Fall 2018

Outstanding Students

Outstanding student awards are voted on by the faculty with nominations from students and faculty. Award winners receive a trophy or certificate.

Outstanding GIT Graduate Student

Justin Kaminsky

Requirements

  • Applied for MS GIT graduation
  • 3.40 GPA minimum
  • Student engagement activities
  • Community activities

Outstanding GIT Graduating Senior

Katie White

Requirements

  • Applied for BS GIT graduation
  • 3.40 GPA minimum
  • Student engagement activities
  • Community activities

Super Star

Bailey Vidler

Requirements

  • Upper division
  • Undergraduate
  • Academic achievement
  • Community activities
  • All around amazing

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Rising Star

Marissa Turnage

Requirements

  • Lower division
  • Undergraduate
  • Academic achievement
  • Community activities
  • All around amazing

Outstanding Design

Aaron Almendarez

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in design

Outstanding Commercial Photo & Video

Amanda Rief

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in commercial photo & video

Outstanding Animation

Eric Dockham

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in animation/motion graphics

Outstanding Print & Digital Publishing

Tiana Morgan

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in print & digital publishing

Outstanding Web Design & Dev

Jessica Barnett

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in web design & dev

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Achievement Awards

Achievement Awards are unique awards given by the faculty to students whom are excelling at specific skill. Winners receive a token of appreciation from the faculty.

Make Media Kings [Ralston]

Justin Kaminsky & Wes Bennett

GIT Best Boy [Ralston]

Mark Janda

UTGA (U Two Girls are Awesome) [Prewitt]

Alyssa Hill & Allysha Ryan

Making a Difference [Carrasquilla]

Amber Draina

Crushin' It [Squire]

Hunter Saylor

University Innovation Fellows [Lande]

Jessica Barnett

souza spirit award [aiga poly]

Breanna Wright

Industry Awards

Industry Awards are voted on by local design leaders from projects submitted by freshman to graduates, individuals to teams. Winners receive a Credly digital badge to embed in their digital portfolio.

Branding Systems & Campaigns

A collection of elements which work together to create unified, consistent, and flexible brand/campaign assets that communicate the brand/campaign value.

Animation & Motion Graphics

Narrative character-based or dynamic animations with any combination of computer-generated graphics, visual effects, text animations, or digital reproductions of drawn images.

Digital Products

Products viewed or interacted with via a browser on a computer, on a handheld device, or through a combination of interconnected surfaces and interaction models (web, mobile, kiosk, exhibit, game console).

Illustrations & Composites

Single pieces or series of pieces that are hand drawn or digital. Composites or photo manipulations combine multiple images and/or vector elements into a new composition. 

Photography

Single image or series of related images that are photographic in nature– images captured in camera images and edited (or not).

Print & Digital Collateral- Multiple Pages

Multiple page and single piece of collateral (not part of a campaign).

Print & Digital Collateral- Single Page

Single page and single piece of collateral (not part of a campaign).

User Experience

Documents aimed at developing a particular product, system or service considering a person’s emotions, behaviors, and attitudes. This includes the practical, experiential, affective, meaningful, and valuable aspects of human–computer interaction.

Video

Cinematic or live action examples where at least one aspect was captured in camera that demonstrate the the process of:

  • Direction
  • Post-production video editing
  • Storyboarding
  • Video Capture
  • Visual effects