Academics: School of Arts & Sciences
William A. Krueger School of Graphic Communication


Department of Graphic Communications
Faculty Info

The William A. Krueger School of Graphic Communication is a 40,000 square feet facility that offers curriculum in print and electronic media from design to print and finishing. The print media areas offered are Offset Lithography, Flexography, Screen Printing, Digital Printing and Color Management. The electronic media areas are Digital Photography, World Wide Web page design, and Multi-Media. The student can earn a two year Associates Degree in Printing Production and Imaging Technology (A.P.P.I.T.) or a four year Baccalaureate Degree in Graphic Communication.

To earn an Associates degree in Printing Production and Imaging technology the student must complete 65 credit hours that consist of 33 credit hours from the the Graphic Communication Curriculum; 23 credit hours from the Core Curriculum; and 9 credit hours from one of 4 different tracks. For details visit curriculum.

To earn a Bachelors degree in Graphic Communication the student must complete 128 credit hours that consist of 59 credit hours from the the Graphic Communication Curriculum; 39 credit hours from the Core Curriculum; 18 credit hours from one of 4 different tracks; and 12 credit hours of free electives. For details visit the Curriculum page.

History

In the early fifties, J. Roy Parker of Ahoskie, North Carolina, was approached by the Reverend Oscar Creech and Dr. F. O. Mixon, President of Chowan College, about setting up an industrial-type printing lab at the college. Parker led the project into reality. He once remarked that the “experiment” would be nothing more than a small lab. In September 1952, the school was established in McSweeney Hall. A news release sent out by Parker about the establishment of the school to industry officials resulted in great hopes for the success of the school and its impact on the future of the Graphics industry.

In 1953, Dr. Mixon named the school The Roy Parker School of Printing at Chowan College. About five years later, the name of the school was changed to “The School of Graphic Arts at Chowan College” for the purpose of associating a department of Graphic Arts with a two-year liberal arts college. This broadening of the curriculum possibly facilitated necessary financial aid and gifts of modern machinery.

For the fall semester of 1953, the enrollment capacity of 31 students was met and many applicants had to be turned away. At this time Chowan was the only liberal arts college in the southeast teaching the Graphic Arts. By the fall of 1954, the program had over 200 students.

The newest home of the Graphics program is housed in the Horner Graphic Communications Center. The building is named after William Edwin Horner, a dedicated journalist and newspaperman. He is the former owner of the Sanford Herald and also served as president of the North Carolina Press Association 1939-40. He was elected three times to serve as Representative from Lee County to the NC General Assembly. The building was constructed from September 1982 to June 1983. It cost $750,000 to build. It is 20,000 square feet on two levels. It was dedicated on May, 19, 1984





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