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March 19, 2010
CSI holds logo competition
Indiana Wesleyan University’s first sustainability taskforce is holding a design competition open to students to create the organization’s logo.
The Creation Stewardship Initiative (CSI) is a new administrative taskforce that began this semester to implement a larger presence of environmentalism on campus.
CSI’s plan for the design competition is multi-purposed. Aside from creating a logo that will be used for print and online media, the competition is a way for IWU to learn about CSI’s purpose and involvement on campus. It also aims at giving the competitors professional design experience.
The competition format, designed by Project Manager of Campus Projects Megan Leder-Stephens and Professor Daniel Pocock, resembles the client-designer relationship that many graphic designers encounter in formal work settings.
According to Stephens, the students will go through a series of meetings outside of designing in order to give a more realistic idea of what work in the professional world will look like. Stephens believes that the competition will be “great experience for a resume.”
An informational meeting that was held on Nov. 2 in the commons was the first step. Step two is a series of feedback meetings with CSI representatives that are being held this week. The design submission deadline, Nov. 24, is the third step. CSI will then choose two to three of their favorite designs and require the designers to do a client presentation for the entire taskforce before choosing the winner.
The competition’s slogan is, “Let your imagination pay for your books!”
The winner of the competition will be awarded a $200 gift certificate for the Tree of Life Bookstore. Stephens explained that CSI felt that they should offer an award that benefited the student, and a bookstore gift certificate could help offset some the students’ school costs.
Jeremiah Ragsdale, (jr), is a computer graphics and media design double major participating in the competition. He explained that CSI’s logo competition is similar to work he would like to do for a design or advertising firm in the future.
“The main difference would be more time to develop the work and also more money,” said Ragsdale. He added that any amount helps these days with high book costs.
More than environmentalism, CSI is focused on taking care of all of God’s creation, or what the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) calls “creation care.” EEN explains that creation care is a Biblical set of principles that view God’s creation of humanity as equally important as His creation of nature and that they should be cared for together.
“As Christians we’re called to be good stewards of the resources we are given,” said Stephens. Stephens is one of six people who serve on the taskforce.
Vice President for Operations and Facilities Planning Brendan Bowen, Vice President and Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Darlene Bressler, Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Grace Miller, Director of Housing Melissa Sprock and Executive Vice President Dr. Todd Voss make up the rest of the taskforce.
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