Training and Education

JOHN PHILLIPS may never enjoy freedom again. As an inmate at the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Moundsville, WV, the 41-year-old is serving a long sentence that may very well keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. But that hasn’t stopped him, and about 40 fellow inmates, from participating in the prison’s PrintED-accredited graphic communications training program run by the West Virginia Department of Education. The program includes men from age 18 to some in their 60s and 70s.

The Label Printing Industries of America (LPIA) is pleased to announce the appointment of new officers to the LPIA Board of Directors for 2009–2010. Serving as chairman of the board is Randy Hicks, vice president of operations, WS Packaging Group/SenecaSalem in Franklin, PA. Serving as vice chairman is Bernie Lacy, vice president, Litho Press Inc. in Indianapolis. The secretary/treasurer position will be held by Louis Iovoli, vice president of sales and marketing, Hammer Packaging Corporation, Rochester, NY. William J. Hickey, III will serve as the immediate past chairman. Bill is the president & CEO of Smyth Companies in Minneapolis.

Printing Impressions magazine and Ethical Markets Media join the growing list of sponsors for Cal Poly's 2nd Annual The Business of Green Media sustainability conference to be held on January 22, 2009. The conference is produced by SustainCommWorld and hosted by Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Institute.

Graphic of the Americas (GOA) 2009 in Miami Beach is the place to be for art directors, creative and prepress professionals from Feb. 26 to 28, 2009. The Printing Association of Florida (PAF), GOA host, is partnering with Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI) to offer a state-of-the-art series of educational conferences and tutorials developed specifically for art directors, creative and prepress professionals. Aquent is the world's leading design staffing agency and provider of training, consulting, and support services.

The Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF®) is pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, a prison inmate has been awarded a PrintED® certification. John Phillips, 41, an inmate at the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Moundsville, WV received a certification in Offset Press Operations after passing an online standardized PrintED examination.

RESTON, VA—November 13, 2008—Shelly Manley, a copy editor at a New Jersey design firm, was named the lucky winner of the Designer's Dream Office Giveaway at GRAPH EXPO® 2008.

HURST, TX—Nov. 11, 2008—A new report from EDSF, the international, non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and graphic communications industries, investigates color preferences in Web design within a diverse sample population. Results from this research found that among the over 200 participants, in excess of one third of the group preferred a white Web site background with black text. The report, titled "Color Preferences in Web Design," is available now as a free download at www.edsf.org.

CHICAGO—11/10/08—Dr. Jerry J. Waite, president of the Accrediting Council for Collegiate Graphic Communications, Inc., presented Rick Clendenning, President & CEO, INX International Ink Co. with a plaque acknowledging that INX had become an ACCGC Sustaining Corporate Affiliate this past year.

Printing Impressions' Digital Printing and Workflow News for November 2008

RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ—October 22, 2008—Agfa Graphics announced today that Tom Saggiomo, president and CEO, will be giving the keynote presentation on Sunday, October 26, from 9:00-10:00 a.m. at the GASC/PIA/GATF Teacher's Conference at GRAPH EXPO® 08. The three-day program is being held October 25-27, 2008 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois during Graph Expo. The conference is jointly presented by the Graphic Arts Show Company and the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation.