Since 1993, the Graphic Communications department has hosted an annual Summer Camp for rising high school juniors and seniors. Roughly 25 selected campers come from all over the East Coast to spend a week learning about all aspects of the Graphics program. Students are given an image assembly project that, when completed, they print on the offset duplicators to create personalized, two-color notepads. They are given a flexography demonstration from plate making to the finished product. The campers learn how to manipulate digital photographs of themselves in the Adobe Photoshop software program and learn layout techniques in the Quark XPress software program.
Students also design their own t-shirt, which they get to screen print.
Finally, students are instructed on the basics of web page design. At night, the campers are encouraged to take advantage of campus facilities such as our Braves Den Student Center and the Jesse Helms Gymnasium with its pool, weight room, and basketball court. Activities such as volleyball games and cook-outs are planned by the camp staff after daily instructional sessions are over. After the tour, the group travels to Kings Dominion amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, or Busch Gardens amusement park in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Graphics Department staff facilitates the camp, as well as student interns.