The unOfficial BS Guide

Hi all,
This is Ruth Sauvageau writing, the new intern for the Bachelor of Science Visualization and Advertising Department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I am very grateful for this opportunity and excited to be your event planner! . . .Make sure to check your email in the coming days as all enrolled students in both the BSV and ADV programs will be receiving invitations to the department’s annual Freshman meet and greet.

The first BSV/ADV town hall meeting has come and gone, along with that, some important information has been shared with the community.. The fallowing is a recap of the event.. take it as you wish.

It was noted that Ben Kjos, SAC (Student Advisory Council) representative for the department will be concluding his term this December, the program is sad to see him leave as he has been the voice of our community for the past year. The Student Advisory Council meets every Wednesday, holding public meetings every other week. If anyone is interested in taking over Mr. Kjos' position as part of the student government beginning this spring semester please contact him or Kristin Anhorn for more information.

There was a revelation of exciting news at the Town hall gathering this past week. Jerry Allan, Prez of the BSV/ADV department informed us that the program is going to be joining forces with GreenTeam of New York City. The environmentally conscious agency will be collaborating with MCAD to develop an in-house student agency. The class will be cataloged as ‘Integrated Marketing’ and is planned to focus the majority of its attention to the collaboration of individual creative specialties and environmentally considerate solutions to a real-world problem.
There was also mention of a full time In-house agency to be constructed similar to the already established DesignWorks of MCAD. This agency would act as a third branch of GreenTeam, the other two located in New York and Australia. The difference however would be the clientele, as the MCAD branch would only cater to non-profit organizations.

The agency will be hiring a Project Manager position open to BS Viz graduates begining in the fall of 2010.

During the meeting Jerry gave a brief statement sharing his excitement for the MIMA student council. He explained how the President of the Association is placed within the department along with former president Matt Wilson. MIMA events are often recognized to be very accommodating to MCAD students in the past. MIMA events offer interesting presentations with exciting discussions afterwards. Oh, and I heard they cater the events too.. might want to check em’ out. Student memberships are free, visit www.mima.org

Nikki Crozier, Katie Bode, and Megan Baxter presented the beginning stages of the anticipated Spring 2010 opening of the Advertising student and alumni gallery exhibit. Early details of the show consisted of the experience becoming more than a curated gallery show, but also incorporating events such as portfolio reviews and mini-conferences.

The group informed us that they will be collecting process work for the show, a drop box is located near the advertising studios on the second floor of the main campus building. Comments for the show should be directed to the project coordinators.
nikki_crozier@mcad.edu
megan_baxter@mcad.edu
katie_bode@mcad.edu

A sign-up sheet for internship lectures was passed around throughout the crowds at the town hall meeting. Anyone who has completed an internship in the past few months is encouraged to provide a brief synopsis at an upcoming town hall gathering…

feeww, this got to be a long post . . .
Until next time. .

Take care,
Ruthie