As the Oct. 8 presidential debate approaches, many in the University community are starting to get involved, including three students who are among today’s degree candidates.
The trio of graphic design students in the School of Art — Jessica Sonkin (from Washington Township, N.J.), Victoria Caldwell (Paducah, Ky.) and Ilana Breziner (San Diego) — designed the two logos below for the debate.
“I think this restates the University’s commitment to getting students involved in as many aspects of the debate as possible,” said Steven J. Givens, assistant to the chancellor and chair of the Debate Committee. “As they have done in the past, our graphic design students have come up with wonderful logos.”
The University will host the debate scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Athletic Complex. This is the fourth consecutive time the University has been selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates, the event’s sponsor, to serve as a host.
The University’s Debate Committee approached Create Studio in the School of Art and asked faculty advisers Douglas Dowd, professor of illustration, and Heather Corcoran, assistant professor of graphic design, to put together a team of students to design the logo, Givens said.
The team came up with a number of designs and the committee chose two, which have been approved by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
One design is influenced by the stars on the United States flag; the other by the stripes.
The stars motif, in a square shape, will be used for buttons, pins and T-shirts, which are already available for purchase at the Campus Store.
The stripes design, incorporated into two of the E’s in “Presidential Debate,” is horizontal and will be used for banners and signs.
Both versions of the logo include “Commission on Presidential Debates” and the eagles from the commission’s logo, as well as the name of the University and the date of the debate.
For more information on the event, including volunteer information, go online to debate.wustl.edu.