Office of Internal Communications
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November 16, 2006 UH’S HOLIDAY CARDS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Cougars can spread well wishes and messages of good cheer with a quick click of the mouse thanks to the talents of 10 University of Houston System students. For the past two years, UHS Chancellor and UH President Jay Gogue and his wife, Susie, have sponsored a design competition to create UH’s official holiday card. The program provides scholarships to the winner and runner up. This year, Megan Conkin, a UH sophomore majoring in graphic communication, earned the grand prize and a $1,000 scholarship. Joseph Pancho, a UH senior also majoring in graphic communication, placed second and received a $500 scholarship.
Gogue thanked Conkin, Pancho and all the UH System students who participated in the contest, saying that choosing the winning design among 70 entries was not easy. The winning design highlights Thanksgiving, using such traditional fall colors as brown and orange and a turkey and pumpkin with the UH logo. Conkin created the design in seven hours after discarding her first design, which had “a Christmas theme, snow and a cougar.” Conkin, however, said she is pleased with the final design, and so are her parents. “How do you express pride? We’re very proud,” said Conkin’s mother, Claudia. Her father, Johnny, added, “We’re really thankful that the university has opportunities for students to get involved and be recognized, and the scholarship is the icing on the cake. It’s a really nice program.” Pancho’s design features a green Christmas ornament with such messages as give, help and share in six languages — English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and French — to illustrate the university’s multicultural student body. He also was inspired by Jim Sanborn’s “A, A” sculpture in front of the M.D. Anderson Library entrance. Francine Parker |
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Conkin’s
design will grace the cover of the 3,500 holiday cards the Gogues
will send to friends of the university, and the top 10 entries
are available as e-cards at