Design next year's Orientation t-shirt and win $200 for your engineering student organization or FIG!
T-shirt Design Guidelines
- Decide on a shirt color.
- Use no more than three printed colors in the design.
- Positively represent the Cockrell School of Engineering - Please try to incorporate some of the messages below into your design, if possible.
- Groups may submit multiple entries.
- All entries due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16th!
Submit Your Design
- The contest is only open to students in Engineering FIGs and Engineering Student Organizations.
- To submit your designs, email it as an attachment to elizabeth.vondran@mail.utexas.edu with "T-shirt Contest" in the subject line and the name of your group or organization OR
- Bring your design to the Engineering Office of Student Affairs in ECJ 2.200. Include a cover sheet with your group or organization's name, contact information and "T-shirt Contest" on the front.*
*Any design chosen as a finalist will need to be provided in an electronic
format for posting to the website for final voting.
Engineering Messages
Recently, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) commissioned
a study and report on effective ways to communicate about engineering to the
general public.
Some of the themes that were the most highly ranked in NAE study are as follows:
Messages
- Engineers make a world of difference.
- Engineering is essential to our health, happiness and safety.
- Engineers are creative problem solvers who shape our future.
Taglines
- Turning ideas into reality
- Because dreams need doing
- Life takes engineering
Top designs will be posted online and the students of the Cockrell School of Engineering will choose the final winner.