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SUMO-BOT COMPETITION T-SHIRT COMPETITION WINNER

The SUMOBOT competition is a battling robot competition sponsored each year by Gateway Technical College and held in the main bay at the SC Johnson iMET center. This event brings in hundreds of middle and high school students from all over the three-county GATEWAY district. Many volunteers from within as well as outside of Gateway help to. make the event a memorable one that the students look forward to each year.

One of the most coveted pieces of swag among the students and the sumobot community at large is the SUMO-BOT T-shirt.

The upcoming Sumo-bot Competition T-shirt was designed by Angela Christenson in Jodi Heisz’s Computer Illustration class.

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GTC STUDENT HANDBOOK COVER DESIGN…

Gateway Technical College, and the Graphic Design Department are proud to announce that Graphic Design Student Anthony Antreassian had his design selected to be the student handbook cover for 2025/2026 school year.

Anthony’s winning design was generated in Ms. Jodi Heiz’s class, and was selected by the GTC Marketing Department’s Handbook team.

Anthony received a scholarship for his winning design.

Students can look forward to seeing Anthony’s design on the handbook beginning in the FALL semester at your campus libraries , bookstores, and commons.

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Student Design Show 2025 Identity has been selected

Students in the fall sections of the ADVANCED CLASSES submitted their 2025 GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT-WIDE STUDENT DESIGN SHOW design submissions way back in October and November of 2024.

Members of GTC’s Administration team have helped us each year in the selection of the Show Identity and Direction… and this year’s show identity has been selected.

The DESIGN SHOW has been scheduled to run from May 11 through the 18th, in the Bay Area of the S.C.Johnson iMET CENTER in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
A gala AWARDS RECEPTION PARTY is scheduled for May 15th, with MUSIC, hors d’oeuvres, open labs, and of course the awarding of our panel selected show category winners.

The DESIGN SELECTED for this year’s design show (the item that received the most ordinal vote points) by the participating administrators was:

Jaden Hinds’ submission that captured color and a metaphor for creativity was selected for the 2025 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW Identity by the voting Administrative staff at GTC.

Cole Garland’s colorful and ‘illuminating’ submission was an extremely close second place entry— only 4 ordinal points separated the first and second place entries.

Jennifer Maldonado’s submission was a close third place. The analogous/ monochrome retro-feel poster illustration capture the idea of “doing.”

Bianca Leach’s planetary paint media emulation was tied for fourth place
Matthew Wilson’s retro “3D glasses” piece was tied for fourth place.

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LINK to the ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION FORM for the 2025 GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT-WIDE STUDENT DESIGN SHOW

Please read the 2025 rules for submission statement sheet before submitting work.

We are calling for submissions to the 2025 Edition of the STUDENT DESIGN SHOW, to be held May 15, 2025 ay the S.C. JOHNSON iMET CENTER (in Sturtevant Wisconsin).

…get your work out there and seen!


Students must submit the following work:

  1. A properly prepared Mounted Work (on presentation board, black board, or black foam core) for hanging in the SHOW EXHIBIT SPACE
    as well as
  2. A digital image submitted for use in this website and for Judging.
    (PLEASE see the Submission rules for details, JPG image size, etc).

    Submitting both items is necessary to have your work appear in the show.

    STUDENTS MUST utilize their GTC email addresses to submit the digital portion of the work for the 2025 Student Design Show. [The form will filter non GTC email addresses.]

[link to the work Submission form is below]
https://forms.gle/rFcNc1wfZFVTdaY86

BE SURE TO READ and FOLLOW the submission rules for this year’s show!

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The 2025 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW SUBMISSION RULES:

This is a link to the FULL PDF DOCUMENT [downloadable as well as embedded] containing the submission rules for students who wish to submit work for the 2025 Student Design Show. Please read and follow the guidelines for work submission. If you have ANY questions, please ask your instructors!

This is a link to the FULL PDF DOCUMENT [downloadable as well as embedded] containing the submission rules for students who wish to submit work for the 2025 Student Design Show. Please read and follow the guidelines for work submission. If you have ANY questions, please ask your instructors!

2025-SDS-SUBMISSION_RULESDownload

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SHOW RECEPTION PHOTOS

ELKHORN CAMPUS
April 18, 2024, 5:00pm – 8:00pm

SLIDESHOW

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  • The Gebel Girls Perform
  • Catering by Cup O Joe
  • Catering by Cup O Joe
  • 2nd Year Students Business Cards
  • This Year’s HM Awards
  • This Year’s BOS Awards

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above images courtesy of Sherry Bubel

Do you have images or movies from the 2024 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW you would like to share with everyone? If so, please contact the Graphic Design Department members directly.

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CONGRATS to GTC ALUM JASON HEDMAN!

Works by local artist (and GTC Alum) Jason Hedman were on display through March 30 at Kenosha Creative Space, 624 57th St.

Jason Hedman, a lifelong Kenoshan, has been a creator in many different avenues through life. With past dabbling in writing and music, visual art has always been the medium Hedman has embraced time and time again.

In the past few years, Hedman has become well-known throughout the community as an up-and-coming artist. Hedman’s style is always evolving, but tends to reflect his interest in history, society, and pop culture.

Some of his well-known pieces have incorporated other popular icons in new and different ways. Much of his art represents his own anti-authoritarian nature which he has finally found a safe (and legal) path to cast his interests.

This past winter, Hedman has experimented with collage art – mixed media with acrylics on canvas. This style shift is partly in response to the growing trend of artificial intelligence. With an interest in history, Hedman dove into collecting a large supply of newspapers and magazines dating back almost 100 years.

Check out Jason’s FACEBOOK PAGE , INSTAGRAM, and LINKED-IN Profile.

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GTC Graphic Design ranks with the nation’s TOP DESIGN PROGRAMS

Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for online degree rankings and higher education planning has announced the top 50 Best Graphic Design Degree Programs for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

In 2021 Gateway Technical College moved up to a ranking of #2 (99.15/100) for students with prior credits, and to #1 in online Technical College Graphics!

Intelligent.com stated that any student that taking one of the ranked programs will give the students much quicker access to employment. With the job market growing in the Graphics field and the accessibility and cost for students is why intelligent.com did this research.