MORRIS COUNTY — The Morris County Board of Freeholders has issued a resolution to County College of Morris Professor Kathleen McNeil in recognition of her years fostering the talents of young designers as the faculty advisor of the award-winning student literary magazine The Promethean.
Additionally, the freeholders awarded county certificates of congratulations to four student designers who produced the 2017-18 edition of The Promethean, selected by Graphic Design:USA as a winner in its American Inhouse Design Awards contest.
The competition pits the student publication against 5,000 entries submitted by professional designers from around the world. The award continues a decade-long streak of national recognition for the magazine, garnering numerous awards from Graphic Design:USA.
The awards are considered a barometer of success in the graphics design and advertising fields. Student recipients were:
- Emily Ambrosi of Denville, student designer and cover photographer/illustrator
- Margaret Koenig of Mount Olive, student designer,
- Dhrupa Patel of Parsippany, student designer
- Matthew Wotasek of Hackettstown, student designer
Among those present for the awards were CCM President Anthony Iacono and trustees Joseph Weisberg, Jeffrey M. Advokat, Thomas Pepe and Paul Licitra.
Professor McNeil developed a unique course curriculum for production of The Promethean to immerse CCM students in design development and professional practices not commonly taught in classrooms.
In addition, to serving as advisor for the magazine, she teaches design courses at both CCM and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The American Graphic Design Awards is the largest showcase for original work created by graphic designers. This is the 13th year in a row that the Promethean has received an American Graphic Design award from GraphicDesign:USA.
