Students from Ryerson University’s School of Graphic Communications Management in Toronto earned a major award at the 8th Annual Phoenix Challenge held in Nashville, TN earlier this month. Fifty-three students from nine different colleges took part in the college competition with each team showcasing its problem-solving skills and knowledge of graphic arts and flexography by presenting their months-long projects in professional business presentations to a panel of seven experienced judges.
The annual competition requires students to develop, create and present a full-solution “road map” of research, design and printed/converted execution to a viable business-centric problem. The projects take form over an entire college semester and allow each student team to apply their business acumen, analysis, design creativity and knowledge of flexography. The competition concludes when each team presents its project during an all-day evaluation event. Winners are honoured the next day and presented with trophies and scholarships to aid in further pursuing a future in flexography.
Ryerson University students won the Award for Execution. The Ryerson team included Ian Baitz (Instructor), Elina Shafigullina, Vanessa Blum, Kim Sipkens, Dennis Soler, Darren Brandt and Daniel Langsford. The team from Clemson University won the Overall Winners Award, California’s Polytechnic State University won the Graphics & Concept Award and Central Missouri State University won the Research Award. We congratulate all of the winners and wish them success in their future careers.
Ryerson GCM students are winners at 2015 Phoenix Challenge
