More faculty presentations!
Kate Lockwood,
This lady joked about still being in graduate school at 30 years old!
Try Undergrad at 37! Shes a programmer from Chicago, has a BSE in Computer Enginering, a Masters in the School of Information Tech and a PHD from Northwestern.
She got into it early on when she realized what really cool things she could do in science with computers rather than with the biology she was studying.
She stumbled into computer science. Reccomends being open to collaboration with people from other disciplines because it worked for her, helping her career advance.
She wrote her dissertation on artificial intelligence, specifically spatial reasoning, which related to cognitive psycology.
I could see we have to train robots to interact with thenvironm,ent, respond real time to complex shapes and conditions. So like so much industrrial design we look to nature and our own minds to map the tools for spatial cognition.
She did something with human and computer interaction that was sketched based, cool! like draw doodles to instruct the computer? or like sketch in characters like on a palm pilot?
She teaches CST 104 and CST 337, interdisclipinary collaboration - not isolated
She says the U.S labor department has projected job growth through 2016 and it looks like their are going to be plenty of jobs in programming.
Next Up: Kevin Cahill
Teaching college for 26 years! hes an accomplished visual artist with a BA in visual communications from CSU Chico and an MFA in design from Cranbrook academy of art.
He's a web designer now. Graphic designer since college, interests photography, facemasks, chairs, deign, industrial desing, mid century art, archit3ecture, 50's houses, typography, found art, built in.
Best Capstone: preparing website for visually impaired. he taught us about Google analytics, it can show you everyone whos come to your site.
Google wave?
Folllow your passions, work hard and play often, Take A Nutrition Class!
Listen to NPR, explore the area, think outside the box.
He's won national awards in typography and publication design.
Then came Bobbi Long!
The logo lady. Shes been here 8 years. Shes into visual design, typography and identity packages. She explained how an ITCD in visual design offers a Bachelors of Science, with an emphasison technology, rather than a BA in art.
It's a sciency, techy art degree.
Trade-off: being an in-house designer for a small company will allow more freedom and variety while designing for a big company will allow bigger projects.
She showed many examples of graphic design.
Then Erik Clinger our student advisor came back to speak. We are to set up a meeting with him in the next few weeks to set out out individual learning plans.
He told us how to set up the appointment, how to prepare and what to expect.
That was about it for the day and I think by now we must have met everybody in the department.
Very well thought out.
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