We are the students of the Castleton Content Lab, a student-led, student-run design agency that supports mutually beneficial community and campus initiatives. We work directly with regional municipalities, chambers of commerce, nonprofits and community organizations. As the students affected by Optimization 2.0 plans, we’d like to voice our objections to removing Fine Art and Graphic Design programming from the Castleton campus.
Loss of Graphic Design at Castleton disrupts significant, career-distinguishing projects undertaken by the Castleton Content Lab. For example, we’ve recently partnered with Rutland to rebrand city signage. This follows a successful rebranding of the town of Poultney in support of revitalization. Additionally, we’ve been…