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Advertising design senior Jonathan Calderon will intern Summer 2008 at Mullen Advertising in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Emily Dozier, advertising design M.F.A. candidate, is a paid marketing and design intern at JCB Inc. during spring quarter. JCB is the third largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world.

Fifteen SCAD-Savannah advertising design M.F.A. candidates and 10 SCAD-Atlanta advertising design M.F.A. candidates attended the inaugural Art Directors’ Night March 6 at SCAD-Atlanta. Art directors from Moxie Interactive, Cartoon Network, Creative Presence Partners Inc., Match Inc. and JWT Atlanta met with students and reviewed portfolios.

Coca-Cola’s Label Conscious campaign produced several finalist teams from the advertising design department. Undergraduate students Patrick Reid, Mark Garris and Kenneth Ziegler and graduate student Anne Bronsveld (The NTwrk); undergraduate students Jen Thomas, Robert Pizzolato and Joseph Andrew Milauckas (Remove the Blindfolds); and undergraduate students Nadine Jones, Clare Klibowitz and Molly Wilkof (Eat What You Love) will present their work at the World of Coke in Atlanta, Ga., March 13.

Jake Wright, advertising design senior, designed an ad campaign for French Paper's environmental line. His work received SCADDY and ADDY recognition, and was praised by company president Jerry French.

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Ashley Newsome, fashion design M.F.A. candidate, participated in the annual Project Earth Day Student Fashion Competition April 24 in New York and received Honorable Mention for her “green” dress. Part of the Project Earth Day fashion event, the competition featured sustainable style by designers from The New School, Pratt Institute, Colorado State University and SCAD. Newsome received $50 and a gift bag loaded with goodies from the event sponsors. View photos from the show online.

Senior fashion student Katy Beazley accepted a position following graduation as a women’s apparel designer at Under Armour in Baltimore.

Audra Noyes, undergraduate student in fashion, will intern with Ralph Lauren, New York, in Summer 2008.

Danielle Malin, undergraduate student in fashion, will intern with Kico Kids, designing children’s clothing.

Fashion seniors Alonda Anderson and Kate Hundley will intern with Coach handbags and accessories Summer 2008.

Undergraduate fashion students Fatima Calderon and Kristen Ginn will intern with Liz Claiborne apparel during Summer 2008. Calderon will work in design with Isaac Mizrahi. Shabnam Rostami, fashion M.F.A. candidate, will also intern with Liz Claiborne apparel, in knits and line development.

Andrea Gray, M.F.A. fibers candidate, was profiled by Jonathan Harper on the Daily Design Spot blog April 8.

Undergraduate fibers student Cory Imig was accepted into the Vermont Studio Center residency program for Summer 2008. Founded by artists in 1984, the center is the largest artists’ and writers’ residency program in the United States, hosting 50 visual artists and writers each month from around the world.

The SCAD fibers department raised more than $800 for Union Mission’s Growing Hope program through a raffle for a collaborative quilt and silent auction at the department’s open studio night, Feb. 22.

Fibers senior Emily Cox won first place in the Stationery/Paper Products/Craft category in the SURTEX 2008 International Student Design Competition at the annual New York trade show for art and design, May 18-20. Her entry, “Traveling Circus,” was inspired by Victorian circus imagery that judges said was “reminiscent of a French storybook.” Fibers senior Kelsie McGrail received an honorable mention for her stationery design entry “Ye Olde Entertainment.”

The SCAD fibers department was one of only four schools accepted to exhibit at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair May 17-20. Students will display prototypes of bedding for non-traditional living situations in a continuing partnership with Union Mission’s Growing Hope program.

Undergraduate fibers student Rebekah Bauer will complete a summer internship at in Philadelphia, Pa. Printfresh is a textile design studio that creates designs for the apparel and home industries.

Undergraduate fibers student Paige Smith completed an internship with Agnes and Hoss in Chicago, Ill., during winter break 2007. owner and designer Stephanie Waddell creates all of her own prints and then has them made into home and fashion accessories.

Lifeway Christian Resources commissioned undergraduate film and television student William Brett Brooks to illustrate a stage backdrop for Crosspoint and Centri-kids, two of the 2008 summer camps. Brooks also will create interior illustrations for the corresponding devotion booklets, which will be distributed to the 1,400 children attending the summer camps.

Graduate film and television student Patrick Griffin is in the top 25 films for the mtvU Best Filmmaker on Campus competition. The winner will be announced live at the MTV Music Awards June 1.

Undergraduate graphic design student Allie Packard and undergraduate film and television student Julie Tarrab were awarded admission tickets and a $100 gift certificate to any Anheuser-Busch theme park by Howard Small, general manager of H&H Distributors, the Savannah-area distributor of Anheuser-Busch products. The team created a TV commercial and webmercial for O’Doul’s non-alcoholic beer as part of a collaborative class project between Creative Copywriting and Commercial Production classes.

“In Dire Need,” a short film by undergraduate film and television students Colin Levy and Roque Smith-Nonini, won second place ($5,000) in the Public Service Announcements for International Disasters competition. View Levy's and Smith-Nonini's film. "The Can Kick" a print ad by Tanner Woodman, undergraduate metals and jewelry student, won third place. View Woodman's print ad.

Printmaking student Steven Peterman is featuring a series of shows, “ArtHouse Presents…”, at his Atlanta ArtHouse Gallery through July. The lineup features Anna Perkins ( B.F.A., photography, 2008) and Michael David Perkins (B.F.A., film and television, 2008) May 16, Peterman and fellow printmaking student Jenna DiGiore June 26, and printmaking student Sarabeth Noggle and art student Emily Maxwell July 10.

Furniture design senior Paul Isabella’s design for merchandise displays was selected for inclusion in the Broughton Street location of Urban Outfitters. The winning design was chosen from submitted in a class project sponsored by Urban Outfitters.

In a class project sponsored by Pinnacle Design, furniture design senior Paul Isabella’s design for a media unit was selected as the winner, and may be used or sold in Best Buy and Circuit City stores.

The Savannah College of Art and Design men’s and women’s swimming teams each finished in third place respectively at the NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championship for the second consecutive year Feb. 29 at the Palo Alto Natatorium in San Antonio, Texas.

A number of SCAD students from the Student Media Center won the following awards at the national 2008 Society for Collegiate Journalists competition:

Overall Excellence: District, second place; The Connector, third place
Feature Writing: Brian Smith, “Yo La Tengo Not Afraid of Quiet Crowd,” second place
Cartoon Strips and Panels: Jon Chadurjian/District, “Robot Dave is Better Than You,” first place; Pranas T. Naujokaitis/District, “Rocket Tonic,” second place; Ling Zhou and Leo Prusakov/District, “Fungasm,” honorable mention
Editorial Cartoon: Dave Valeza/District, “Yield,” first place
Graphic Illustration: Chadurjian/District, “District’s Tips for Freshmen,” first place
Front Page Layout: District staff, Oct. 19, 2007 issue, second place; Brian Steel/The Connector, Oct. 19, 2007 issue, third place
Editorial Page Layout: District staff, third place
Inside Page Design, Hard News: Christie Pedder/District, Feb. 2, 2007 issue, page 2, first place
Inside Page Design, Soft News: District staff, Roller Derby spread, honorable mention
Radio Broadcast News: Matt Terrell/SCAD Radio, “Battle of Forsyth,” third place
Radio Feature Broadcast: Terrell and Ben Frisch/SCAD Radio, “Bootcamp,” first place; Terrell and Frisch/SCAD Radio, “Fashion Show casting,” second place; Paul Weinberg, Terrell, Jeff Garris/SCAD Radio, “Commentary Corral – Queer Theory,” third place

Undergraduate graphic design student Allie Packard and undergraduate film and television student Julie Tarrab were awarded admission tickets and a $100 gift certificate to any Anheuser-Busch theme park by Howard Small, general manager of H&H Distributors, the Savannah-area distributor of Anheuser-Busch products. The team created a TV commercial and webmercial for O’Doul’s non-alcoholic beer as part of a collaborative class project between Creative Copywriting and Commercial Production classes.

