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Digital Media Majors Win Addy Awards

Published: April 13, 2021

Digital Media Majors Win Addy Awards

Digital Mediastudents at Greenville College become content creators in a world run by technology. They learn how to critically think as well as work on complex projects integrating graphic design, digital music, web based digital communications and internet development skills. Recently, seven GC students, The Vistamagazine staff, anda GC professor earnedawards at the American Advertising Gala inEast Peoria, Ill. for their hard work and dedication to excellence in digital design.

GC junior, Logan Nelson, earnedan astounding seven Gold awards. Nelson was awardedtwo Golds for Cinematography, two Golds for Still Photography, one Gold for Televisionand two Golds for his Publication Cover design for "The Vista".

Katie Wallace, a GC senior, was awardeda Gold and won theJudge's Choice titlefor a digital artposter titled "Lowborn"and a Silver for anotherposter titled "Vessel."

Senior Rebekah Dothager earned a Silveraward for her Infographic posterdesign titled "The House of Hogwarts"and senior Aaron Phillips took home a Silver for Television. Junior Anna Brannon earned a Silver for photographyas well.

Recent graduates Jake Cannon and Austin Stephens were also acknowledged,Cannon and Stephens both earneda Silver for Animation. Stephens was awardedan additional Gold for Television.

AIGA Greenville College Faculty Advisor and "The Vista" Faculty Design Advisor, Jessa Wilcoxen, earneda Gold award for animation. Wilcoxen was awardedthe Gold for a piece she created as a design consultant for her company, Creative Spark. The animation explains the use of a new product called InfoSAGE, which is sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation. InfoSAGE is created by the Division of Clinical Infomatics, a Division of the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, clients of Wilcoxen.Wilcoxen remarks, "The product, InfoSAGE, is atool to help families communicate and coordinate regarding the care of senior members (i.e. aging parents)." Wilcoxen worked in collaboration with GC graduate Taylor Likes to create the piece.

Digital Media Majors Win Addy AwardsThe awards do not end here. "The Vista" earned 3awards: 2 Golds (1 for the 2015 spring publication cover and another for the 2015 fall publication cover) and a Silver for the overall issue.

All Golds will automatically go on to be judged at the Distract (Ill., Ind., Mich.) level in March. Greenville College is proud of all the hard work from the DM students and faculty. For more information, visit the GC DM website.

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