Get Involved: Opportunities and Resources
Clubs
Campbell University Graphic Design majors can join the Raleigh Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). AIGA offers its members a variety of opportunities including awards competitions, fellowships, and internships. Membership in AIGA helps students become involved in the local design community, build a community of their own, and develop leaderships skills that will make them valuable professionals in the job market. AIGA is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design. Student membership in AIGA helps our majors grow creatively and prepare for a career in design.
Internships
All Art majors – whether Graphic Design or Studio Art – are required to participate in a 120 hour-long internship. Internships are usually done around the time a student is a junior. Often the internship is done during the summer. We encourage students to find their own internships because it tends to parallel the job-hunting process. Also, if students do the internship over the summer, they often do the internship at home where they have more contacts through family and friends. However, we do maintain a list of internships in the surrounding area. Students must choose an internship that corresponds to their major; we hope that this will be a starting point to their future career.
Students have interned at advertising agencies, museums, printing companies, arts councils, newspapers, and with practicing artists, to name just a few.