Undergraduate graphic design student Greg Mihalko’s poster design, "True Color," was accepted to the Graphis Poster Annual 2008-09. The annual is among the most prestigious of all international poster competitions. Two of his poster designs were also chosen for exhibition at the AIGA Jacksonville Re:Charge Conference April 3-5.

Sean Cooley, graphic design senior, won first place for best portfolio at the AIGA Jacksonville Annual Student Portfolio Review April 12. Cathleen Foley and Alexander Goose, graphic design seniors, placed in the top 10. Competing school included SCAD, University of North Florida, Jacksonville Community College and Flagler College.

Graphic design seniors Deborah Cilino and Caroline Crosier will intern Summer 2008 at Mullen Advertising in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Graphic design M.F.A. candidate Ryn Bruce will intern with Free Range Studios in Washington, D.C.

Neves Rodrigues, graphic design M.F.A. candidate, will intern with Mucca Design in New York.

Billy Steel, graphic design M.F.A. candidate, accepted an internship with the North Carolina Zoo for Summer 2008.

Trevor Conrad, graphic design M.F.A. candidate; Marta Kohn, undergraduate student in graphic design; and Cassandra Smolcic, graphic design M.F.A. candidate, will complete summer internships with Target Corporation in Minneapolis.

Students in the Role of Graphic Design in Social Awareness graduate-level class are contributing their skills to several community outreach programs: Derek Black is working with the Boys and Girls Club, Bonnie Clas is working with a Savannah woman who is establishing a shelter for homeless women, and Ryan Brown is working with an organization called All Walks of Life, a community-based project that uses hip-hop and poetry to reach disadvantaged youth. The campaigns are the result of a class project on professional responsibility.

SCAD-eLearning graduate graphic design student Buddy Hill, based in Easton, Pa., won first place and was awarded $3,000 in Crown Royal’s NASCAR Wall Graphic Design competition. His winning design will be printed and mounted to the wall inside the Crown Royal suite at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. While pursuing an M.F.A. degree through SCAD-eLearning, Hill is the lead graphic designer for the Crayola Color Explosion product line.

Graphic design senior Jonelly Muñoz accepted a position as assistant art director with RTCRM, a full-service direct marketing agency in Washington, D.C. She first met the company representatives at the SCAD career fair.

Historic preservation students are working on the restoration of the Kennedy Pharmacy on Broughton Street in a unique partnership between SCAD, the and the . The building will be restored to its commercial-residential plan with gallery and exhibition space on the street level, and rentable apartment space on the upper level. Read the Feb. 18 in the Savannah Morning News.

Kristine Chase, M.F.A. candidate in historic preservation, published an article in the newsletter about her thesis project, which focuses on the tenement era of the building's history.

Chris Hsu undergraduate illustration student will be an illustration intern at American Greetings Summer 2008.

Illustration senior Damon Carlson won a Gold ADDY award in the national student competition for his advertising illustration, “Circus,” and a Silver ADDY award for his advertising illustration “Ocean Awareness,” which was both a silver and gold SCADDY winner. Carlson will be presented with his awards at the national awards ceremony in Atlanta June 10.

Four SCAD students are finalists in the Walt Disney Imagineer 2008 ImagiNations Design Competition. Undergraduate industrial design student Sirapa Thanapornvisal, graduate animation student Don (Chee Mun) Low, undergraduate animation student Leia (Bo) Mi and graduate illustration design student On (Sapadsorn) Harnbumrungkit received a 10-day, all-expenses paid trip to Glendale, Calif., June 3-13, where they will present their “Circus SuperNatural” project to WDI senior executives and compete for the Best in Show award. SCAD received a $1,000 grant from WDI in recognition of the team's advancement to finals. Read about the .

