ASU is located in Jonesboro, a growing city of 50,000 in the northeast corner of Arkansas. Networking is the process of establishing and maintaining relationships with professionals. All ASU students are invited to participate in various networking opportunities. Students tour several regional printing and publishing businesses each semester. Guest speakers are invited to discuss current industry related topics at Gravure Day and other presentations sponsored by the Printing Management Program.
Students attend conventions and conferences sponsored by the industries professional organizations.
As a result of networking, ASU's Printing Management Program has received donations from the printing industry in the past several years. ASU's Printing Management Program is supplemented with support from an Advisory Board. Members of the Advisory Board are professionals who represent the array of occupations in the graphic communications industry. Among those types of firms represented are commercial, offset, gravure and quick printers as well as paper and ink manufacturers. The Advisory Board meets each fall and spring semester for a two-day conference.