Our development office recently threw a party for The Founders Club members that include ice cream social and a special Carillon performance. The event turned out great, the weather cooperated though it was a little breezy. For the envelopes, I chose French Paper Pop-Tone Spearmint and for the invitation and RSVP card, Pop-Tone Whip Cream, both of which make a yummy combo for an ice-cream social.
The 2013 Public Affairs Conference “Inclusive Excellence” has come and gone. Our office helps with producing several of the printed materials including a brochure, table tents, newspaper ads, signage, name tags, and a program.
The updated Symphony and Strings Studies brochure highlights the degree options, performance opportunities and professors in the music department in the area of strings and orchestra studies. Aimee Pong, our student designer, updated the brochure using elements from previous design which match the other recruitment brochures in the music department series.
The Great Plains Fire Science Exchange strengthens the links between science and management in the areas of fire science and fire ecology. Missouri State biology department is one of the partners in the exchange and hosted the website which disseminate the information about the program. Aimee Pong, our student designer, designed the brochure.
Showcase is a campus visit event hosted by Admissions which happens over a weekend in the fall and spring semester. Last year, we revamped the event so all the signage and handouts are coordinated with the invitation. This year’s update was relatively easy. The handouts are all in BW so Admissions can make quick prints as necessary. They are all printed on the showcase stationery.
This is an update from last year’s similar postcard. Using google tracking, we were able to gather information on the website traffic and the effectiveness of the postcard. As the result, we tweaked the design to include more description on each professor featured on this postcard as well as more engaging photos of the professors. The QR code on the back will take reader to the mobile version of the website.
The Media, Journalism and Film website recently went through the Academic Website Project and is finally live. Below is a post by Sara Clark, director of web and new media about the project (copied from Web and New Media blog):
Media, journalism and film website showcases student work and opportunities
The media, journalism and film website was redesigned as part of the Academic Website Project, which strives to enhance academic websites for use in recruitment efforts.
Key features of the newly designed website include the following:
Several university relations offices assisted in developing this site:
Here are the latest updates to the Publications writing and editing guide.
Web addresses
Best practices:
• In print, start all website addresses with www as opposed to http:// — for instance: www.missouristate.edu, NOT http://www.missouristate.edu
• Websites should be treated in italics to stand out against other text and represent a call to action. If italics is not available, use bold.
• Websites should not be written in sentences if possible. Make them stand out and don’t force them to have a period after them. For example, change “You can learn more at our website, www.website.com.” to this shorter, more glance-box style: “Learn more: www.website.com“ This form also allows designers to pull out the websites in text as a glance box or visual element.
Preferred spelling, capitalization and usage
BearPass (with BearPass card or BearPass log-in) — One word, B and P capitalized.
The Standard — The student-run newspaper of Missouri State. Capitalize the “T.”
phone numbers — Use dashes, not periods. Correct style: 417-836-4142 or 800-000-0000
student-athlete — Hyphenated
At the beginning of February I had the privilege of hosting Chance Schisler, a Cherokee middle school student who is interested in graphic design. Cherokee offers a program to 8th grade students allowing them to spend half a day shadowing a professional in a career of interest.
Chance and I spent time discussing graphic design, his specific interests with design as well as what being a designer at Missouri State entails. He watched software tutorials then put what he learned to use by creating an album cover and personal insignia. You can see his work below. Chance learned exceptionally fast and was eager to do more.
I feel confident that Chance took home valuable information and experience. What a great opportunity Cherokee is giving there students to explore careers and make connections. So glad Chance chose to share his experience here at Missouri State.
The spring issue of Missouri State magazine is available in print and online. Among the features in this issue are:
We hope you enjoy staying connected with MSU with this issue of the magazine.