Exciting Things Are Happening!
Welcome to the AGDA.
The Advertising & Graphic Design Association of NC is proud to open up membership and begin our journey towards uniting NC Community College Design Programs and building new and innovative opportunities for our students!
October 20: One Week Till the Fall Summit!
Join us 10/27 at Alamance CC for the 2023 Fall Summit!
If you havent already, please RSVP if you plan to attend.
Our keynote speaker this year is an Adobe Evangelist: Jesse Lubinsky. Jesse is an Education Evangelist for Adobe and has two decades of experience in the education space as an education technologist, teacher, and school administrator. He’s excited to talk to us about how Ai is transforming higher education.
NEW THIS YEAR – Adobe Certifications offered for FREE to anyone interested in staying after lunch. Please email Erik Perel (erik.perel@alamancecc.edu) for more information.
November 5, 2021: One Week Till the Fall Summit!
Join us (virtually) 11/12 at 9am for the 2021 Fall Summit!
October 1, 2021: Fall Summit Details Are Emerging!
Let’s kick off the school year 11/12 with the best Fall Summit yet!
February 23, 2021: It’s almost Symposinar Time!
The 2021 Spring Symposinar Dashboard Is Live & Awesome!
Want a sneak peak at the conference agenda, speaker information and more!? Or if it’s Friday and you’re trying to find the links to the workshops and sessions… search no further!
Check out the Symposinar Dashboard Here!
Remember all links in the dashboard will go live Friday morning as we kick off our spring conference!
January 2, 2021: Spring Webinar Is Almost Here!
Join us at the AGDA 2021 Spring Symposinar 2/26/21!
Our first-ever AGDA_NC spring conference is just weeks away! Our virtual conference is titleld Symposinar – Thinking Outside the Bounding Box, and we have 13 informationall sessions to choose from, led by your AGD peers!
Mark your calendars for Friday, February 26 from 9am-4pm and REGISTER HERE! by February 2 for a free swag-pack! We willl also feature give-aways leading up to the conference through our social media channels. Help spread the word!
To learn more about the conference, sessions and speakers…
November 11, 2020: It’s not too late!
There’s still time to join us at the fall summit, 11/13/20!
November 1, 2020: Keynote Speaker Announced
PARADIGM’s Sunny Su Announced as Fall Summit Keynote Speaker!
The AGDA is proud to announced that Sunny Su, of PARADIGM, has generously offered to serve as keynote presenter for our fall summit event Friday Nov. 13!
Sunny is an award-winning executive designer and creative director whose work has brought success and scale to both the earliest ventures and largest of enterprises. He founded Paradigm to take an active role in creating a stronger future for our global community.
Sunny is a Strategic design executive with 10+ years of experience collaborating with global brands: Adidas, Bosch, Coca-Cola, DARPA, Deutsche Bank, Duke University, IBM, Jacuzzi, LG, LinkedIn, Lowe’s, NC State University, SAS Institute, 100’s of startups & SMB’s, and notable accolades in Forbes, Business Insider, Product Hunt, Shark Tank, Now This, Tech Crunch, and more. He currently serves as a Principal at Paradigm.cx, on the Board of the Global Innovation Alliance, and as a Contributor at The Catalyst.
October 29, 2020: Survey
Help the AGDA! Fall Summit Pre-Event Survey Open
Please help us prepare for your Fall Summit and Spring Conference experiences by taking this brief survey. Results will be shared at the Fall Summit on November 13.
Friday, February 26, 2021: Presentation Opportunity
AGDA-NC Spring Conference: Call for Proposals
The AGDA_NC board invites you to submit a proposal to present during our inaugural AGDA-NC Spring Conference. This free one-day virtual event takes place Friday, February 26, 2021 from 8:45 am–4:00 pm.
A presentation session is a 30-minute session that can include one or multiple presenters. Each full 30-minute session is followed by a 15-minute Q&A period. Graphic Design submission topics can include (but are not limited to): AGD teaching, skill development (Adobe software, UX/UI, design research, design thinking, motion graphics), technology, classroom best practices, and educator professional development.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 29, 2020
SELECTED PRESENTERS WILL BE NOTIFIED NO LATER THAN: November 13, 2020
Friday, November 13, 2020 – Virtual Conference
AGDA-NC Fall Summit Dates Announced
Our 2020 AGDA_NC Fall Summit will take place on Friday, November 13 from 9 am–10:30 am and will be a virtual meeting. During this year’s Summit, the AGDA_NC Executive Committee will unveil our new branding and share updates/reports to the larger body. Look for a registration link during the first week of October, along with a pre-Summit survey. The Summit is free and all full-time and adjunct faculty members are encouraged to attend!
Friday, February 26, 2021 – Virtual Conference
AGDA-NC Spring Conference Is Going Virtual for 2021
Building Graphic Designers in a Brand New World
Our 2021 AGDA_NC Spring Conference will take place on Friday, February 26 from 8:45 am–4:00 pm and will be a virtual conference. Much like past years, we will have peer presentations relating to AGD along with a membership meeting to share important updates. This year, the Conference is free and all full-time and adjunct faculty members are encouraged to attend! Look for Call for Proposal information the first weeks of October. We hope you will consider presenting this year!
Join The AGDA-NC Today!
Free AGDA-NC Memberships Now Available!
Educators, students and industry friends, sign up for a complimentary Advertising & Graphic Design Association membership today. You’ll receive regular email updates, access to project archives, first notice on course refinements and surveys built to help build the AGD curriculum of the future! We’re excited about what’s in the works, and want you to get involved too! Sign Up Today!
NCCC Common Course Library Updates for AGD
Help Us Update and Refine the AGD Common Course Library!
Wake Tech’s Alison Consol has put together a short survey for Advertising & Graphic Design Faculty throughout the NC System to help us update the course descriptions in the Common Course Library we all use for our curriculum courses. We’re all in agreement that keeping AGD courses up to date is the only way to keep our students on the leading edge as designers in today’s job market. So please, take a moment and contribute to this labour of love! Check It Out!
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We hope you'll take advantage of this valuable resource and join our ranks. As an instructor in Advertising, Graphic Design, Photography, Illustration or Art, the AGDA can provide not only curriculum and project ideas, but also a community of like-minded souls seeking the best ways to help our students succeed in today's design field.