Ten students in the Graphic Design Department at Alamance Community College competed at the SkillsUSA NC State Leadership & Skills Conference in Greensboro on April 10.

 

Six students earned ribbons in the competitions as follows:

  • Carmen Clippinger: 1st place in T-shirt Design
  • Spencer Stewart: 1st place Pin Design
  • Makenzie Odle: 3rd place Pin Design
  • Gwendolyn Strong: 4th place in T-shirt Design
  • Dakota Arehart: 5th place in Advertising Design
  • Taylor Lee: 5th place Pin Design

 

Carmen Clippinger

Pictured is Carmen Clippinger with her first place-winning T-shirt Design.

 

Spencer Stewart

Pictured is Spencer Stewart who won first place in Pin Design.

 

In addition to winning their respective competitions, Clippinger and Stewart qualified for the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference to be held in Atlanta, June 23-28. Both Clippinger’s and Stewards winning entries will be produced as the official designs for the NC SkillsUSA state delegation in Atlanta.

 

SkillsUSA design contests are not part of ACC’s Graphic Design department’s curriculum. Students choose to participate on an extracurricular basis. While department instructors provide their advice and guidance, all designs, displays and presentations are completed by students on their own time.

 

“This is our department's fourth year competing in the state competition and the third time it has won at least one statewide contest,” said Erik Perel, Graphic Design Department Head and instructor.