Ambassadors for Print & Graphics

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Comment by Katherine (Katie) Gekker on August 12, 2009 at 10:47am

On August 5, 2009, VATIE (Virginia Association for Technical and Industrial Educators) attendees Susan Caldwell, Bill Burton, Roy McKinnis, Kevin Cherry and Michael Emanuel spent a very special day touring Worth Higgins & Associates and Graphics Gallery. Thanks to Susan Higgins and Steve Samuel for hosting our instructors. We learned about UV printing, perls, and novel ways of printing unusual substrates for unusual applications.

Especially valuable was learning about the types of exciting jobs this changing industry offers, as well as the skill sets needed by students interested in pursuing careers in graphic communications.

Ambassadors for Print & Graphics hosted a lunch at Worth Higgins & Associates for those attending.

Please consider attending this valuable event next year, and thanks to Bill Burton for organizing such a special day!

Comment by Katherine (Katie) Gekker on June 15, 2009 at 11:02am

The Virginia Printing Foundation is pleased to announce the following scholarships:

Worth Higgins Progress Through Education Scholarship

Pam Smith, Instructor, Graphic Communications, CS Monroe Technology Center, Leesburg, Virginia, received $1000 for continuing education.

William Burton, Instructor, Graphic Communications, Hermitage Technical Center, Richmond, Virginia, received $1000 for capital expenditures.

Student Scholarship

Casey O’Farrell was awarded $2500 for education. Casey is a student of William Burton, Hermitage Technical Center, Richmond.

Congratulations to all!

Comment by Katherine (Katie) Gekker on April 29, 2009 at 7:10pm

From Paul Vadeboncoeur, a work around so you can show You Tube videos in your classroom:

I found a way to watch You Tube Videos bypassing school blocked filters.

www.yourtube.us

This takes you to a separate web site where you can enter You Tube in the browse field and it will bypass filters.
That way we can show students "viable and appropriate" You Tube videos.
(at least it works until they block this site, which will probably happen as soon as they find out about it.)

Thanks, Paul!

Comment by Katherine (Katie) Gekker on December 22, 2008 at 5:36pm

Brian, yes -- that was wonderful. We'll see what's next.

And Hal, we ALL should put "Print Ambassador" on our cards. Excellent idea. We might try introducing ourselves this way too!

Comment by Brian Regan on December 17, 2008 at 2:50pm

Congratz Katie on taking this to the next level and the nob from the summit group to go possibly national.

Comment by Hal Kohn on December 17, 2008 at 2:37pm

This is a very worthy program.
I will put "Print Ambassador" on my card.

Comment by Katherine (Katie) Gekker on September 29, 2008 at 4:41pm

Jeff, glad to see you on board! Welcome. We do need more students. The industry predicts a huge shortage over the next 8 to 10 years. Any ideas you have will be most valuable to all of us.

Comment by Jeff Ruhe on September 25, 2008 at 10:53pm

This is awesome ... I am a current graphic Communications student and I think we need to get out there and get more Students interested in Print and Graphics.