But one young woman is responsible for a whole
new look to Dana’s Viking Field. Dana sophomore Jamie
Snyder, from Alta, Iowa, designed and produced a giant Dana
logo on the field that stretches from both 45 yard lines and
both sets of hash marks. It’s the biggest Dana logo ever
produced on the field and possibly the biggest version of the
logo ever created.
Snyder got the assignment by being both a graphic
design student and a student worker for Dana’s facilities
management department. She reconfigured the logo to fit the
space, designed a model, made a stencil, developed a grid to
transfer the small design to the huge space and helped with
the painting. She accomplished all this in four days. Snyder
said the project was challenging, but that she had experience
in athletic field art. While she was in high school, Snyder
developed the logo on Alta High School’s field.
“
My dad (Alta School District maintenance worker Rolen Snyder)
asked me if I could hook him up with an A,” she said. “But
I’ve never had to do anything as big as Dana’s
logo.”
The new look to the field is getting rave reviews
from Dana fans, employees and members of the football team.
Snyder
said she’s
experienced clapping, handshakes and compliments since the
project was completed in August.
Snyder’s not ruling
out a career in producing field art, but is excited by all
the possibilities a degree in graphic design
can create for her.
“
I watch American Chopper and I think it would be cool to
design motorcycles,” she said. “Then I watch
Trading Spaces and I think I might want to design interiors.
Then I’ll
pick up a magazine and think I’d like to make magazine
layouts.”
Snyder’s next project is to create a
permanent stencil of her logo that can be used season after
season.
“
It will be kind of cool to come back after I’ve graduated
and see it on the field,” she said.
Dana College is
a private, liberal arts institution that currently enrolls
approximately 600 students. The campus
is located on
150 acres overlooking the Missouri River Valley in Blair,
Neb. Dana grants bachelor’s degrees in more than 35
liberal arts, business, education and pre-professional programs,
with
an emphasis on personalized teaching from experienced and
dedicated faculty. Dana is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church
in America, and its athletic teams compete in the Great Plains
Athletic Conference.
More information on Dana College can
be found at www.dana.edu.
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Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
scavanah@dana.edu |
