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A-State Closing Early Thursday, Jan. 9, Closed Friday

Arkansas State University is closing all academic and business offices at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, and remaining closed on Friday, Jan 10, in response to the incoming inclement weather.

However, while regular business offices are not open, the campus continues to operate. Essential personnel who maintain on-campus activities, including University Housing, Dining Services and Facilities Management, will report to work. Employees who are uncertain about their status as “essential personnel” are encouraged to check with their supervisor.

Full-time employees who track working hours can submit their time as “Authorized Leave.”

Revised Facility Hours:

  • Dining Services will operate under brunch hours at Acansa Dining Hall from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.  Dinner service will begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 7 p.m.  Howl's Grill and Starbucks will be open from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.  
  • The Dean B. Ellis Library will be closed, but is scheduled to reopen on Sunday, Jan. 12, from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m.
  • The Reng Student Union will open for on-campus student usage at 8 a.m., closing at 8 p.m.
  • The Red WOLF Center will be closed.
  • The A-State Bookstore will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

All campus residents are reminded to monitor official university media, including official social media accounts for updates. 

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870-972-2093

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Nicole (Nikki) Arnell

Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Education

  • M.F.A. Graphic Design, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
  • B.A. Studio Art (Graphic Design) and Journalism (Advertising, Copywriting), Psychology Minor, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • FULL CV at http://www.nikkiarnell.com/cv.html

Teaching Specialties

  • Graphic Design
  • Typography
  • Page Layout
  • Advertising
  • User Interface and Icons
  • Communications
  • Branding
  • Strategic Design
  • Pre-Press
  • History of Graphic Design

Research Interests

  • Handmade elements in graphic design (merging traditional disciplines with digital)
  • How audience reception affects/completes artwork
  • Positive/Negative social effects of advertising
  • History of graphic design
    • Illuminated Manuscripts
    • Art Nouveau
    • High Modernism and Advertising of mid-20th Century
    • Postmodernism, especially of late 1970s - late 1990s

Affiliations

  • AIGA - Education Co-Direction AIGA-Memphis
  • AAF - guest speaker for multiple chapters across the country

Links of Interests

Coursework Link: www.nikkiarnell.net


Biography

An obsession with the communicative aspect of art led Nikki Arnell first to advertising. After acquiring a degree at Indiana University with a double major in Studio Art and Journalism, she transplanted to the other side of the country. In Denver, Colorado, she began a decade in the fast-paced and exciting world of advertising. From design for local shops to art direction for mega-brands like Procter & Gamble and Coors Brewing Company, this time provided experiential education and awards.

However, an unexpected teaching job while freelancing changed her desired career path and so she returned to school to earn a Master of Fine Arts. At Colorado State University as both a student and a teacher, traditional fine arts and art theory formed another dimension to the communication of her art. Juried art exhibition equaled a profitable commercial sell. Her graphic design shuffled out of the expected computer formula and instead, mixed disciplines and technologies and experimented in the levels of communication per context.

Immediately after receiving the degree, Ms. Arnell took a faculty position with Arkansas State University's Art Department where she plans to continue pushing the expected in graphic design by balancing the commercial sell and gallery aesthetic.

Nicole (Nikki) Arnell


Contact Information

P: (870) 972-3050
F: (870) 972-3932


Website

http://www.nikkiarnell.net/


Office

Building: Humanities
Room: 3085


Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays, 7:30-8:00am and 5:00-5:30pm, or by appointment


Nicole (Nikki) Arnell
    Contact the Department of Art + Design

    Dr. Katherine Baker

    Phone: 870-972-3050

    Room: 103A
    Building: Fine Arts Center