Favorite Receives BFSDoArt’s Peter Smith Memorial Graphic Design Award

May 7, 2014

The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art is honored to award Brittni Favorite with the Peter Smith Memorial Graphic Design Award for the 2014/15 academic year.

Magazine layout designed by Brittni Favorite

Originally from Pembroke, GA, Favorite is majoring in graphic design and plans to graduate Fall 2016. She is active in Georgia Southern student organizations such as the Design Group and Japanese Club. Upon graduation, Favorite hopes to obtain a position at an international company where she can utilize her language skills.  Favorite’s accomplishments include the Georgia Southern President’s List, Dean’s List, and the Francis Wood Wilson Scholarship.

About the Award

Peter Smith was a dynamic and inspirational graphic design professor at Georgia Southern. This memorial fund was established by family, faculty and friends to honor his memory and recognize students who demonstrate the level of innovative design expected by Professor Smith of his students. The selected student must possess and have demonstrated a high level of both formal and conceptual skills in design as well as a commitment to the graphic design community and profession. The selected student must have shown an exceptional level of growth in personal exploration, development and risk-taking within the context of design. Additionally, they must be an art major with a concentration in Graphic Design who has passed portfolio review.

In order to win a BFSDoArt Scholarship and/or award, students submitted an application and portfolio, eligibility also required a 3.0 grade point average or above.