LCC GRAPHICS STUDENTS WIN AWARDS

Six Lenoir Community College Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology students recently won eleven PICA Awards in honor of their achievements in printing. PICA, the Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Inc., and its PrintForce project recently held a printing competition for high school and college graphic arts students. The event, the ninth annual Twin Oaks Student Achievement Awards, offered recognition in various printing categories. LCC’s students competed against other two-year and four-year college students from North and South Carolina including Appalachian State University, Clemson University, Chowan University, and several other community colleges. The LCC students won a total of eleven awards in various categories. They were recognized at the LCC annual awards ceremony spring semester and presented with their PICA Awards. Pictured, left to right, are GAIT Instructor Kelly Statum, Rebecca Pike, Karen Strickland, Staci Baker, Hector Nepomuceno-Soriano, Jessica Meadows, Johnathan Humbles, and GAIT Program Head Dwight Downie.

 

 

11th Annual Summer Program
EXTREME GRAFX EXPERIENCE

June 23-26, 2008

With school out for the summer, it was once again time for the annual Extreme Grafx Experience summer program. Students, ages 12-18, had the opportunity to learn about the exciting world of graphic arts and printing through hands-on activities in the Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology department at Lenoir Community College. Activities included instruction in graphic design, computer graphics, digital photography, screen printing, and offset printing. They worked with computer software, including Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. The four-day event provided hours of fun for the students while they learned about the exciting graphics industry.

If you are interested in attending the Extreme Grafx Experience in the summer of 2009, call the GAIT department at
(252) 527-6223, extension 604 or 607, for more information.

   
Michaela Dixon assembling a hard cover book.
 
Cody-Rae Palush preparing to screen print a t-shirt.
 
 
 
The 2008 Extreme Grafx Experience students take time out from the busy week to pose for a group picture. Front row, left to right, are: Instructor Kelly Statum, Jesse Hughes, Tyndall Davis, Cassidy Elmore, Molly Braxton, Sarah White, Ally Heath, Victoria Heldreth, Katie Hylton, and Instructor Dwight Downie. Back row, left to right, are: Jordan McGee, Wes Bright, Caitlin Bird, Jonathan Skinner, Tori Haynes, Cody-Rae Palush, Abbey Shimer, Michaela Dixon, Ally Harrison, and Madison Smith. Not pictured is Cameron Spears.

     

MEADOWS RECEIVES PICA SCHOLARSHIP

Sophomore Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology student Jessica Meadows was recently selected to receive the PICA/Weese scholarship awarding her $500. PICA is an association dedicated to protecting and promoting the common interest of the printing industry; and to help their members prosper, both individually and collectively, through fellowship, education and cooperative action. Pictured left to right are Dwight Downie, Program Head of Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology and Jessica Meadows, GAIT student.

 

 

 

 


 
The LCC Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology web site was designed by the LCC GAIT department.
If you have any questions concerning the LCC Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology program or would like additional information, contact the department by:
Telephone (252) 527-6223, ext 604 or Toll free in NC (800) 848-5497, ext. 607

OR

Mailing Address:

LCC Graphic Arts & Imaging Technology
231 Hightway 58 South
PO Box 188
Kinston, NC 28502-0188
 

 

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