The 85th Annual IGAEA Conference will be held at Illinios State University (isU) in normal, illinois from July 25–29, 2010.

Our theme for this year’s conference is Sustainability: Our Discipline, Our Programs, Our Future. We use the term “sustainability” here in its most basic sense: our theme for the conference is on understanding the trends shaping our discipline and on building and maintaining viable, lasting graphic communications programs. We hope you will go home better equipped to teach today’s technologies and with better strategies for planning for the future of your programs.

Illinois is a great location to hold the IGAEA conference. Home to RR Donnelley & Sons, the largest commercial printing company in the USA, Illinois is rich in forward thinking industry with abundant wind energy farms and high-tech companies. The Land of Lincoln is steeped in American history. Abraham Lincoln is buried just outside Springfield, Illinois, which is also home to the Lincoln Museum. Born in Illinois, Ronald Wilson Reagan attended nearby Eureka College where you can find the Reagan Museum & Peace Garden. Illinois State University is situated in a real college town, with lots to see and do.

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2010 ... Illinois State University
Normal, IL

2009... Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

2008... Carnival Cruise Lines
Port Canaveral, FL

2007... Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

2006... Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, California

2005... Millersville University
Millersville, Pennsylvania

2004... University of Houston
Houston, Texas
2004 Conference Photos

2003... North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

2002... GATF/ Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburg, Pennysylvania

2001... College of DuPage, Chicago, IL
Staffordshire University, Stroke-On-Trent, England

2000... Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, Pennsylcania

1999... Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

1998... Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

1997... Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

1996... Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

1995... Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg, Missouri

1994... University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomine, Wisconsin

1993... Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

1992... Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

1991... Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

1990... Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

1989... Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

1988... Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

1987... Southwest Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri

1986... California University of Pennsylvannia
California Pennsylvannia

1985... Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

1984 ... Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New york

1983... Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

1982... Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas

1981... Vincennes University
Vincennes, Indiana

1980... University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

1979... State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, New York

1978... Cenrtal Missouri State University
Warrensburg, Missouri

1977... Ferris State College
Big Rapids, Michigan

1976... Glassboro State College
Glassboro, New Jersey

1975... Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

1974... Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky

1973... San Jose State University
San Jose, California

1972... Georgia Southern College
Statesboro, Georgia

1971... College of St.Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota

1970... Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

1969... Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

1968... California State Polytechnic College
San Luis Obispo, California

1967... Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado

1966... Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

1965... Miami Dade Junior College
Miami, Florida

1964... Trenton State College
Trenton, New Jersey

1963... MacDonald College
Montreal, Canada

1962... Western Washington State College
Bellingham, Washington

1961... Ferris State College
Big Rapids, Michigan

1960... University of Houston
Houston, Texas