Syracuse University / Society for News Design

JARED NOVACK was named the 2006 SND Marshall Matlock Designer of the Year May 2 at the School’s annual Awards Ceremony. Dean David Rubin presented the senior a certificate and check.

Jared is the former editor-in-chief of The Daily Orange, SU’s award-winning student newspaper. He has taken a number of Newhouse courses to fulfill his Public Communications minor including GRA 587, News Design. For examples of Jared's work, click HERE.

Jared's Web site is still being constructed but you'll see some of his work as well as his resume.

The SND Matlock Designer of the Year award fund was set up by SND in 1998 in recognition of the school's involvement in co-sponsoring the annual international competition.

Matlock's name was recently added to the award's name in honor of his more than 30 years of teaching at the Newhouse School. Matlock has directed the SND international competition for the past 18 judgings.

"We're happy to hear that Prof. Matlock's name will be added to the award — he certainly deserves the recognition after more than 30 years of service to SU," says Shamus Walker, SND's audit director, who has worked with Matlock for 16 of the 19 years the judging has been cosponsored by the Newhouse School.

As part of Jared's design experience, he was one of 12 students in the News Design course who participated in the annual competition in February. He was a facilitator all three days of the general judging.

"Jared is exactly the type of student we hope to graqduate with design knowledge and the ability to put it to practical use," Matlock says. "He's going to do very well when he enters the industry," Matlock predicts.

JARED TELLS US:

"I thought when I came to Syracuse University I knew a lot about design. Now, four years later, I can see how far I've come and how far I have to go. Joining The Daily Orange I had a chance to design a newspaper almost every night of the week and get feedback from editors who are today designing for The Boston Globe and Boston Phoenix.

"I also had the chance for the last four years to attend the annual judging co-sponsored by the Newhouse School. The first time I attended the three-day event at Drumlins Country Club, it was visual overload. I couldn't believe the excellent work that was being placed on the judging tables. I went around with my digital camera and did my best to take it all in.

"Attending the SND workshops were a similarly overwhelming (almost frustrating) experience. After every speech, seminar or workshop I wanted to run back to try what I had just learned or heard about. Of course, soon after one seminar there'd be another one to rush to.

"Prof. Sean McNaughton's graphics courses at the Newhouse School gave me a great chance to experiment with different techniques and take huge risks without worrying what they'd look like in print the next day.

"We'd cover course content in readings and then take a real-world problem for homework. Coming back the next week, we'd get to see not only how our solution fared but the results of 20 different minds taking a different path."

The Visual & Interactive Media Communications Department wishes Jared well.

C. MARSHALL MATLOCK's name has been added to the annual SND Designer of the Year award by the Society for News Design and the Newhouse School. The Newhouse School's dean made the announcement May May 2 at the School's Awards Ceremony.

It is now the SND Matlock Designer of the Year award. The announcement comes at the time Matlock retires from classroom teaching to devote full-time to the annual compeittion, cosponsored by the School. He has been the competition and juding director for the past 18 years.

"This (the competition) is definitely Marshall's show," Dean David Rubin told a group of judges and facilitators gathered for the 27th Edition opening dinner Feb. 17, 2006. "This competition is the "premiere" news design competition in the world, Rubin told the 85 people in attendance. "It's big and prestigious," says Rubin, who became the School's dean in 1990. "We couldn't do the competition without Marshall."

Matlock will retire from classroom teaching in May 2006 to devote full time to directing the competition and doing other work in the School's graphics area.

“The competition has become a full-time job and it needs the added support that only a full-time Newhouse person can give it,” Matlock says. “It was a hard decision not to be directly involved in the students’ educational experience but one that will more directly help the School and in the long run help students over time. Also, there is no question that it’s a big step forward for the Society. I’m looking forward to continuing my relationship with both the School and SND.”

Matlock credits Dean David Rubin for the sucess of programs like the competition. "Dean Rubin is the best thing that has happened to the Newhouse School," Matlock says. "He's an excellent leader and a perfect role-model for both students and faculty. We couldn't have gotten a better person for the dean's job."

In another announcement made by Syracuse University in March 2006, Prof. Matlock was named a "Professor Emeritus," an honor bestowed on a few professors for their “long and dedicated service to the University.”

Matlock has worn many hats in and out of the classroom while at SU. He was the special assistant to two deans, directed the Empire State School Press Association and School press Institute, both high school journalism programs, and for many year’s directed the Pre-College program for Summer Sessions.

He has been honored by state, national and international organizations for his work in several areas, including six President’s Awards from SND.

IN HIS OWN WORDS:

DR. MARIO GARCIA, known worldwide for his newspaper designs, says about Matlock:

“To me, Marshall Matlock represents the ultimate description of dedication and professionalism, qualities that he has brought to everything he has ever done, at Newhouse and beyond.

"But, more importantly, qualities that he has passed to hundreds of students who came in touch him. Personally, I am forever grateful to Marshall for bringing me to be a part of the SU faculty, which was the springboard to a wonderful career.

"Like all of Professor Matlock’s students, associates and friends, I, too, have learned much from him about giving one’s best possible effort to a project, then pursuing it with the utmost professional standards to its successful completion. From him I learned much about the joys of teaching and of discovering talent, then nurturing and mentoring to its full potential.

"Professor Matlock brought innovative teaching to SU, especially in basic undergraduate courses where many others would have given up at the start. His introductory media class was planned with the zest usually reserved for graduate seminars. I remember occasionally sitting in the back of this huge sophomore-level class to listen to a lecture or benefit from one of his celebrity media guests. It was a great and inspirational start for the youngest SU students.

"At the same time, Professor Matlock demanded, and usually got, the best that each student could give.

"In later years, Marshall has become synonymous with the Society for News Design yearly competition, running it with a firm and steady hand, and making sure that not only is the best of design rewarded as it should, but that nobody can question the ethical standards of the competition’s proceedings.

"Marshall Matlock and the Newhouse School are forever intertwined in my mind. At a personal level, my family and I treasure Marshall’s friendship. In a sense, the Newhouse School honors itself when it honors Marshall Matlock with these accolades.

"Marshall's legacy to the School has been established and is firmly in place. Your honoring him assures that it will live forever, as it should.”

JENNIFER DOOP was named the Newhouse School's SND Designer of the Year at the school's annual Awards Ceremony May 2. The school's Dean David Rubin presented the award at the ceremony attended by a standing-room only crowd.

"Jen is an outstanding student who will do well now that she is ready to enter the work world," says C. Marshall Matlock, an associate professor at the school.

Jen wants to work in a design department as part of a dedicated and enthusiastic team where she can use her creativity and design training to "create a product that is visually appealing and maximally functional."

She's a May graduate with a Dual major in Graphic Arts and Psychology.

The SND Designer of the Year recipient receives a certificate and a cash award. The award fund was set up by SND many years ago in recognition of the school's involvement in cosponsoring the annual international competition at the school.

As part of Jen's design experience she was one of the students in the News Design course who participated in the annual competition in February. She was a facilitator all three days of the general judging.

"All one has to do is look at examples of her work and her resume," Maltock says, "and he or she will know Jen will go a long ways in the design world. I sure hope she reaches her potential and dreams because she is a deserving young lady."

The entire Visual & Interactive Media Communications Department wishes her well and supported her nomination for the design award.

To go to Jen's Web site click HERE. Or you can download her resume and items from her portfolio by clicking below.