GC&SU passes two cornerstones

Two of the four new cornerstone logos are being redesigned at the request of the Student Affairs Council.

At the Spring 2003 meeting of the Student Affairs Council, Mitch Clarke and Jon Scott were commended on their design work on the new cornerstone logos, but were asked to return to the drawing board for a
few alterations.

In November 2002, the council approved the use of four cornerstone themes to link classroom studies with out-of-class experiences. The themes include: global issues and diversity; service and civic engagement; fine arts and wellness.

According to Dr. Bruce Harshbarger, vice president of Student Affairs, the cornerstones will make it easier for students to identify specific activities and programs that supplement their program of study or special interests.

Designs created by Clarke and Scott were to be used to link campus activities to a theme.

The council voted to ratify the designs for service and civic engagement and wellness, but had suggestions on how to better represent fine arts and global issues and diversity.

“The council was concerned that [global issues and diversity logo] was focused on the Western Hemisphere,” Harshbarger said.

He added that Scott was working on a design that shows a polar view of the earth.

Harshbarger said the council also suggested that the fine arts logo “focused on music and no other art.”

The council also discussed future plans of the themes and how they will be utilized on campus.

Harshbarger said current plans are to put banners around campus to introduce the themes and designs and to put the logos on announcements for cornerstone events in university calendars.

According to the minutes from the meeting, the council is hoping to implement a reward system to encourage students to attend approved cornerstone events.

“Students who attend a specified number of events would receive some form of recognition or priority. A suggestion was that these students might be given top priority in registration for the following semester,” the minutes stated.

It was also suggested that the council determine a set number of events that will be recognized as cornerstone events per semester and have some type of application process for coordinators who feel their event has a relationship to one of the themes.

According to Harshbarger, the council anticipates finalizing the designs this month and moving into discussion of events for Fall 2003.

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