Spring 2023

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 Graduate Student

Amy Hector

Requirements

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

Outstanding Graduating Senior

Taylor Spencer

Requirements

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

Super Star

Mikey Amella

Requirements

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

Rising Star

Adeline Pate

Requirements

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

Outstanding Design

Andrea Garcia

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in design

Outstanding Motion Graphics & VFX

Zach Bruner

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in animation/motion graphics

Outstanding Print & Digital Publishing

Alex Benke

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in print & digital publishing

Outstanding Photo & Video

Adeline Pate

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in commercial photo & video

Outstanding User Experience

Mikey Amella

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in user experience

Outstanding Web Design & Dev

Laura Roty

Requirements

  • Undergraduate
  • Achievement in web design & dev

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.

Dark Horse
[Perez-Fox]

Molly-Anne Manzano

Design Discussions
[Carrasquilla]

Kyley Jones, Kristi Walker

OMG! Stop Referring
to yourself as a clown
[Barnett]

Aryanna Golabi

It's OK to take a break
[barnett]

Nicole Peterson

Mighty helper
[breaux]

Shannon Boesch

Inspiring Up-and-Comers
[hentges]

Tanishtha Papadkar, Martin Magario, Tom Rodriguez

Top-Notch
[breaux]

Nicole Peterson

Persistence
[hentges]

Tom Rodriguez, Cameron Keck

souza spirit award
[aiga poly]

Kalea Loftis

the braintrust
[Hentges]

Zach Bruner, Casey Hicks, Richard Schwarz, Cameron Keck, Chris Cornelius, Robert Torres

raising the bar
[hentges]

Casey Hicks, Richard Schwarz, Courtney Henderson, Justin Heaton, Kelli Davis, Julianna Oneill, Kallie Robbins, Madison Medhurst

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 & VFX

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).

Print & Digital Composition

Print or digital design output that excels in its layout and composition.

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.