Kristin Medin, industrial design M.F.A. candidate, will speak at the International Space Development Conference May 28-June 1 in Washington, D.C., discussing design and space tourism, the premise for her thesis. She is the only speaker to represent the design community.

Four SCAD students are finalists in the Walt Disney Imagineer 2008 ImagiNations Design Competition. Undergraduate industrial design student Sirapa Thanapornvisal, graduate animation student Don (Chee Mun) Low, undergraduate animation student Leia (Bo) Mi and graduate illustration design student On (Sapadsorn) Harnbumrungkit received a 10-day, all-expenses paid trip to Glendale, Calif., June 3-13, where they will present their “Circus SuperNatural” project to WDI senior executives and compete for the Best in Show award. SCAD received a $1,000 grant from WDI in recognition of the team's advancement to finals. Read about the .

The Red Bull Moto Grand Prix concept bikes created by industrial design students in Jesus Rojas’ 2006 motorcycle design class will be on display at May Howard Elementary School Math and Science Night in Savannah, Ga., March 11. Images of the motorcycles, along with the Exo Spyder car, will appear on the cover of “Spy Trackdown,” a children’s board game produced by Wild Planet.

Work by industrial design senior Christopher Harris is featured in the group exhibition "Reincarnated: Art Showcasing Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" at Gallery S.P.A.C.E. in Savannah through June 27. Read a Savannah Morning News article about the exhibition.

SCAD industrial design students will participate in the “Made in Georgia” exhibition with Georgia Tech and other industrial designers at Museum of Design Atlanta June 3-Aug. 30.

SCAD industrial design students were mentioned in an Aviation Week article about the unveiling of the new Gulfstream G650 jet, the interior of which the students helped design as part of a partnership between SCAD and Gulfstream.

Sixteen industrial design students are working with during Spring Quarter 2008, conducting market research and designing product concepts for VTech's telecommunications division. The students present their final presentations at the VTech headquarters in Hong Kong May 12-13. For project updates and live coverage from Hong Kong, read the .

Undergraduate industrial design student Julie Biron will intern with Coach Handbags and Accessories Summer 2008.

The Project Loyola Team is composed of five undergraduate interactive design and game development students: Jeff McNab, Ashley Waldbaum, Francisco Rodriguez, Stephen Lawrence and Greg Morgan. Along with volunteers, faculty members and other students across multiple fields of study, they are responsible for the development and maintenance of the ARG. Read the April 22 from gamasutra.com.

The SCAD graduate studies Thesis Proposal Award winner for spring quarter 2008 is graduate interactive design and game development student Michelle Menard. Her topic is “The philosophy of the creation of emotion in games, utilizing the six 'primal' universal emotuons.” Her thesis proposal was chosen from almost 40 applications for thesis spring quarter. The Thesis Proposal Award is presented three times a year, and the winner receives $500.

Addie Kuhn, a B.F.A. interior design student, will be an interior design intern this summer at , a design and architecture firm based in Irvine, Calif.

Meghan Woodcock, interior design M.F.A. candidate, was awarded Best of Competition for the 2008 Student Sustainable Design Competition, sponsored by the . Woodcock will receive $1,000 and a complimentary IIDA student membership for the 2008-09 school year for her “Disaster Relief Transportable Schools” design.

“In Dire Need,” a short film by undergraduate film and television students Colin Levy and Roque Smith-Nonini, won second place ($5,000) in the Public Service Announcements for International Disasters competition. View Levy's and Smith-Nonini's film. "The Can Kick" a print ad by Tanner Woodman, undergraduate metals and jewelry student, won third place. View Woodman's print ad.

Lapidary and glass equipment company Ameritool featured undergraduate metals and jewelry student Sarah Lewis and a link to her in its patrons gallery.

