We're ditching the elections because, well, we only had one candidate submit their name to run for the position. Thank goodness he's a super-qualified, super nice candidate! Welcome Ben Vickery to the position of FoGD Media Guru + Tech Support!
Here is the questionnaire Ben filled out to help you get to know him. Feel free to stalk him on the internet; the links he provided below should make it pretty easy!
Name // Ben Vickery
Year in Program // Junior
Why are you interested in art and design?
I like thinking of clever ways to solve problem and present ideas and being involved in design lets me do that every day.
What makes you qualified for the position?
I'm
a bit of a social media junkie. If you hear about a social network or
new internet do-dad chances are I have an account there. I enjoy
finding new ways to interact with the people I know in real life and
meeting others that I would have no way of making friends with
otherwise. All this experience with, and enthusiasm for the internetz
and the possibilities it offers for socializing and dispersing
information will allow me to help FoGD make the most of it's internet
presence. Both to bring new students to the program as well as enrich
the experience of those who are already here.
What is your favorite part about FoGD?
PEOPLE! I love the opprotunites that FoGD gives to interact with other deisgn students as well as other working designers.
What do you think can be improved?
I
loved the "weekend project" (wasn't that what it was called?) were
everyone did something different to a found image of a guy that was put
on the blog a couple weeks ago. I think FoGD should continue creating
more fun, easy outlets for students to make work and interact with each
other. It was a great idea and I'd like to see us do more of it
How will you contribute to the future success of the group?
I'm
always messing around with whatever is new on the internet and I think
I could put FoGD in a good position from an internet presence
standpoint. Also without Hans there is a huge height imbalance among
the FoGD officer ranks. We need another tall kid in order to bring
balance back to the group!
Online Presence
congratulations!
Posted by: olivia | February 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM