March 15, 2017
During the wee hours of Wednesday, February 15, 2017, seven students, led by Dr. Charles Weiss departed for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to represent Clemson University’s Graphic Communications program at Graphics of the Americas, a three-day conference designed for printers, publishers, buyers, and creative minds to interact and showcase their products and skills. A brand new […]
February 13, 2017
Written by Dr. Nona Woolbright (faculty) and Grace Mosley (class of 2017) The Package Design Matters Conference (PDMC) describes the conference as “A perspective-changing event with top-level brand owners, retailers and agency leaders exploring design’s strategic business value” for both graphic and package design professionals. This year, for the first time in the conference’s history, students […]
January 18, 2017
Written by Rashaud Wingate (ClemsonGC, class of 2017) As Graphics Communication students, we are given extraordinary opportunities to attend and participate in conferences, trade shows, and expos that provide us with additional information and understanding about the past, current, and future trends of the printing and design industry. In addition, Graphic Communication students that attend […]
October 12, 2016
Written by: Meredith Wingate Every year students from the Graphic Communications department at Clemson University travel to GraphEXPO, where the most innovative and exciting exhibitions of Digital, Inkjet, Offset, Flexo, Gravure, and Hybrid technologies are on display for a multitude of industries. Most commonly, the commercial, transactional, converting and package printing, publishing, mailing, in-plant, digital […]
September 4, 2016
Written by: Zachary Richardson In the beginning of the semester, a group of students lead by Drs. Liam O’Hara and Nona Woolbright went to the iarigai research conference in Toronto, Canada, August 24–27. Iarigai is The International Association of Research Organizations for the Information, Media and Graphic Arts Industries. This international conference featured many […]
August 22, 2016
Written by: Bekah Shaffer, Melissa Thompson, & Kelsey Worthington Networking: The empowerment we felt attending Front End Design Conference was incredible. We had so many opportunities to learn from and interact with leaders in the industry. After each day packed with experienced speakers, we had the chance to attend networking events where we could connect […]
April 19, 2016
Written by Jessica Johnson Dscoop is an abbreviation for the Digital Solutions Cooperative conference. This annual conference is hosted by several sponsors, Hewlett Packard being the executive sponsor. Dscoop is all about community: interacting with peers, exchanging experiences, sharing and learning best practices. The annual conference allows attendees to build partnerships, alliances, and relationships that impact their business for […]
March 10, 2016
Written by Nicolaus Sherrill TAGA, the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts, serves as the premier outlet for research and study in cutting-edge graphic arts technology. Research papers are submitted every year that focus on emerging technologies in workflow, production, and imaging methods. Additionally, it fosters university chapters worldwide, giving students an opportunity to compete […]
December 15, 2015
Written by Dalton Anderson What do students, faculty, color scientists, and large companies within the print and graphics industry have in common? Well each year, they all grab a few cups of coffee, load up their suitcases, and make their way to the Color Conference hosted by the Printing Industries of America, or PIA for […]
November 30, 2015
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 […]
August 9, 2015
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 […]
July 9, 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, […]
April 9, 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 […]
September 10, 2013
Studying in the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson has its distinct advantages. Just ask students who’ve attained the junior/senior level of Graphic Communications and attended the recent student trip to the PRINT’13 exposition in Chicago, September 7-9. At the event, GC students had the opportunity to travel and experience with the current […]
February 7, 2012
Student Reflections • Imaging USA 2012 • New Orleans, LA Matt Furr: The most exciting thing to for me to see at ImagingUSA was the “Photo Labs”. I spent a great deal of time talking to a recent RITgraduate about her job at ProDPI. Almost every job that goes through their company is customized and […]
