Graphic design students and faculty gathered in the Communications Building to award some of the hard-working, dedicated students from this past year.

The Graphic Design and Multimedia Department held its year-end scholarship awards show where it presented 12 awards along with two Overall Body of Work Awards on May 12 at 3 p.m.

The Overall Body of Work Award was given to two students who not only showcased great skills, but went above and beyond within graphic design: Diego Buller for Editorial Design and Alon Weinberg for Poster Design. Students who earned a Body of Work award also received a $500 monetary prize. Alon Weinberg, 26-year-old graphic design major, was honored to be one of the recipients of the Overall Body of Work award.

“I honestly was pretty shocked because I was the last person to get called, so I was like, ‘okay this isn’t happening’ and then they called my name and I was really excited,” said Weinberg.

Weinberg’s piece was financial wellness as part of the Year of Wellness, he said.

“My idea was to have a bloated credit card on this guy’s back and he’s sad and the credit card is really happy,” said Weinberg. “So it’s just showing the burden of debt.”

Other award recipients included:

• Dean Loock – Editorial Design
• Shanna Loveman – Logo Design
• Austin Meros – Logo Design
• Shelby Schulz – Digital Illustration
• Ellen Terando – Digital Illustration
• Jonathan Chouy – Digital Illustration
• Jayce Hawblitzel – Digital Illustration
• Zoe Miller – Digital Illustration
• Jorge Guiza – Poster Design
• Luke Chayo – Time-Based Design
• Adriann Santee – Time-Based Design
• Katherine Baraghimian – Time-Based Design

Susan Gardner, graphic design faculty, said that the Graphic Design and Multimedia Scholarship Awards Show marks one of her most memorable moments of the spring 2016 semester.

“I think today, hearing that the students liked it that we were tough on them, was really wonderful because we are always worried about that,” said Gardner.

Gardner, along with the graphic design faculty, was pleased at the number of entries in this year’s scholarship awards show.

“We are so surprised that we had 70 entries this year and last year we had 40,” said Gardner. “So is it the interest in the program or is it the care to the money? I don’t know. This was a big deal.”