Undergraduate metals and jewelry student Tim Stammen was featured in the Feb. 13 edition of the Savannah Morning News in an article titled “.” The article includes photos of his work.

Undergraduate metals and jewelry student Paige Barbee will be a Summer 2008 intern for Liz Claiborne designer jewelry mid-tier.

M.F.A. student Robin Childers had her thesis exhibition, “Fracture,” on display May 3-9.

M.F.A. student Charles Clary had work accepted into the "2008 National Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper," juried by Charlotta Kotik, curator of the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibition takes place at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, N.J. Clary applied for the exhibition as part of an assignment for professor Craig Drennen's Self-promotion class.

Graduate student Mitch Coffman participated in a group show, “Noises from the Underground,” that was on display at the Jakmel Art Gallery in Miami March 27.

Graduate students Jon Pucci and Tara Neal both received the Chinese Painting Merit Award.

Graduate student Amanda Brown was announced as the Josh Yu Chinese Painting Scholarship recipient.

Portfolio Awards were announced April 10. Winners were Tanya Christensen, Charles Pate and Marshall Trotter.

At Open Studio Night, held April 5 at Alexander Hall in Savannah, visiting artist Steve Locke served as guest juror for the Senior Show. Best in Show was awarded to Will Penny, while honorable mentions went to Lindsey Ryden, Joey Varas, Colin Crasper and Lee Ashburn.

Will Penny was included in the group show “Classicism, Modernism, and Beyond” at Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, Ga. He applied to this show for a Professional Practices course assignment and won the Best in Show award.

Work by undergraduate SCAD-Atlanta student Katrina Franzen was selected for the exhibitions “EXTRACTED[examined]” at Studioplex and “Locations, and other places we have been” at Art House.

M.F.A. student Andrew Judkins will have his thesis exhibition, “Minnemishinona,” on display at the Alexander Annex Gallery May 14-28.

One piece by M.F.A. student Mike Dowley was accepted into the "Painting as Presence" national exhibition, which was juried by William Bailey and is on display at the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, Conn., May 9-June 27. Dowley applied to the exhibition as part of an assignment in professor Craig Drennen's Self-promotion class.

Will Penny was part of the team that won first place in the Sand Sculpture Contest and second place in the Gray’s Reef Sea Creature Contest with “Armor-plated Whale” at the SCAD Sand Arts Festival May 2 at Tybee Island.

Jesse Herndon was part of the team that won first place in the Gray’s Reef Sea Creature Contest and second place in the Sand Sculpture Contest with “Octopus” at the SCAD Sand Arts Festival May 2 at Tybee Island.

Master of Fine Arts candidate Robin Childers held her thesis exhibition May 3 at M.E.A.T. on Louisville Road in Savannah.

Michael Muller accepted a summer internship with Wild Apple in Woodstock, Vt.

Crystal Kanney’s (B.F.A., 2006) exhibition “Songs of the Lady Starfish” is on display at Maldoror’s Frame Shop in Savannah through June 2.

M.F.A. student Michelle Berg Radford is exhibiting her thesis show, “Spirit Matter,” at Savannah’s Hall Street Gallery May 1-16. She also will present an artist talk May 10, 2 p.m.

Pieces by painting students Anthony Camacho and Stephanie Baker have been entered into the 2008 Sequim Arts Juried Exhibition, held May 8-11. Information about the exhibition is available .

“Post Apocalysm,” an exhibition by seniors Robert Ashburn, Michael Bender, Alexis Bondy, Anthony Camacho, Cassandra Cormack, Colin Crapser, Jesse Herndon, Kerrie Hoban, Michael Hubbard, Adelin Karius, Amy Long, Elizabeth Roach and Risa Yamaguchi, is on display at Savannah’s Starland District Group Show on DeSoto Avenue May 2-8.

Stephanie Baker’s exhibition “Beacons” was on display at DeSoto Row Gallery in Savannah April 24-30.

