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Fredonia graphic design students won six of the nine awards in this year’s Don Nichols Scholarship Competition sponsored by Brainstorm – The Communicators Club of Buffalo.

Senior Xueyin Chen (senior from Guangdong, the People's Republic of China) received the Bronze Award for her poster “Death by Tomato” a light-hearted reminder that tomatoes were once regarded as poisonous.

Five other design classmates received honorable mentions: Robert R. Matthews (junior, Pittsford, N.Y.), Jason Petronio (senior, Utica, N.Y.), Rob Hopkins (junior, Grand Island, N.Y.), Stefanie Anderson (senior, Jamestown, N.Y.), and Nicholas Haas (junior, Rush, N.Y.).

Professors Paul Bowers and Jan Conradi worked with the students as their entries were developed.


In the fall, the posters will be hung in Rockefeller Arts Center for public viewing. “Posters are a highly collectible art form,” said Professor Conradi. “These young designers may one day be among the professionals whose work is appreciated by collectors around the world.”

The scholarship is in its tenth year and is open to all western New York design undergraduates.