HIGH POINT, N.C., July 29, 2009 – High Point University has named Allan Beaver as artist-in-residence in the Department of Visual Arts.Beaver came to the university in 2008 as a visiting professor. His new full-time position includes teaching four courses -Basic Design, Graphic Design 1 and 2, and Designing for the Web. He is also advising students and helping to develop the Graphic Design curriculum.
“I enjoy the environment of HPU and working with my Art Department colleagues,” says Beaver. “But most importantly, I enjoy the relationship with students and being able to nurture talent and build a great Graphic Design curriculum.”
Beaver brings an amazing wealth of experience to his role. He was a founding partner, vice-chairman and chief creative officer for Levine Huntley Schmidt and Beaver, which gained a 20-year reputation for creative excellence attained by few advertising agencies. Soon after he entered the advertising business, he began winning awards in all major advertising shows, including gold medals in Andy, Clio, AIGA, Cannes, Art Directors Club and The One Show. In addition, Beaver has gotten experience as a graphic designer for CBS. He is past president of the Art Directors Club of New York and is currently a member of the dvisory Board. He was elected to The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 1997. Beaver has been a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and was president of the Executive Board of the One Club for Art and Copy. He was part of the Ad Council’s Creative Review Board and was on the 4A’s Creative Committee and Partnership for a Drug Free America Board at its inception.
Beaver also has previous experience working in academia; he has served as an instructor at the School of Visual Arts and has lectured at Princeton University and in the Masters Program at Syracuse University.
The advertising industry has voted Beaver among the top 100 creative people in the United States and has included him in the volume “Who’s Who in Advertising.” His work has appeared in international award shows and publications, and he was honored by being invited to Paris to lecture in a special seminar on “Graphic Design in International Communications.” He has also lectured in Japan on “Television Advertising in the United States.”
Beaver has had the opportunity to work with a number of well-known clients, including: Subaru Cars, U.S. Healthcare, Matchbox Toy Cars, McCall’s and New York magazines, General Foods, Yardley Fragrances, Remington Shavers, Panasonic Electronics, Citizen Watches, People Express and New York Air, parfums Givenchy and Hermes, The Seagram Companies, The Dreyfus Financial Corp. and more.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” HPU was included in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” 2009 listings. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at http://www.highpoint.edu/
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