12 Examples of Student Work

Overview of my Coures

ART 330 - Graphic Design

Graphic Design 330 is a project-based class where students develop skills in graphic design, print production, and self-promotion. The course primarily focus on developing competencies in Adobe InDesign. Each project adds more challenging skills to foundation abilities. Hands-on “doing” of design is be supplemented with lectures, demonstrations, video, online research and critiques. Some readings and writing are required. 

Spring 2018 Evaluation . | . Fall 2018 Evaluation . | . Spring 2019 Evaluation . | . Fall 2019 Evaluation. | . Spring 2020 . | . Fall 2020

Selection of Evaluation Comments:

-Well difficult, this course will hone your design skills. - Kara was a phenomenal professor! I learned the most about techical design...

- Great class, great instructor... Kara is one of the best instructor I’ve had in my college career... - I have never had a “favorite” professor until this course.

- Overall, I feel like this course and the instructor improved my design skills tremendously... - I have really learned a lot about InDesign. - One of the most helpful classes I’ve taken! My portfolio is ten times better just from the work I have done in this class alone...

Samples of my student’s work done in ART330.

Art 243 - Media Design

The course provides students with the opportunity to:

• Gain practical experience in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Animate.

• Acquire knowledge of the advertising industry’s portfolio expectations for graphic designers.

• Apply knowledge and skills gained in the course to create digital and print design pieces. 

• Develop core competencies in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Animate.

• Begin cultivating an internship entry level portfolio.

Spring 2020 Evaluation .|. Fall 2020 Evaluation

Samples of my student’s work done in ART 243

Imagewest Internship

ART399/ ART499/ AD489/ PR489/ Comm489

Student who participate in Imagewest are constantly met with opportunities to expand their portfolio, learn new skills, and work directly with clients. As director of Imagewest, I seek clients from for-profit and non-profit industries which helps our interns create diverse portfolios. Imagewest’s primary objective is to prepare students for an advantageous career in the advertising, public relations, and marketing fields. 

Imagewest Interns learn:

• To work in an agency environment at the same pace as industry professionals. 

• Discover what it takes to develop, create, and launch a project that exceeds client expectations. 

• Soft-skills needed to ace an interview and succeed in a collaborative environment. 

• How to take initiative and lead a project or team. 

As director of Imagewest, my student-interns have won over 20 awards including a How International Design Award and a Professional Marketing Association Innovation Award.

Samples of my student’s work at Imagewest

ART436
Electronic Illustration

Electronic Illustration 436 was a project-based class where students develop skills in graphic illustration, print production, and promotion. The course primarily focused on developing competencies in Adobe Illustrator. Each project added more challenging aspects. Hands-on “doing” of design was supplemented with lectures, demonstrations, video, online research and critiques.

Fall 2019 Course Evaluation

Sample of comments from course evaluations:

• Kara Glenn is one of my favorite instructors I have had to date. She is not only incredibly knowledgeable, but she is great at explaining material and giving constructive critiques. I have grown so much as a designer in this course, and that is entirely due to Kara. I hope to take another class with her in the future.

• Kara is both an excellent leader and professor. The assignments she picks are perfect for learning career skills and also make for outstanding portfolio pieces, showing that she thinks beyond just classroom and considers the students' needs in developing their careers. She is irreplaceable in the classroom because she provides clear but very helpful feedback without making students feel they are in any way judged for mistakes or works-in-progress. As for difficulty, she strikes a good balance between helping students through difficult tasks and encouraging them to think independently to solve problems on their own. Overall, this is one of the best classes I have taken at WKU. Kara does everything right to help us make the most that we can out of this course.

• Kara is amazing

 Samples of my Students’ Work

ART 334 Design Survey

Graphic Design Survey was a lecture, workshop, and project-based class where student developed skills in graphic design, print production, and branding. The course will primarily focus on developing modern products with knowledge gain from design history.

Spring 2019 Evaluation

Sample Student work