Bonnie Boglioli Randall

Just south of the now art-filled city of Toledo, Ohio, sits Bowling Green State University (BGSU)- a top public institutions to earn a BFA in Graphic Design. As a founding member of AIGA-Toledo and an engaged local design practitioner, Jenn Stucker is no stranger to the merits of this city of industry and its flourishing art scene. She serves as Chair and Assoc. Professor of BGSU’s Graphic Design program where she and her colleagues have garnered national attention and aimed the spotlight squarely on Ohio’s burgeoning design landscape.

Though today’s VR seems to fit snuggly into the gaming and entertainment categories, professionals, researchers, and investors in a broad spectrum of fields believe it will soon become a multi-billion dollar industry that crosses all platforms and areas of interest. To contribute to this nascent field, one needs to have a solid footing in digitaltechnologies coupled with a strong narrative voice and capacity to envision and create something from nothing.

At New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the comprehensive Digital Design B.A. program housed within the School of Art + Design offers more than first meets the eye. Though students choose from curriculum tracks in either Production or Entertainment, the broadly based curriculum allows for the study of the digital design fields within a constellation of programs offered at NJIT.

SAE Institute teaches the creative media arts to students eager to learn the ropes and get a jumpstart on their careers. With nearly a dozen U.S. campuses in creative art hubs (think NYC, Miami, Nashville, and Atlanta), all SAE Institutes leverage industry faculty members like veteran animator Lauren Morrison to teach their craft.