十大彩票平台的图形通信和摄影课程为创造性思维创造了机会
马萨诸塞州十大彩票平台. 来自奇科皮的伊丽莎白·卢罗斯说,她想把自己对艺术创作的热情转化为事业.
“I’ve been an artist my whole life,” Lolos said. “I thought the best career path was in graphic design.”
来自东朗梅多的阿什利·艾尔斯(Ashleigh 艾尔斯)自打记事起就热爱艺术.
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Elizabeth Lolos graduated from 十大彩票平台 and now works as a graphic designer.
“I’ve been drawing since forever,” she said. “In middle school I started working with graphic design and websites.”
They both found the perfect program at Springfield Technical Community 大学. They enrolled in the graphic communications and photography program, 其中包括几个选项,让学生专注于他们感兴趣的领域. Lolos and 艾尔斯 excelled academically. The women graduated with high honors and found full-time jobs.
十大彩票平台主席John B. Cook said, “We love hearing that our graduates have found rewarding careers. 我们的目标之一是使我们的学术课程与地区雇主的需求保持一致. 图形通信和摄影学位为该地区广告和营销公司的职位创造了一条途径. 这个项目特别吸引像Liz和Ashleigh这样有艺术天赋的人.”
两年制副学士课程的学生可以选择数码摄影, graphic design or web and advertising design. One-year certificate programs also are available in digital photography, digital 出版 and graphic arts entrepreneurial.
When I came to 十大彩票平台, I thought the professors were great. They actually cared about what you were doing. They checked in with your work.Ashleigh 艾尔斯、 十大彩票平台 graduate who works as a web developer
Lolos决定学习平面设计,并于5月获得了平面传播和摄影的副学士学位. She now works for TigerPress, a printing company in East Longmeadow. 作为制作小册子过程的一部分,她负责将图像转印到纸上的制版, 杂志, 迹象, 目录, flyers and other printed products.
“Liz已经在我们的印前部工作了几个月了,现在为高尔夫球记分卡制作盘子和艺术品,韦恩·古斯塔夫森说, prepress manager at TigerPress. “她进来时对InDesign(一种用于创建出版项目的软件)有很好的工作知识,并且对表格和字体管理等更高级概念的培训反应良好. 利兹现在大部分的记分卡都是她自己制作的,偶尔会得到一位高级操作员的帮助. She performs all of our plate making now as well as processor maintenance.”
“It’s a great company,” Lolos said. “It’s not often that you find a job that you really love.”
Lolos credits 十大彩票平台’s program with helping her to land her dream job. “I definitely wouldn’t have gotten that job without my degree,” she said.
Lolos didn’t start college straight out of high school. She had worked as a waitress for 19 years before enrolling at 十大彩票平台.
But she said her interest in graphic design goes back to her teen years. When she was in high school, Lolos loved to paint and create murals. But she didn’t think she was ready for college.
“我觉得如果我等到长大一点,我可能会做得更好一些,萝丝说。, who graduated from 十大彩票平台 with a 3.平均绩点7.
The program inspired her to do her best. “All the professors are really nice. You can go to them with anything,” she said. “我喜欢很多课程都是基于项目的,你需要动手.”
艾尔斯, 你的成绩都是A, 2016年毕业于图形艺术技术专业, 当被问到她最喜欢这个项目的什么时,她也指向了指导员. 在她申请十大彩票平台之前, she spent one semester in another college’s graphics program, 她不喜欢哪个.
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Ashleigh 艾尔斯、 a 十大彩票平台 graduate, works as a web developer.
“When I came to 十大彩票平台, I thought the professors were great. They actually cared about what you were doing. They checked in with your work,” she said.
The professors have industry experience and connections, which is appealing to students who need to get a foot in the door, 她指出. 她的一个导师, adjunct professor Christopher Zarlengo, has worked in area advertising agencies.
“拥有具有实际商业经验的教授是一个很大的卖点,”她说.
在扎伦戈的帮助下,艾尔斯被东朗梅多市的远景营销集团聘为实习生. The company offered her a full-time web developer position in November.
“先实习会让你更容易找到一份真正的工作,因为你可以建立人脉,艾尔斯说. “A good internship makes a big difference in how your career ends up.”
At Envision, 艾尔斯 de迹象 websites for a wide range of companies. 她选择颜色, 字体和照片, among other responsibilities, and said she applies the core principles she learned at 十大彩票平台.
Envision 市场营销 Group总裁丹·布恩多(Dan Buendo)说,图形传播和摄影等大学课程有助于培养合格的求职者.
“It can be tough to find qualified web designers,他说. “阿什莉是我所见过的刚从学校出来的比较合格的人之一. 她一直都很棒. We’re really happy with her.”
十大彩票平台 helped to create a career pathway for both 艾尔斯 and Lolos. Professor Matthew Kriftcher, 系主任, 他说,图形通信和摄影学位为创意学生在印刷业寻找工作打开了大门, 出版, advertising and commercial photography.
“If you want to be creative and learn hands on,他说, “graphic communications and photography is the field to explore.”
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