Call for Honors College Graphic Designers for the Study Abroad Program 

Project Overview:

The UNM Honors College’s Study Abroad Committee is looking for a designer to create a study abroad graphic for the college. If you’re a current honors student or alumni, please submit your designs! Please visit the Honors College’s study abroad website to learn more about our programs and aesthetic sensibilities: https://honors.unm.edu/academics/study-abroad/index.html  

Honors College Study Abroad Graphic Goals:

• The illustrative graphic should be a round design that is modern, welcoming, and innovative.

• It should convey professionalism, but with a touch of creativity.

• We want the graphic to be easily scalable and look great on both digital and print materials.

• The graphic will primarily be used on our website, print materials, and social media to graphically identify the program.

Design Preferences:

• Style: We’re leaning towards a minimalist design with a contemporary feel. We prefer graphics with clean lines and simple shapes.

• Colors: Please create a one-color design. We like to stick to shades that are UNM-approved: https://brand.unm.edu/brand-style/color-palette/index.html 

• Typography: We prefer sans-serif fonts that feel modern and approachable.

• Iconography: We would love to incorporate a subtle symbol related to study abroad, but don’t want it to be too literal. 

• Audience: Our target audience is captivating the attention of UNM students who want to study abroad.

Here are sample designs we like.

Technical Specifications:

• The graphic should be submitted in a vector format (AI, EPS). 

Note: the selection committee may request additional graphic edits in consultation with the designer.

Budget & Timeline:

• Budget: $75 will be awarded for each selected graphic.

• Submissions are due by February 4 at midnight. 

Call for Honors College Conexiones Spain Graphic Designer

Spain Graphic Design Goals:

• The graphic should be a round design with a modern, welcoming, and innovative.

• It should convey professionalism, but with a touch of creativity.

• We want the graphic to be easily scalable and look great on both digital and print materials.

• The graphic will primarily be used on our website, print materials, and social media.

Design Preferences:

• Style: We’re leaning towards a minimalist design with a contemporary feel. We prefer a graphic with clean lines and simple shapes.

• Colors: Please create a one-color design. We prefer that you use a shade of red in the design, since it represents both Spain and UNM, but alternate ideas will be considered.

• Typography: We prefer sans-serif fonts that feel modern and approachable.

• Iconography: We would love to incorporate a subtle symbol related to the culture of Extremadura Spain or the city of Cáceres, such as one of the following: cranes, cork trees, towers.

• Audience: Our target audience is captivating the attention of UNM students who want to study abroad. 

Here are some designs we like.

Technical Specifications:

• The graphic should be provided in vector format (AI, EPS). 

Note: the selection committee may request additional graphic edits in consultation with the designer.

 Budget & Timeline:

• Budget: $75 will be awarded for each selected graphic design.

• Submissions due by February 4 at midnight.  

Call for Honors College Scotland Study Abroad Graphic Designer

Scotland Graphic Design Goals:

• The graphic should be a round design that is modern, welcoming, and innovative.

• It should convey professionalism, but with a touch of creativity.

• We want the graphic to be easily scalable and look great on both digital and print materials.

• The graphic will primarily be used on our website, print materials, and social media.

Design Preferences:

• Style: We’re leaning towards a minimalist design with a contemporary feel. We prefer graphics with clean lines and simple shapes.

• Colors: Please create a one-color design. Please use royal blue the color in Scotland’s flag. 

• Typography: We prefer sans-serif fonts that feel modern and approachable.

• Iconography: We would love to incorporate a subtle symbol related to the culture of Scotland such as one of the following: unicorn, castle, thistles. 

• Audience: Our target audience is captivating the attention of UNM students who want to study abroad. 

Technical Specifications:

• The graphic should be provided in vector format (AI, EPS). 

Note: the selection committee may request additional graphic edits in consultation with the designer.

Budget & Timeline:

• Budget: $75 will be awarded for each selected graphic design.

Submissions due by February 4 at midnight. 

Call for Honors College Japan Study Abroad Graphic Designer

Japan Graphic Design Goals:

• The graphic should be a round design that is modern, welcoming, and innovative.

• It should convey professionalism, but with a touch of creativity.

• We want the graphic to be easily scalable and look great on both digital and print materials.

• The graphic will primarily be used on our website, print materials, and social media.

• Text should include: Japan Study Abroad 

Design Preferences:

• Style: We’re leaning towards a minimalist design with a contemporary feel. We prefer graphics with clean lines and simple shapes.

• Colors: Please create a one-color design. We like to stick to shades of red as seen in the Japanese flag. 

• Typography: We prefer sans-serif fonts that feel modern and approachable.

• Iconography: We would love to incorporate a symbol of Japan, but we don’t want it to be too literal. Temples, cranes, or the outline of Japan would work well. 

• Audience: Our target audience is captivating the attention of UNM students who want to study abroad. 

Here are sample designs we like.

Technical Specifications:

• The graphic should be provided in vector format (AI, EPS).

Note: the selection committee may request additional graphic edits in consultation with the designer.

Budget & Timeline:

• Budget: $75 will be awarded for each selected graphic design.

• Submissions due by February 4 at midnight. 

The purpose of an Independent Study (IS) in Honors is to pursue a topic or field of study beyond what you would be able to do in a regular Honors class. It is not intended to duplicate courses that are already offered but for which registration is not practicable. IS involve considerable effort on the part of both the faculty and the student and especially require independent motivation and work by the student. An IS is usually undertaken with a faculty member with whom you have already taken a course.

Ideally, Independent Studies will be planned a semester in advance so that students are able to take advantage of the full semester for their project. At the latest, submission and faculty director approval is required one week prior to the beginning of the semester (for an 8 week courses they are also due prior to the start of the course). 

Please note: you must attach a Proposal which provides a description of the IS and at a minimum includes: 

1. Potential student learning outcomes, 
2. A proposed schedule of activities (readings, deadlines, etc.)
3. A set of proposed deliverables and a description of their relevance to the study (papers, products, etc.)

Also note that credit varies in LoboWeb, so be sure to select the correct number of credit hours when you register. 

Once you submit this proposal, you will need to notify the faculty member you are potentially working with. They will review your proposal and work with you to revise anything necessary before their approval can be granted. Because we need to get you registered before the UNM add/drop deadline, this must be done by Wednesday of the first week of the term.

Next, the faculty member will ask the Honors College Chair of Curriculum to review the proposed IS. You and the faculty member will be notified via email from the Chair of Curriculum upon review. If your IS is accepted, the advising faculty member can directly create an "override" that allows the student to register for the IS. The student will also need to specify, in Banner, the credit hours in accordance with the proposal. 

If either the student or faculty member could use help interfacing with UNM's systems to get registered, please contact honors@unm.edu or ask the Honors College Curriculum Committee chair. 

Remember, the drop/add deadline is two weeks into the term for full semesters and less in shorter terms. If this deadline passes, nothing can be done to avoid the student paying fees to the Bursar for a late add. 

The mission of the Honors College is to provide highly motivated, talented and creative undergraduates with challenging opportunities for intensive, interdisciplinary, experiential and cross-cultural liberal education and for building a community of scholars.