Department of Graphic Communications

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, […]

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 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 […]

Graphic Design for a Global Marketplace

Slide Show! Last May, a small group of Clemson students – both graduate and undergraduate – took part in the first study abroad class in the department’s history; Graphic Design for a Global Marketplace. The concept was for students to study in the world capital of London, England and get a feel for how packaging […]

#frontendconf 2013: Student David Platt

Front End Design Conference I went to St. Petersburg, Florida last week for this conference. Being the first front-end conference I’d been to, I had no clue what to expect, but I came away from it with a few things: a greater appreciation for the industry as a whole a bunch of new contacts in […]

Graphic Communications Spotlight

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 […]

Students Make their Mark • Graph Expo 2011 • Chicago, IL

The theme of Graph Expo 2011 was “Embrace Technology” and this is exactly what 45 Graphic Communications juniors and seniors did when traveling together to Chicago, Illinois to attend the graphic arts industry’s premier graphic arts show from September 10-12, 2011. While Graph Expo is geared towards industry professionals, who come to learn, network and […]