CALL for PAPERS, POSTERS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS: UCDA Design Education Summit

"If a man empties his purse into his head,
no man can take it away from him.
An investment in knowledge
always pays the best interest."
Benjamin Franklin

NATIONAL UCDA DESIGN EDUCATION SUMMIT
May 20-21, 2013
The Sheraton Read House
Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

Call for Abstracts
(deadline March 1, 2013) Call for Papers
Call for Posters
Call for Panel Discussions

Join UCDA's ninth national conference solely for Design Educators in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Take time to meet colleagues from all over North America. UCDA is famous for providing professional development in a relaxed atmosphere. Our faculty will share innovative ideas and welcome your participation in an ongoing dialogue about the critical issues facing the design education community.

YOU ASKED, WE LISTENED.
UCDA surveyed design educators from North America on their unique professional development needs. Top issues identified:
+ Creating the climate of opinion in which high standards of design may flourish.
+ Improving standards and awareness of graphic design as a profession.
+ Communicating on a regular basis with other design educators.

UCDA was advised by you:
+ to actively include educators in programming by understanding that design educators must create NEW knowledge, along with participation in the professional s world.
+ that an alternative is needed to fill the void left by ACD and GDEA. that UCDA should begin more of a dialogue with educators.

Now in its ninth year, this conference continues what we hope will be an ongoing community created specifically for graphic design educators with many opportunities for your own professional participation and development.

CONFERENCE SITE--WHERE YOU'LL STAY
The UCDA Design Education Summit program will take place at The Sheraton Read House Hotel, located in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. A hisortic property, the hotel opened in 1926 and combines the ambiance of yesterday with modern conveniences. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in America, the properties is full of architectural details.

UCDA Design Education Summit attendees will also receive:

+ Discounted hotel rate of $109 (single or double)

+ Complimentary Wi-Fi access in sleeping rooms and in meeting space

+ Discounted valet parking of $10/day

+ Access to Chattanooga free Electric Shuttle (hotel is on the downtown shuttle route)

The Sheraton Read House Hotel

827 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-266-4121 or Central Reservations: 866-837-4193
http://www.sheratonreadhouse.com

Contact the hotel directly at 423-266-4121 or Central Reservations at 866-837-4193 to make your reservations. Please mention you will be attending the UCDA Design Education Summit. Deadline to receive the discounted rate is April 1, 2013.

The hotel stay is not included in the summit registration fees. You are responsible for making your own hotel reservations. Room blocks may fill before the hotel deadline and have sold out three times in the past four years, so please make your reservation immediately to ensure the discounted rate and availability.