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Graduate Graphic Communications Management
Program Wins EDSF Excellence in Education Award

NEW YORK March 4, 2008—The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies’ M.A. in Graphic Communications Management and Technology program was awarded the 2008 Excellence in Education Award for Innovation in Higher Education from EDSF, the international non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and graphic communications marketplace.

The award was presented today to Bonnie Blake, the program’s academic director, at the EDSF Industry Leaders’ Luncheon held in Boston, during the AIIM International Exposition & Conference and the ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition.

Blake said, “I think our management program is being honored for its innovative curriculum, for the way our advisory board partners with the administration to keep us poised for future success, and because our students are becoming even greater leaders as they learn from top people in the industry.”

Given annually by EDSF, the Excellence in Education Awards honor worldwide academic institutions and professional organizations for their educational and innovative efforts relating to the document management and communications industry.  Recipients address industry issues, reflect state-of-the art technology and benefit the industry through their programs.

ABOUT THE GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE PROGRAM
Established in 1982, the M.A. in Graphic Communications Management and Technology is a 40-credit graduate program that educates students in the critical leadership skills specific to the field of graphic communications media.  Students build expertise in management practices, learn to manage resources effectively across media platforms, and gain a thorough understanding of the capabilities of current and emerging technologies that shape production, distribution, and delivery of media content.  The program is designed to prepare graduates for higher leadership positions in a complex, dynamic and global industry.

Its talented and career-focused students come from undergraduate programs in design, integrated marketing, journalism, print production and digital media.  They include younger recent graduates as well as middle and senior managers with years of relevant experience since completing their undergraduate work. 

The strongly active 50-member advisory board mentors students one-on-one, provides internships and employment, and raises significant additional scholarship funds with an annual awards event, the PRISM luncheon. Members of the advisory board—all of whom are leading practitioners and executives in the field—actually teach many of the courses, bringing into the classroom real-life case studies and situations that they themselves have experienced, and attracting interesting and well-known guest lecturers from their wide industry connections.

Academic program director Bonnie Blake, who also teaches in the program, believes in “ knowing my students” and carefully guiding them throughout their educational experience at NYU-SCPS.  “ I interview each candidate several times before acceptance, and advise all students personally each semester,” she says. Blake also serves as the coordinating chair of NYU-SCPS’s Division of Media Industry Studies and Design which includes, in addition to the M.A. in Graphic Communications Management and Technology, the M.S. in Publishing and the M.S. in Digital Imaging and Design programs, and continuing education programs in publishing, design, digital arts, and film.  Students are encouraged to explore by taking courses across programs.

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