Our thanks to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni who teamed up this year to work on design projects for seven regional non-profits via the 2024 Designathon. This year's edition, held Saturday, was just the most recent in an annual event held by the College's AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Student Chapter. From posters and logos to web design and brochures, the seven teams worked on projects for The Common Wheel, Covenant United Methodist Church, Elizabethtown Fire Department, St. Luke's United Church of Christ, Lancaster STEM, the League of Women Voters, and Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development.
Students and alumni signed up to take part on teams included Aiyana Alvarado '25, Graphic Design; Renee Althouse '26, Graphic Design; Logan Byer, Design Thinking; Rachael L. Clough '24, Graphic Design; Coby Correll '25, Graphic Design; Lenny Dickson '24, Graphic Design; Matthew Dornan '25, Graphic Design; Ryan Gano '26, Graphic Design; Cleo Kendrick '24, Graphic Design; Olivia Kenny '23, Illustration; Alisdair Mackenzie '24, Graphic Design; Ryan Makowski '24, Graphic Design; Sophia Phillips '24, Graphic Design; Maddie Reynolds '25, Graphic Design; Emma Ries '26, Graphic Design; Alyssa Rulli '24, Graphic Design; Bailey Stechman '25, Graphic Design; Jas Stokes '23, Illustration; Austin Taylor '24, Graphic Design; Shalin Thomas '26, Graphic Design; Paige Alana Bowermaster ‘23, Graphic Design; Taj Younger '25, Illustration; Maddie Lyash ‘21, Graphic Design; Pam Barby; Bill Dussinger; Melissa Ries; Rieko Chacey; and Maria Hostetter.
And special thanks to the faculty and alumni who served as team leaders, guiding those new branding elements to life!