{"id":1025,"date":"2020-01-09T16:36:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/test-blog-template\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:03:51","slug":"a-magical-meeting-with-disney-graphic-design-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/09\/a-magical-meeting-with-disney-graphic-design-students\/","title":{"rendered":"A Magical Meeting with Disney Graphic Design Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1025_cbfcb9-a4 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1025_fd5648-de\">A get-together in Florida was a magical experience for a Wilmington University professor and Disney employees who are studying online at WilmU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Susan L. Gregg, chair of Digital Media, Graphic Design, Photography, and Web Design, was in Orlando in September for a conference for Epsilon Pi Tau, the leading international honor society for technology, where she serves on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t go to Florida without checking in on my Disney students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregg contacted all 59 Graphic Design Certificate students at Disney\u2019s Florida location, inviting them to get together at a restaurant for hors d&#8217;oeuvres and to answer any questions they might have. She met with an enthusiastic group of nine students, most of whom had not yet met one another.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1025_386a2f-e5 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1025_386a2f-e5\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tech-art-1024x660-1-250x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-15322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tech-art-1024x660-1-250x161.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tech-art-1024x660-1-745x480.jpg 745w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tech-art-1024x660-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tech-art-1024x660-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was so much energy and they were so appreciative to meet someone from Wilmington University,\u201d Gregg said. \u201cThese students are incredibly dedicated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a diverse and interesting group, including a student in her 60s who had never been to college before, a student with a BA in Scenic Design and Theatre whose goal is a master\u2019s degree in Literature, and a student whose mother is a WilmU graduate. 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