Pennsylvania College of Technology alumni are using their skills in a variety of ways to help others during the global pandemic, including a graphic design alumna living and working in England. Eliza R. Whyman, ’17, a designer at MediaCom in Manchester, designed and illustrated six visually appealing and puzzling brain teasers for Brits to enjoy during shelter-in-place orders.
In keeping with other creative adjustments being made during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s annual graphic design student exhibit has moved online for the first time in its 12-year history. Graphic Design 2020 showcases the portfolio work of 17 seniors: Charles A. Blake, West Chester; Andrew Caccese, Reading; Seifeldien A.
Creatively adapting to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pennsylvania College of Technology graphic design student chapter of AIGA has launched tutorials on YouTube and are hosting graphic design alumni Zoom talks.
This semester’s Penn College ceramics students missed out on making bowls for Williamsport’s annual Soup and a Bowl event, an important fundraiser for the Central PA Food Bank. The campus community can help those students leave their legacy, however, by filling a virtual empty bowl with an online shopping trip to the food bank by May 8.
WNEP’s Chris Keating spoke remotely Tuesday with Spyke M. Krepshaw, assistant professor of web and interactive media, about the faculty member's recent offer of website assistance to businesses engaged in e-commerce during the coronavirus crisis. WNEP's story included this view from the northwest corner of West Fourth and Market streets in downtown Williamsport. Keating also talked with Jason C.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students, guided by a quick-thinking faculty mentor in partnership with the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, are providing a true community service: facilitating online ordering pages for businesses still permitted to operate during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sixteen design projects created by graphic design students at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been honored in the national Flux Student Design Competition. “This is, by far, the best showing we’ve ever had in this contest,” said Nicholas L. Stephenson, instructor of graphic design at Penn College.
Get an insider's look at Penn College's graphic design program through an engaging video created and edited by Luke A. Bierly, a 2019 alumnus of the major. "A graphic designer isn't just somebody who's solid in art, or can draw, or can build websites," instructor Nicholas L. Stephenson says in the three-minute piece, which has been added to the college YouTube channel.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students and instructors will again add their talents to the offerings at a popular fundraiser designed to help feed the hungry in our community. Begun more than 20 years ago in Harrisburg, the Central PA Food Bank’s annual Soup and a Bowl Fundraiser is scheduled Feb. 21 at the Genetti Hotel in Williamsport.
Santaella (left) and Kreitzer stand with the stunning tile wall. The final touches to the piece: triangle toppings Relief sculptures in clay Artwork awaits stair strollers. Infinite tales in tiles Over 500 students and more than 500 ceramic tiles in the making, another stunning example of Penn College art is complete and ready for rave reviews and views.
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