A Practicum in Graphic Design

Hello, and welcome to my Empire State College internship blog, which will be written for a course I am currently doing called Digital Storytelling. If you are a student, part of the faculty, staff, or a prospective student of the college, you might be interested in reading this. Future employers and, of course, anyone with a curiosity might find it enjoyable, too. I will be telling personal stories from my time as an intern at the college, in a sort of documentary style. I will also try to get some pictures of where I go, and maybe even some shots of what I work on.

I am currently in the process of doing the internship right now, and will be for the remainder of the fall 2009 term (September 14 to December 23). The plan is to go for 10 hours each week, with the hours split into 2 days. I will also be earning 4 course credits for it upon its completion. The official name for it is Practicum in Graphic Design.

So, yes, I am also an undergraduate student at the same college. I have been told that I am the first student there to have an in-house internship, and I feel very lucky to have such an opportunity. I have no doubt that it will help me prepare for the work that I am interested in doing after college.

When setting up this blog, I made it somewhat match the other blog I have (which serves as a virtual gallery for my artwork). This includes template, colors, layout, and various settings.

This blog will, hopefully, give readers an interesting glimpse into this part of my life. If not, I know that I will personally enjoy looking back on it in the years to come. It will be a good reminder of what I did during my time at college.

The internship is split into two sections, meaning that I will be in one place for the first half of the fall term and in another for the second half (give or take). So far, during the first half, I have been working for one of the college's only designers, Gael Fischer. She designs all of the publications, and everything she does gets printed in the college's very own print shop. This includes advertisements, posters, booklets, pamphlets, brochures, and more. I help out with any editing or designing that she wants me to do.

For the second part, I will be going over to work in the aforementioned print shop. Gael's office and the print shop are in two separate college buildings, and both are located in Saratoga Springs, NY. At the shop, they print what Gael sends them and the publications are then sent all over the world. So, if you have ever received a brochure or anything similar from Empire State College, that is how and where it was made!