Workforce Training and Graphics Department wins prestigious awards of excellence from NCMPR

GRCC Workforce Training and Graphics Department wins prestigious awards of excellence from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR).

Elly Bainbridge attended the NCMPR awards last week where she and GRCC swept the entire Brochure Division A category winning a Gold for”Get In. Get to Work”, Silver for “Wind energy brochure” and Bronze for the SWD Advisory Committee Brochure, and a Gold in Flier Series – division A for our non-credit health care series.

A special thank you to Elly Bainbridge, Amanda Cook and Matt Coullard for all their work on these projects. We lead the country!

Print Solutions Online Ordering

With the Fall semester upon use we have our new online ordering available for new faculty to use to order their classroom printing materials. Please review the online videos located under “Links” on our home page grcc.edu/printing

There you will find How to Register and Quick Copy Ordering Videos that will walk you through the process. Please remember that while you are registering, you must complete all of your information at that time. If you have any questions during this process, please call 234-3960 and someone can assist you.

Also one new feature that you will be seeing for all orders is an email stating your order is complete and ready for pick up or delivery, depending on what you requested at time of order. This is just one of many features we will be implementing and showing in the next few months so read the GRCC Today and then visit our web site for more video instructions.

Student Workers Needed to Pose for Graphics Photography

If you have student workers in your office that would be interested in being photographed for GRCC marketing campaigns, the Graphic Design department would love to hear from you.

They’re looking for students to model for shots of them interacting with each other on campus and studying.  Contact Andrew Schmidt for more information.

Print Solutions Offers New Process for Quick Copy and Staff Printing – Training to be Provided

Print Solutions has an online order system that most ESP have been using to order paper and copier/printer supplies. There are also options to order quick copy for faculty and printing for staff however; Print Solutions would request you have training on how to use this process to assure you can quickly and accurately submit your request.

Print Solutions will be sending out information in GRCC Today on training schedules in the next couple of weeks. For those of you who have already tried to use the quick copy or printing areas, and have questions, please send a request for training to grccEprint@grcc.edu.

Faculty – Reminder That Course Packs Need to be in by Tomorrow

Reminder: Print Solutions needs course materials from faculty for Fall by tomorrow (July 20, 2011) to ensure that your materials are ready for the start of classes.  They cannot guarantee timely completion of materials past this date. Please provide document sources and authors of any material that will require copyright clearance. This will help to expedite the printing. Please call Print Solutions with any questions and they’ll be happy to help.

Print Solutions Tip of the Day – Quick Copy vs. Print Order

Print Solutions has found that it is sometimes difficult to remember which avenue of printing you should choose when submitting your print order. Here is a tip on when to send for Quick Copy and when to send for a Print Order:

• Quick Copy: Choose this option for classroom instructional black and white or color copy materials like tests, syllabus, reading assignments, ect. under 1,000 finished pieces with corner staple, 3-hole punch and cutting in half or quarters.
• Printing Order: Choose this option for all other jobs including: College brand and image, Graphic design, variable data printing, Wide format printing, jobs with several cuts, folding, laminating, and advanced bindery. We can also fold insert into an envelope and mail.

Faculty – Print Solutions Needs Your Course Packs by 7/20/11

Print Solutions would like to let all the Faculty know they’re looking forward to start working on your course materials for Fall. Please have all course packs turned into Print Solutions no later than July 20 to ensure that your materials are ready for the start of classes.  They cannot guarantee timely completion of materials past this date. Please provide document sources and authors of any material that will require copyright clearance. This will help to expedite the printing. Please call Print Solutions with any questions and they’ll be happy to help.

Chem Tech Program Finds Success in Multi-Faceted Promotional Plan

Recently Jennifer Batten, Department Head of GRCC’s Physical Science department worked with the Communications Department to create a promotional plan for the Chem Tech program that included promotional banners (created and printed by the Print Solutions and Graphic Design department), web ads and was supported with radio advertising.  She reports that enrollment in the program has doubled since the plan started.  Check out the results!

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Pay no Attention to the Printing Number

For the next few days when employees log in to the campus Canon printers, they will see a number after their department. This is normal and is there to assist accounting in the billing process.

Call for Student Photography Models

As GRCC continues to build its library of students on campus to be used in promotional materials (like catalogs, brochures, billboards and posters), the Graphic Services department is building a list of students willing to be photographed.  Students of all ages and nationalities are needed, and the college is looking for students who represent the broad geographic region that that we serve.  Interested students can email Graphic Services with a photo of themselves and some basic information (where they’re from) at grccdesign@me.com

For more information, visit www.grcc.edu/photoshoot

GRCC’s own Jan Ensing Presents “Landscape as a Geographical Double”

Kendall College of Art and Design (KCAD) of FSU, Gallery 104 is proud to present “Landscape as Geographical Double” a Masters Thesis Exhibition by Jan Ensing of GRCC’s Graphic Design department.

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition: May 3-17, 2011
Reception: Saturday; May 14, 2011; 1-3 p.m.

KCAD Open House Reception:  Tuesday; May 3, 2011; 4-7 p.m.
KCAD Open House Hours:

• Monday-Thursday; May 3-5, 2011; 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.
• Friday; May 6, 2011; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Saturday; May 7, 2011; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Download a Flyer Here (.pdf)

Need to Build the Photo Library of Your Department/Program?

The Graphic Design department has a new intern for photography.  Andrew Schmidt is on campus Wednesdays and Fridays if you have anything visual that would be great for him to capture that can be used on your website, on social media, or in your print materials.  Contact him at ajschmidt1@grcc.edu to schedule him to stop by.

Photo: GRCC Billboard on I-96

If you’re on the road this week, watch for this great billboard placed by the Communications Department (and designed by Ryan Lockwood of GRCC’s Graphic Design department).  It is on I-96 a tenth of a mile east of US-131.

It’s worth noting that all of the people featured in GRCC’s promotional materials and advertisements are actual students and employees.

Important Web Site Update

We wanted to update you on the progress of our updated GRCC web site debuting in January 2011.  Thank you all for your patience and your assistance in helping us with content.

Reminder: Between now and December 20, 2010 we will only update LIVE web pages that are outdated or of critical nature. Please send any DATED or CRITICAL updates to Webteam@grcc.edu. (See instructions below)

If you have updates you would like incorporated into the new web please send those to Webteam@grcc.edu and we will place in order of receipt for updates. These may not be updated by January 1, 2011 but will be put into timeline and communicated to you.

We will be scheduling training for new updates in January and February (our goal is to have key leaders in your department trained by March 2011 so you can access and update your own pages.)

Photography is being scheduled for department web pages. If there is a specific need you have for photography please let us know and we will gather the requests to ensure we are organized and efficient with our photographer.

Instructions for updates:

Update critical / outdated information – please place CRITICAL in Subject line – send to webteam@grcc.edu
Photo request – please place PHOTO in Subject Line send to: webteam@grcc.edu
Content Update – please place UPDATE in Subject Line send to: webteam@grcc.edu
(Reminder: these are content updates that are not time sensitive or critical in nature)

Thank you again for your patience and assistance.

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GRCC Looking for Students to Photograph

As GRCC continues to build its library of students on campus to be used in promotional materials (like catalogs, brochures, billboards and posters), the Graphic Services department is building a list of students willing to be photographed.  Students of all ages and nationalities are needed, and the college is looking for students who represent the broad geographic region that that we serve.  Interested students can email Graphic Services with a photo of themselves and some basic information (where they’re from) at grccdesign@me.com

For more information, visit www.grcc.edu/photoshoot