CPCC Students win big at PICA Awards

last modified Mar 13, 2009 08:06 AM

Central Piedmont Community College’s (CPCC) Harper National Flexographic Center, located on the Harper Campus, is pleased to announce that its Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology + Flexography (GAIT) students recently won 17 PICA (Printing Industry of the Carolinas) Awards. Since its inception in 1966, the PICA Award has served as the premier symbol of excellence for the graphics industry in the Carolinas.

The College’s GAIT students won four Best of Category awards, seven Special Judges Awards and four Awards of Excellence in the following categories of print: flexography, offset and screen printing.

“I am very impressed with our number of awards from this year’s entries; this is a great increase over our awards last year,” said Stephen Gerhardt, Harper National Flexographic Center coordinator. “Our students and instructors have worked hard to improve the standard of our lab printing.”

“I am pleased that the students are being recognized for their hard work and attention,” added Zachery Blackburn, CPCC’s GAIT instructor. “I couldn’t be more proud.”

The award winners include CPCC students Reggie McCormick, Zach Onstot, Jason Reid, Brett Garrett, Phony Nguyen, Cynthia Feeney and Larry Drain.

For more information about the PICA Awards won by CPCC students or CPCC’s Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology program, please contact Gareth Burns at 704.330.4425 or gareth.burns@cpcc.edu, or Stephen Gerhardt at 704.330.4411 or stephen.gerhardt@cpcc.edu.

Central Piedmont Community College is the largest community college in North Carolina, offering close to 300 degree and certification programs, customized corporate training, market-focused continuing education, and special interest classes. CPCC is academically, financially and geographically accessible to all citizens of Mecklenburg County. In 2002, the National Alliance of Business named CPCC the Community College of the Year for its response to the workforce and technology needs of local employers and job seekers through innovative educational and training strategies.

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This release prepared by Stephen Gerhardt, 704.330.4411. An archive of CPCC news releases is at http://www.cpcc.edu/college-news.