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KU junior wins Best in Show prize in design contest

Amy Rottinghaus' winning designs.

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas graphic design student will be featured in an upcoming issue of Creative Quarterly after winning the top prize in the magazine’s most recent competition.

Amy Rottinghaus, a junior from Baileyville who is majoring in visual communications/ graphic design at KU, won Best in Show in the graphic design category for her Tech Girl Bookcovers.

Creative Quarterly is a nationally distributed magazine for college art and design students. Contest entries are judged by leading professionals in fine arts, graphic design, illustration and photography.

“I am excited and honored to receive this award, and I think a lot of credit goes to KU’s strong graphic design program and faculty,” said Rottinghaus.

Rottinghaus is the daughter of Bob and Annette Rottinghaus and is a graduate of B&B High School in Baileyville.

“We are extremely proud of Amy, and this award reinforces our position of providing the best design education for our students,” said Greg Thomas, chair of the Department of Design.

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