Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
A+GD student project makes the evening news
Monday, November 2, 2009
A+GD Students Taking it to the Streets

Central Piedmont Community College's (CPCC) Advertising + Graphic Design students will stage an awareness campaign for Samaritan House on the southwest corner of Trade and Tryon Streets November 2 -4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. The theme of this campaign is "the streets are no place for hospital beds." Through the campaign, the students, who are in Deanna Campbell's Advertising Copywriting class, will create a 'homeless camp' to illustrate where a homeless citizen might take shelter while trying to heal from cancer surgery, brain trauma injuries, broken bones, etc. The event is timed to coincide with the Samaritan House's annual campaign fund drive, as the organization prepares to celebrate its 5th anniversary of serving the Charlotte community.
Samaritan House is a not-for-profit, interfaith recuperative care place for people who are homeless and in need a short term care following a hospital or emergency room stay. Samaritan House takes guest referrals from Charlotte-Mecklenburg hospitals, and provides its services at no cost to the guest. Samaritan House does not take insurance money, or funding from local, state or federal agencies. Samaritan House survives on recurring donations from individuals, faith-based organizations and charitable grants.
Check it out on FaceBook here!
CPCC AIGA Student Group
Watch this space. Good things will be coming from this new student group.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
How to Get a Job in Advertising (a good job)
"It’s passion, Scott. The one thing I can’t teach.
"We (the program) work them to the bone to see if they really want it, and my faculty and myself have a passion to share every day in class – but every year I have kids with A+ averages come into this program and I feel for them, because if they don’t breath and sleep advertising all the A’s in the world won’t save them.
"I hope that doesn’t sound like there is nothing to teach. This is after all a professional business and a major force in economic culture, but at the end of the day when all the teaching is done – passion is the only factor that really creates the success stories." (my emphasis)
Monday, October 12, 2009
10 Essentials Every Design Student Should Know
Read all about it at Print Magazine here!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
A+GD Alum Nabbed by Police
The new look of the organization will also be unveiled during the event with an updated logo and website. Marlon Witherspoon, designer of the logo and a guest speaker at the event, has a special connection to the organization - he was a participant in the PAL program.
"When we learned of Marlon's involvement as a PAL student and his successes now as an adult, it was testament to the goals PAL instills in its participants." said Hood. "We are very proud to have him help dedicate this new beginning for our organization."
Friday, October 9, 2009
The Changing Concept of Design
Read all about it here: http://designmind.frogdesign.com