Printmaking work by M.F.A. painting student Jason Kofke (B.F.A., painting, 2005) was selected for Artspace’s National Juried Photography and Printmaking 2008 exhibition at Artspace Gallery in Richmond, Va. The show coincided with the 2008 Southern Graphics Council conference March 26-30.

Dramatic writing sophomore Jeanette Gregor will intern as a screenplay analyst/consultant at Solar Productions, New York, N.Y., Summer 2008.

named undergraduate dramatic writing student Eduardo Ravelo "one of the most successful people under 40 years old" in Costa Rica.

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The winning banner design by Jeffrey Mullikin, photography senior and advertising design minor, will be used in the 23-city Wendy’s Great Taste Tour in conjunction with the “My Wendy, My Way” art contest. The tour began in Dallas in May, and will culminate in December with a grand prize winning work of art, judged by SCAD representatives. All students who submitted designs for the banner will receive a portion of a $1,500 prize from Wendy’s and Ketchum.

Cryselle Stewart, undergraduate student in photography and owner of Dimensions Gallery in Savannah, is the guest speaker in the Renaissance Lecture Series at Magnolia Manor on the Coast May 8. She will lecture on “How to critique a painting.”

Kate Lewis, photography M.F.A. candidate, was awarded an internship at Paul Nurnberg Photography in Savannah, Ga., for spring quarter 2008. Paul Nurnberg Photography LLC specializes in commercial and editorial photography, employing state-of-the-art digital technology for studio and location work.

Lee Whittle, senior photography student, has an internship with acclaimed photographer Lauren Greenfield in Venice, Calif. Greenfield is considered a preeminent chronicler of youth culture.

Ian Aleksander Adams, undergraduate photography student, and Lee Whittle, senior photography student, were selected as finalists in the Photographer’s Forum Magazine Best of College Photography Annual 2008. First through fourth place winners will be published in the Summer 2008 issue.

Robert Wilson, photography M.F.A. candidate, is showing his thesis exhibition, “Coming to Terms: Straight Talk,” at DesotOrow Gallery, 2427 De Soto Ave., Savannah, Ga., May 23-June 4. In conjunction with his exhibition, Wilson will give an artist talk May 30, 6:30 p.m., where he will discuss his process of developing the show. The photographs address modern perceptions of homosexuality utilizing fashion-influenced photography.

“Zach,” a photo by Jamie Kovach, senior photography student, was selected for the “Fashion/Portraiture” section of the 2008 PDNedu Student Photo Contest.

Chelsea Parker, undergraduate photography student, will intern Summer 2008 as a photographer's assistant at Hilton Head Island Photography in Hilton Head, S.C.

Andra Johnson, undergraduate student in photography and advertising design minor, won a competition for TV Guide through Lindsay Hadley’s Art Direction II class. She designed key art for the upcoming reality show, "Making News Savannah Style," and was selected as the winner by TV Guide. TV Guide will fly her to Los Angeles May 27 to see her billboard design on display in downtown L.A. and she will be credited on all print materials. Molly Wilkof, undergraduate advertising design student, and Malcolm Rouse-West, advertising design senior, won Honorable Mention for their designs.

Cristina Morgado, undergraduate student in photography, will be a summer intern with Zimmerman Advertising in Miami.

Photographs by senior photography student Jordan Marty were featured on the London-based blog “It’s Nice That” April 17.

Printmaking student Steven Peterman is featuring a series of shows, “ArtHouse Presents…”, at his Atlanta ArtHouse Gallery through July. The lineup features Anna Perkins ( B.F.A., photography, 2008) and Michael David Perkins (B.F.A., film and television, 2008) May 16, Peterman and fellow printmaking student Jenna DiGiore June 26, and printmaking student Sarabeth Noggle and art student Emily Maxwell July 10.

