Harper Announces Flexo College of
the Year
May 30, 2006 - Global anilox roll supplier Harper
Corporation of America is pleased to announce the 2006 winner of the Harper
Flexo College of the Year Award: Dunwoody College of Technology, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, went home from this year's FTA Forum with the
prestigious honor.
Art Ehrenberg, vice president of manufacturing operations at Harper
Corporation, and Pete Hartman, Harper's vice president of sales, presented the
award and trophy to Dunwoody instructor Joe Muller at the Flexographic
Technical Association's 2006 FTA Forum awards banquet in Louisville, Kentucky,
on Sunday, April 30.
Second place went to Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC),
Harper Campus, in Charlotte, N.C. Two-time winner California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, which was the award-winner in 2004 and 2005,
received third place.
"Dunwoody College consistently demonstrates an excellent flexo
program," said Ehrenberg. "They won first place in 2003, and took third place
last year."
"This special award was created in 2002 to encourage excellence in
flexographic education," said Hartman. "Harper is one of many proud industry
participants who have contributed to this important educational effort from the
association's foundation."
Each participating school submitted an entry which was reviewed by
a panel of industry veterans and judged on a variety of criteria, including
creativity and organization of the information provided, flexo print samples,
student perspectives on flexography, interviews with converters, and other
information about the school and its printing program.
This year's judges included Wayne Fortenberry of Bryce Corporation,
Bettylyn Krafft of both Krafft Printing Systems and the Phoenix Challenge
Foundation, Mark Cisternino of the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical
Association (FFTA), Charlotte Jones of the Career and Technology Center of
Anderson, and Sonya Long of the Phoenix Challenge Foundation.
The Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association's Flexo in
Colleges program now sponsors 30 colleges that teach hands-on flexography in
North America. In addition, 21 high schools are sponsored by the FFTA.
For more information, contact Pete Hartman at 704.588.3371
Photo: Art Ehrenberg, vice president of manufacturing operations of
Harper Corporation (left), and Pete Hartman, Harper's vice president of sales
(far right), congratulate Mike Brewbaker, pre-press instructor, and Joe Muller,
flexographic instructor, both of Dunwoody College of Technology, winner of the
2006 Flexo College of the Year Award.
