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CHEN RECEIVES SU / SND 2003 'DESIGNER OF YEAR' HONOR
(JENNIFER DOOP is the Designer of the Year for 2005. Watch this page for information about this talented student.)
Caroline Chen, a graduate student in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at SU, was named SU / SND News Designer of the Year for 2003. The announcement was made at the School’s Awards Ceremony April 29, 2003.
Chen, a member of the SU / SND affiliate, took the News Design class the Spring semester, 2003, as well as assisted with the SND annual international competition in February 2003.
She was a teaching assistant in graphics labs during her graduate work and a photography intern at The Post-Standard, the Syracuse, N.Y. daily newspaper.
“Miss Chen is an all-round student with many talents,” says C. Marshall Matlock, faculty adviser to the SU / SND affiliate. “She has done an outstanding job in all classes and activities showing both design and leadership talents,” Matlock says.
The award was established with a grant from the Society for News Design several years ago as a “thank you” for the work the School does in hosting the annual international competition. The 2003 judging marked the School’s 15th year of co-sponsoring the event at the university.
“We have been able to award several hundred dollars each year to an outstanding news design student,” Matlock says. The award can go to an undergraduate or graduate student who has “shown outstanding achievements in news design,” he says. It is not limited to one student a year but that is normally the way it works out, he says.
The School’s Dean, David Rubin, presented the award at a ceremony attended by several hundred students, faculty and staff. A reception followed to honor all award winners for the academic year.
Chen was a photo lab manager while a graduate student giving her excellent experience working with others, Matlock says. Her teaching assistant experience in graphic labs helped her continue her design skills. Several faculty members recommended her, he says, proving she shows talents in many areas, not just design.
She received an undergraduate degree in Magazine from the Newhouse School in May 2002. She will have a master’s degree in Photography when she graduates by the end of 2003.
Any Newhouse student is eligible to be nominated for the award. Deadline for nominations and supporting information is early April with the winner announced in late April at the School’s annual Awards Ceremony.
TWO PAGES done by Caroline Chen and student Jenny Dean in their News Design course. The assignment was to design a front page and inside double-truck with a human interest focus on Iraq.