Printmaking work by M.F.A. painting student Jason Kofke (B.F.A., painting, 2005) was selected for Artspace’s National Juried Photography and Printmaking 2008 exhibition at Artspace Gallery in Richmond, Va. The show coincided with the 2008 Southern Graphics Council conference March 26-30.

Students in the SCAD printmaking department are working on prints with Michael David as part of the Warrick Dunn Project, which will be on display June 20 at Mason Murer Gallery in Atlanta, Ga. Warrick Dunn, Atlanta Falcons’ star receiver and Pro Bowl member, established his self-titled foundation to help single mothers at risk. The project will include direct gravure prints signed by both the artist and Dunn. Sales of the prints will be available and totals are estimated at $16,000 for the printmaking scholarship fund.

On April 4, Sarabeth Noggle and Jay Fox assisted SCAD-Atlanta interactive design and game development professor John Sharp with printing 600 gift bags for distribution to participants of the 2008 Game Developers eXchange, held at SCAD-Atlanta April 10-12.

Steven Peterman hosted “The Old Print Show,” which featured work by SCAD-Atlanta printmaking students, April 26 at his gallery, ArtHouse.

Graduate student Omar Richardson was selected to be part of the 2008 Madison National, the third annual national juried show at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center in Madison, Ga. Sylvie Fortin, editor-in-chief of ART PAPERS, juried the show, which features 27 artists from 11 states. The exhibition runs April 16 - June 30.

Graduate student Jason Kofke hosted “The Information Exchange,” a new bi-monthly event held in the SCAD-Atlanta print shop, which features music videos and discussions of musical groups that incorporate visual art in their stage shows.

Undergraduate SCAD-Atlanta student Jay Fox was offered a solo exhibition at Genema Gallery in Atlanta as a result of work he exhibited in the juried show “EXTRACTED[examined]” at Studioplex. Undergraduate student Chadwick Noellert also had work in the exhibition.

District took home numerous awards at the 57th annual Southern Regional Press Institute Feb. 28-29 at Savannah State University. Representing District were Andrew Cushing (animation), Lee Burbage (professional writing) Brian Smith (professional writing), director of student media John Bennett, assistant director of student media Jessica Clary, Michael Jewell (sequential art) and Tandy Versyp (professional writing). The District staff was honored with a first-place award for outstanding university newspaper in the large division.

Dramatic writing sophomore Jeanette Gregor will intern as a screenplay analyst/consultant at Solar Productions, New York, N.Y., Summer 2008.

named undergraduate dramatic writing student Eduardo Ravelo "one of the most successful people under 40 years old" in Costa Rica.

"Smile and Greet the Customer," a short story by professional writing undergraduate student Kyle Strickland is included in Sweetwater Press' new collection of short stories titled "An Alabama Christmas." Strickland's piece appears alongside others by noted authors Truman Capote and Helen Keller.

District took home numerous awards at the 57th annual Southern Regional Press Institute Feb. 28-29 at Savannah State University. Representing District were Andrew Cushing (animation), Lee Burbage (professional writing) Brian Smith (professional writing), director of student media John Bennett, assistant director of student media Jessica Clary, Michael Jewell (sequential art) and Tandy Versyp (professional writing). The District staff was honored with a first-place award for outstanding university newspaper in the large division.

On Feb. 27, the first in a series of Around Comics podcasts featuring fill-in hosts from Jeremy Mullins' Graduate Online Comics class hit iTunes and the Web with overwhelmingly positive feedback. Participating students included Jarrett Williams, Rashad Doucet, Mia Paluzzi, Kevin Burkhalter, Tyler Niccum and James Hornsby. Mullins arranged for his students to serve as guest producers for the Around Comics podcast while the show’s creators take a hiatus through mid-April. They are learning about all aspects of podcast production and online publishing, while establishing personal connections with industry leaders and renowned artists, writers and editors.

James Hornsby, sequential art M.F.A. candidate, will intern with Gaijin Studios in Atlanta during Summer 2008.

