Brookfield student presents research at seventh annual Celebration of Scholars event

2017 May 2

Carthage College held the seventh annual Celebration of Scholars event on Friday, April 28, 2017. Celebration of Scholars is a poster exhibition that features original research, scholarship, and creative work completed by Carthage students.

Megan Rivard of Brookfield presented "Celebration of Scholars 2018 Logo" at the event.

This is the project's abstract:

"Each year, the students of Carthage College are invited to design a logo for the following years exposition. This event displays the outstanding efforts of both students and faculty through research, scholarship and creativity. I was both honoured and excited to have to opportunity to create an identity system for this prestigious exposition. The challenge of this competition was to visually convey the research, scholarship and creativity of students and faculty through a unique symbol. Throughout my research process, I paid particular attention to color and the connection to emotion, as well as how various shapes can communicate to an audience. The overall circular design represents the endless pursuit of knowledge students and faculty display throughout a lifetime. Each of the three individual circles represents the research, scholarship and creativity of the competition. Circles are seen as harmonious and aesthetically pleasing while the orange and blue colors symbolize confidence and dependability. Research and creativity eventually lead to a break in the circle or the development of a concept. From this comes a progression of growth, new connections and ideas."