All DAT…

by Ray Leite

Hidden among the 300+ degrees and certificates offered at the CT State Community College is a popular program referred to as Digital Arts Technology, aka DAT. This program offers students an opportunity to explore multiple facets of the creative field for digital artists. Focus areas include animation, audio, video, social media, web development, and graphics for both print and screen.

Our team is passionate about the areas we practice and teach. We strive to include innovative ways to use and showcase the skills attained from consistently up-to-date curriculum. A high-tech classroom, professional audio production studio, variety of video and specialty image capturing equipment that students are encouraged to use, and access to industry standard software are ways we offer more for our students. And our most recent endeavor is making us DAT EXTRA!

Thanks to Greg Mursko from Colabella Media, 067 NexGen is able to provide this exciting opportunity for students to practice what they have learned while attaining hands-on experience in print and web media. Embedded into the DAT design classes; students are not only gaining technical prowess in design but are reaching further by gaining skills through working with clients in a team setting, exercising their creativity, taking chances within the confines of a project, and adding a substantial piece to their portfolios and resumes.

As you flip through the pages of this magazine, don’t just enjoy the spectacular writing but appreciate the aesthetics that these talented designers have put together for you.

Looking to the future-

Ray Leite

DAT Program Coordinator

CT State CC – Naugatuck Valley