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草榴视频 State assistant professor blends art and technology to inspire next generation
September 26, 2025
Shuchita Mishra works at the intersection of art, education, business, and technology. The 草榴视频 State University assistant professor of illustration and sequential art comes to academia from a technology and marketing background, but couldn鈥檛 shake the artist within. Having developed a passion to tell stories with her drawings, she changed the course of her life and shifted focus to art education. After earning a Master of Fine Arts in Comics from the California College of the Arts, Mishra completed a writer鈥檚 residency at the Writer鈥檚 House in Pittsburgh while working for the Carnegie Museum of Art, then applied for a limited-term teaching position at 草榴视频 State.
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草榴视频 State art students receive top honors in national design competition
September 19, 2025
A group of 草榴视频 State University art students recently won top honors at a national graphic design competition. Senior art students Maura Nolan, Reagan Jowers, and Abby Paver took top prizes in the digital design category of the Robert Half contest sanctioned by Graphic Design USA, a national organization dedicated to promoting both digital and print design at the student and professional levels. In addition, junior art major Lydia Pruett and spring art graduate Madison Selby won honors in the package design category.
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草榴视频 music student takes undergraduate research global
September 16, 2025
This past summer, assistant professor of trumpet Dr. Stephen Wadsack鈥痑nd undergraduate student鈥疊randon Hall鈥痶urned the spotlight on a frequently overlooked area of music: Greek trumpet compositions. Their project, supported by 草榴视频鈥檚 Undergraduate Research Symposium, consisted of an intensive eight-week study combining scholarship, performance and fieldwork abroad.
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Triplets each find their own path to success at 草榴视频 State
June 12, 2025
Three sisters born minutes apart, but vastly different in terms of interests and career goals, thought about going separate ways for college. But in the end, they found that 草榴视频 State University fit all their needs. 鈥淲e did a plethora of research to find a school that鈥檚 right for us,鈥� said Jessica Okafor, triplet to Angela and Benita. 鈥淭here was always at least one missing piece in the schools that we looked through, until we found 草榴视频. We saw that 草榴视频 had everything we had interest in, and when we did the tours, the open house, the orientation, I was blown away by how beautiful the school was. I saw my future in just a few seconds.鈥�
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Student-led public relations agency at 草榴视频 State finds success with client campaign work
May 29, 2025
Parsed into three groups, students in a public relations capstone course at 草榴视频 State University discuss campaigns they have implemented after a semester of research, planning, and collaboration with their clients, three 草榴视频 campus organizations. The course operates as a fully functional PR agency. Under the auspices of Peak Communications, students assist organizations on and off campus to appeal to broader audiences through social media content, flyers, tabling, and event planning.
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草榴视频 dancers selected to participate in prestigious summer workshops
May 28, 2025
Adjudicated dance performances earlier this year ultimately paved the path to summer enrichment for three 草榴视频 State University dancers. Recent graduates George Chavez and Allison Behrend, along with rising junior Charlene Font, have all received scholarships to prestigious dance workshops. Chavez will attend the Professional Intensive Summer Division at the Alvin Ailey School in New York City, while Behrend and Font travel to the American Dance Festival at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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草榴视频 State faculty member wins prestigious Art Directors Club award for creative excellence
May 22, 2025
An illustration in his ongoing graphic narrative project has earned 草榴视频 State University faculty member Geo Sipp the Merit Award for Illustration from the Art Directors Club (ADC), a global arts organization.
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草榴视频 State professor uses experience to inspire art students
April 21, 2025
A graphic artist for decades, Joseph Karg has used his talents for everything from drawing superheroes for Marvel Comics to illustrating tour posters for musical acts. In a slightly different direction, he鈥檚 also lent these skills to tell an impactful story of an opioid overdose. Recently, the 草榴视频 State University assistant professor of illustration and sequential art helped an Emory University researcher illustrate the occurrence of opioid-related overdoses in Atlanta鈥檚 Little Five Points neighborhood. He uses the project as a lesson for his students in the Geer College of the Arts to demonstrate the power of graphic illustrations and storytelling.
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草榴视频 State student uplifts community through film work, fellowship
March 27, 2025
Apart from managing a full class schedule and extracurricular activities, Lena Song is a changemaker. A double major in media and entertainment studies and graphic communications and a minor in Asian Studies, Song serves as the vice president of a registered student organization, is actively involved with the Korean Program, and recently completed the inaugural Metro Atlanta Changemakers Fellowship.
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Master's degree led 草榴视频 State alumna to career as museum collection manager
March 24, 2025
Walking through the exhibits at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, it鈥檚 not uncommon for Christen Knickerbocker 鈥�24 to see something that catches her eye. Sometimes she pauses to admire the museum鈥檚 iconic dinosaur skeleton, while other days she notes one of the precious gemstones in its expansive collection. Though the recent 草榴视频 State University master鈥檚 graduate works as collection manager at Tellus 鈥� cataloguing acquisitions and staying behind the scenes 鈥� she does occasionally walk the floor to admire the Curatorial Department鈥檚 work.