``Net Savvy'' Student Design Competition Features QuarkXPress; Competition Promotes Students' Skills and Use of Premier Desktop Publishing Software.DENVER -- Quark quark (kwôrk): see elementary particles. quark Any of a group of subatomic particles thought to be among the fundamental constituents of matter—more specifically, of protons and neutrons. Inc. announced today that Studica, a division of Torcomp Inc., one of Quark's educational resellers, is sponsoring a skills competition for high school, college undergraduate, and graduate students featuring the award-winning QuarkXPress 6.5 software. Open to qualified students who are enrolled in a secondary or post-secondary full- or part-time education program, the competition will evaluate contestants' abilities and skills with and knowledge of desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, using QuarkXPress. Contestants will design a "Net Savvy Savvy® Gynecology A contraceptive vaginal gel that ↓ transmission of STDs–eg, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea. See Contraceptive. " brochure for first-year students that provides effective Internet research This article is about using the Internet for research; for the field of research about the Internet, see Internet studies. Internet research is the practice of using the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, for research. tips. Studica is sponsoring this competition to help stimulate and motivate students and staff to develop their skills in using high-end desktop publishing solutions, such as QuarkXPress. As part of the competition, teachers are encouraged to make participation in the competition an in-class activity to enhance the students' learning experience and provide them with an opportunity to showcase their talents. "We are pleased to be working with Quark in order to provide students with the best in desktop publishing software The following is a list of major desktop publishing software. A wide range of related software tools exist in this field, including many plug-ins and tools related to the applications listed below. ," said Frank Nanfara, president of Torcomp-Studica. "By promoting this competition, we encourage students to improve their design skills as they become even more involved in their creative work, striving to produce innovative projects." "Active participation in the educational community enables Quark to support the next generation of designers, offering them the ability to learn and leverage QuarkXPress, the leading design tool for multi-channel publishing," said Cherie Walker, director of channel development and marketing for Quark. In addition to cash prizes provided by Studica for the top three winners, Quark will give a copy of QuarkXPress 6.5 to each of the top three winners when the competition ends on April 28, 2006. For more information about Quark's education programs, visit the Quark Web site at http://www.quark.com/solutions/industry/education/. About Studica The Studica Skills Web site (www.studica.com/skills) is an online center where students and schools can compete for prizes and showcase their work using industry-leading software. Studica.com, a division of Torcomp Inc., is an authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: solutions provider for students, teachers, and educational institutions. As one of the top academic resellers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Studica is committed to providing the latest products to students and educators. About Quark Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an industry leader and the only software company providing multi-channel communication and commerce management software solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held. Quark and Quark related marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. , Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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