Diego Brito-Telles, MA Fulbright Scholar from El Salvador, received a 2012 summer internship at Lipincott Brand Strategy and Design. Congratulations, Diego!

Adina Feigenbaum accepted an internship position at G-d Cast at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. She will be working 1 week on site and 6 months after to complete work.

Studio G-DCAST is a unique arts residency that will bring 12 college or graduate students together for a week of animated storytelling. The residency will combine the artistic exchange of an open studio with traditional methods of Jewish study. Animators and storytellers work in chevrutas—study pairs—and collaboratively create one wildly imaginative art piece based on classic Jewish sources.

The five-day residency will include sessions with various experts who will lead master classes in animation and storytelling, Jewish texts, and museum studies. On the last day, we’ll invite the public to a works-in-progress screening featuring your work.

Studio G-DCAST will be an exciting opportunity to do collaborative, interpretive, rigorous creative work yielding a portfolio piece with high viewership--these films will be screened by our worldwide partners in classrooms, at festivals, and, of course, online. The residency will also provide professional development and mentorship for emerging animators, writers, poets, and singer/songwriters.

Studio G-DCAST will take place August 12th-17th at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in the heart of San Francisco.

Congratulations to the most recent graduates from the graduate program in Visual Communication Design, Nate Mucha, Gary Meacher, Amy Peck, Aimee Crane and Jason Goupil.

Amy Peck has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Lakeland Community College starting in the fall of 2012.

Gary Meacher, graduating in Spring 2012, accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri starting August 15, 2012. He will be the only full-time, design faculty there and will be responsible for curriculum development, student advising and committee service.

Nate Mucha has accepted a position as well, as an assistant professor at Grove City College.

Kent State triple jumper Penina Acayo wrapped up the indoor season for the Golden Flashes Saturday evening with her 11th place finish at the 2012 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Jacksons Indoor Track.

Check out Peni's athletic profile here

In an attempt to spice up the printing options for themselves and designers in the northeast Ohio region, two graduate students, Nate Mucha and Ian McCullough, have been spending a lot of time running their Chandler and Price platen press and hand pulling some screen prints at their company A Hot Mesh

A Hot Mesh is all about getting our hands dirty, whether it's providing students with an opportunity to explore alternative printing, or bringing a seasoned designer's piece to life one color at a time.

Check out their website at ahotmesh.com.