Sequential art senior Meredith McClaren will complete an internship with Cartoon Network in Atlanta as a character art intern.

Brett Brooks, sequential art senior, received a six-month paid internship at Disney in Orlando, Fla., where he will be a character artist drawing and designing iconic Disney characters for merchandise. He was one of two artists chosen out of 375 applicants.

The Scripps Howard Foundation announced undergraduate sequential art student Isaac Klunk as a finalist for a National Journalism Awards in the college-cartooning category March 7.

Zack Smith, a contributing writer to the comics and pop culture Web site Newsarama.com, wrote an article about the 2007 Sequential Art Anthology, “Discovered,” as well as the SCAD sequential art program. Read the article.

Rashad Doucet, sequential art M.F.A. candidate, was accepted to the April Zuda Comics competition, a new Web initiative launched by DC comics. Each month, viewers vote for their favorite of 12 Web comics, and the winner continues their Web comic under the Zuda imprint at a comparable DC Comics page rate. To vote for Doucet’s feature, “Punchboys,” visit www.zudacomics.com.

District took home numerous awards at the 57th annual Southern Regional Press Institute Feb. 28-29 at Savannah State University. Representing District were Andrew Cushing (animation), Lee Burbage (professional writing) Brian Smith (professional writing), director of student media John Bennett, assistant director of student media Jessica Clary, Michael Jewell (sequential art) and Tandy Versyp (professional writing). The District staff was honored with a first-place award for outstanding university newspaper in the large division.

A number of SCAD students from the Student Media Center won the following awards at the national 2008 Society for Collegiate Journalists competition:

Overall Excellence: District, second place; The Connector, third place
Feature Writing: Brian Smith, “Yo La Tengo Not Afraid of Quiet Crowd,” second place
Cartoon Strips and Panels: Jon Chadurjian/District, “Robot Dave is Better Than You,” first place; Pranas T. Naujokaitis/District, “Rocket Tonic,” second place; Ling Zhou and Leo Prusakov/District, “Fungasm,” honorable mention
Editorial Cartoon: Dave Valeza/District, “Yield,” first place
Graphic Illustration: Chadurjian/District, “District’s Tips for Freshmen,” first place
Front Page Layout: District staff, Oct. 19, 2007 issue, second place; Brian Steel/The Connector, Oct. 19, 2007 issue, third place
Editorial Page Layout: District staff, third place
Inside Page Design, Hard News: Christie Pedder/District, Feb. 2, 2007 issue, page 2, first place
Inside Page Design, Soft News: District staff, Roller Derby spread, honorable mention
Radio Broadcast News: Matt Terrell/SCAD Radio, “Battle of Forsyth,” third place
Radio Feature Broadcast: Terrell and Ben Frisch/SCAD Radio, “Bootcamp,” first place; Terrell and Frisch/SCAD Radio, “Fashion Show casting,” second place; Paul Weinberg, Terrell, Jeff Garris/SCAD Radio, “Commentary Corral – Queer Theory,” third place

Famed photographer David LaChapelle chose SCAD-eLearning undergraduate visual communications student Molly Gottschalk as the winner of his contest for a personal photo shoot on MySpace. Instead of a two-night stay in Los Angeles, Gottschalk negotiated a summer internship with LaChapelle in order not to interfere with her planned quarter at SCAD-Lacoste. At LaChapelle's studio she worked as studio production assistant and the studio's house model—see her in a Motorola commercial, a J-Lo video and a 1970s model in Elton John's “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” video. Her stay with LaChappelle ended with a personal photo shoot, from which specific images will appear in an upcoming gallery show. Gottschalk began an internship with Hollywood-based Flaunt Magazine in March. Read more.

Visual effects graduate student Chayan Vinayak landed a 12-week summer internship as a technical artist at Electronic Arts in Orlando, Fla.

Visual effects graduate student Richard Sun is working as a technical director at Pixar in Emeryville, Calif.