Spring 2020

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

Este Crespo

Requirements

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

Outstanding UX Graduate Student

Deepika Thamizhvanan

Requirements

  • Applied for graduation
  • MS UX
  • BS GIT/HSE/TWC w/UX Concentration
  • Academic Achievement
  • Student Collaboration

Outstanding GIT Graduating Senior

Mark Janda

Requirements

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

Super Star

Ari Faye & Rebecca Christensen

Requirements

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

Rising Star

Taylor Bras

Requirements

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

Outstanding Design

Ari Faye

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in design

Outstanding Commercial Photo & Video

Gabe Hofer

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in commercial photo & video

Outstanding Animation

Katie Griffin

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in animation/motion graphics

Outstanding Print & Digital Publishing

Amy Hector

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in print & digital publishing

Outstanding Web Design & Dev

Mary Ott

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in web design & dev

Outstanding User Experience

Michelle Jiang

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in user experience

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.

Back Me Up Award [Ralston]

Ari Faye

DOOM Award [Carrasquilla]

Gregory Walsh

Always There Award [Squire]

Norma Chavez

Dynamic Duo Award [Prewitt]

Nicole Dirks &
Christopher Durgin

Souza Spirit Award [AIGA Poly]

Jake Burton

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