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Students travel to advertising summit

Eagle Staff

CSC students attended the annual American Advertising Federation Student Summit in Rapid City, S.D., at the Dahl Art Center Tuesday. The conference started at 9 a.m. with registration and soon continued with the opportunity for students attending to get their resume and portfolios viewed by professionals.

For students without portfolios the Student Summit provided a Social Media Panel Session made up of four professionals that deal with social media on a daily basis.

Sam Parker, 21, senior of Harrison, talks about The Big Event during the American Advertising Federation, Tuesday in Rapid City, S.D. —Photo by Cheyenne Deering
Sam Parker, 21, senior of Harrison, talks about The Big Event during the American Advertising Federation, Tuesday in Rapid City, S.D. —Photo by Cheyenne Deering

Then the conference made the shift to four roundtable discussions covering different tricks of the trade, from graphic design stereotypes to gender bias in the work place.

After lunch, Sam Parker, 21, senior of Harrison, and Justy Bullington, 21, junior of Mullen, presented their experiences advertising for The Big Event.

The keynote speaker, Rebecca Bedrossian, former editor of Communication Arts magazine and current member of the creative services department at Shutterfly, Inc. talked about the empowerment of woman in the workforce and being able to do what you want to do and still balance your life. After Bedrossian’s presentation Simpsons Printing and Black Hills Corporation (in-house marketing) offered industry tours.