Spring 2021

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

Hanan Hanna & Hanna Norris

Requirements

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

Outstanding GIT Graduating Senior

Ashley Fuller

Requirements

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

Super Star

Amy Hector

Requirements

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

Rising Star

Lauryn Armstrong

Requirements

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

Outstanding Design

Daniel Bynum & Gabe Hofer

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in design

Outstanding Photography

Amy Hector &
Gabe Hofer

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in photography

Outstanding Video

Will Francis, Micaela Gardner, & Ava Hansen

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in video

Outstanding Motion Graphics (1/2)

Grant Divelbiss, Patrick Faix, Justin Ho & Samuel Lovemark

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in motion graphics

Outstanding Print & Digital Publishing

Andrew Ball &
John Blair

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in print & digital publishing

Outstanding Web Design & Dev

Angela Valenzuela

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in web design & dev

Outstanding User Experience

Daniel Poltorak

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in user experience

Outstanding Motion Graphics (2/2)

Christa Mcgahuey, Lindsey Robinson & Marianne Simshauser

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in motion graphics

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.

Incredible UGTA [Prewitt]

Daniella Urteaga-Diaz

greatest grader [prewitt]

Nicole Dirks

The dark horse [perez-fox]

Macaulay Klement

Making Tracks [raslton]

Cole Conderman

Above & beyond [dolin & westover]

Dustin Johnson

souza spirit award [aiga poly]

Rheta Whittington

Industry Awards

Industry Awards are voted on by local design leaders from projects submitted by freshman to graduates, individuals to teams. Winners receive a Badgr 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.

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. 

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.

Photography

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

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