Julie White, GIT major
Julie White is a senior from Eudora, Kansas. In high school, Julie had an interest in art and had worked with Photoshop in her Digital Imaging class. She became interested in the technology program being taught by Jim Lynch (BS Printing Technology, '76; MS Vocational Education, '89) and took some of the graphic arts classes. A series of experiences followed that included an English class where advertising was discussed along with involvement in SKILLS USA competition. It didn't take long for Julie to see the direction her career would take.
Julie's high school counselor (Paul Walrod, BME, '93; MS '03) was a Pitt State alum who encouraged her to visit the university. She took a campus tour, which included a tour of the Graphics and Imaging Technologies. That was all it took for Julie to get the "bug". "Pitt State is big enough but not too big", Julie said. "And the relationship between the faculty and student is very caring."
Julie's ACT score was high enough to qualify her for scholarships and she received a $2000 scholarship two times from the Print and Label Gravure Association. That scholarship included an all expense paid trip to their conference in Florida - not bad for college student.
Julie became interested in other scholarships and has been successful in receiving enough scholarships to cover her entire college education! Working as an RA (resident assistant) she also received free housing for three of her college years.
As a Commercial Graphics major with a Marketing minor, Julie took an entry level advertising class and decided it was another career path she wanted to explore, so she declared a second major - Communication. Furthermore, by declaring a Graphic Communications Management major (required a few more courses), she automatically acquired a minor in Business Administration.
It's now four and a half years later and Julie is preparing to graduate with three majors and two minors . . . Commercial Graphics, Communication and Graphic Communication Management and minors in Marketing and Business Administration. Julie will be working at Uhlig, Inc. in Overland Park, Kansas and is looking forward to beginning her career in Graphics.