Ryerson's GCM students are taking home the prestigious Grand Prize Helmut Kipphan Cup from this year's 62nd Annual TAGA Conference. This is the second time Ryerson has won this prestigious award. The cup is awarded following a competition among TAGA student chapters from various international universities.
TAGA, the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts, held its Annual Technical Conference in San Diego from March 14-17. This year, Ryerson's TAGA chapter (ryeTAGA) sent twelve students to the conference. The group won the prized Kipphan Cup for Top Overall Student Research Publication. The winning 160-page publication contains five Ryerson student research papers, many written by students as part of the third-year GRA 634 Printing Processes course. To read the 2010 ryeTAGA publication, visit the website: www.ryetaga.com.
The technical production of the book was completed outside of class time by the Ryerson student team using GCM lab equipment with the assistance of faculty members and technician Peter Roehrig. Faculty advisor Martin Habekost and faculty member Jason Lisi accompanied the GCM students in San Diego, and both presented at the TAGA conference as well.
The team's work was made possible this year by a variety of industry sponsors such as Lowe-Martin, IAPHC, Webcom, Fujifilm, York Bindery and Imation. Support from Ryerson was provided by the Project Funding Allocations for Students (P-FACS), the Faculty of Communication & Design and the School of GCM.
Congratulations GCM and ryeTAGA on your success!
