege to attend the Front End Design Conference along with our web professor, Dr. Walker. Front End Design Conference (FEDC) was held by Unmatched Style […]