Thomas Raco

RESTON, Va.—Three major initiatives have received continuing funding in 2007 from the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF). These programs aim to excite high school students about careers in graphic communications, extend career information and opportunities to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and expand a thriving nationwide web portal for graphic communications teachers and students. All three projects have previously received awards from the Foundation to support their planning and development, and the additional assistance will be used for implementation, field testing, or continuing expansion. The International Printing Museum, Carson, CA The GAERF grant to the International Printing Museum will subsidize the second year

RESTON, Va.—A new program designed to deliver graphic communications career information to deaf and hard-of-hearing students is among the recipients of more than $160,000 in new grants announced recently by the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF). The 2006 grant program will fund projects that span all levels of the educational community, bringing the total funding distributed by the foundation since its inception to over $4.6 million. "The diversity of the programs being funded by GAERF is a strong message in and of itself," says GAERF Chairman Randolph W. Camp, CEO of Walton Media Services in Monroe, Georgia. "Our industry is marshalling an

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