The 2014 Entrance Portfolio Requirements have now been posted. They can be downloaded here. All registered applicants will also receive a copy via email.
Portfolios are due on Wednesday April 23rd at 4 pm. You may hand in your portfolio at any time prior to the deadline. We encourage all applicants to not wait until the last minute. Late portfolios will not be accepted for any reason.
Come to our information evening Thursday November 28. Download an invitation.
2013 info_night
Ron is all smiles after recently receiving his official Master of Science degree parchment from Bemidji State University. Congrats from your Teacher Ed. colleagues.
There’s certainly nothing wrong with using your phone as your main camera. And apps like Instagram are a lot of fun. But if you really want to take your photos to the next level, you’re going to have to learn how the pros do it. In DMD, you’ll learn to use the manual settings of a DSLR camera to make your pictures come to life. Photography and understanding composition, lighting, and colour are key skills you’ll need as a new media designer. After this course you’ll notice a huge improvement in the quality of your photos — even the ones you take with your phone.
The below pictures were taken in the Photography class, where students learned to shoot in both a studio setting and real world environments.
Photoshop is more than just photography software. It is the most used and most flexible new media tool, used to create graphics for websites and apps, motion graphics and animation, print publications, video games, and film visual effects and matte paintings. Below are some excellent DMD student samples.
In the Photography class, students had to manipulate photos they had taken in order to build a creative self portrait. Check out these terrific results by (respectively) Alyssa Paskaruk, Wlad Riazanov, and Priscilla Hofer.
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Since the invention of gunpowder in China over one thousand years ago, much human ingenuity over the years has gone into devising ways to make things explode. The current epitome of this search for bigger and better explosives is CL-20. It was developed in the 1980’s at the U.S. Naval China Lake research facility in California. It’s currently being investigated as a component of new high energy plastic explosives.
The CL-20 molecule.
There are a few interesting things about CL-20. One is that it has an almost unpronounceable formal name; 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane (you can see why they named it CL-20!). The second is that it is the world’s most powerful non-nuclear explosive. This explosive energy is provided by the high concentration of nitramine functional groups as well as, to some extent, the appreciable ring strain in the molecular structure.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
5 – 8 pm 160 Princess St.
William Building 6th Floor Design Studio
Graphic Design is holding an information night for students, parents and high school staff who would like more information about admission to our program. Presentations will be run at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm. After the presentation we invite you to:
For more information: Diane Livingston, Program Coordinator at dlivingston@rrc.ca
You can download an invitation here: 2013 info_night
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is a federal government agency which has a mandate to investigate chemical accidents. Unfortunately, the CSB has no shortage of work, since there is apparently an endless supply of such accidents in the U.S. (and elsewhere, of course). The good news is that often these incidents provide valuable insights into safety issues and can serve as useful learning tools. The CSB has done a great job of investigating a wide variety of workplace accidents, from small to large scale, and producing very high quality videos which provide unique insights into the causes of these accidents. In my Laboratory Safety course, I often use these videos to highlight a range of safety concerns and encourage my students to identify the root causes of the incidents and determine what could have been done differently.
An image from a CSB video.
Anyone with an interest in chemical or industrial safety might want to spend some time on the CSB website, especially on the video section, which currently hosts about 50 videos on subjects as diverse as reactive hazards, static electrical discharge and combustible dusts. – Michael Judge.
RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anishininwak, Dakota Oyate, and Denésuline, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.