Making her mark
Honoring the relationships that started at Ohio University
This feature appears in the fall/winter issue of Ohio Today as part of "The Common Thread," a series celebrating relationships that had Ohio University as their starting point. In the coming days, we'll share vignettes from this collection.
by Laura Yates
Pure passion.
That is how friends and faculty remember Kari Rosenberg, a graphic design major who graduated in 2003. Her vibrant personality spilled out into all aspects of her life, including her artwork.
 "She took risks where no one else did. Her art was big and bold; her artwork was herself," says Patricia Cue, chair of the School of Art's graphic design program.
Thanks to friends and family, this passion lives on.
After Kari's death in a 2005 car accident, students and faculty organized a benefit concert in Cincinnati that featured a silent auction of artwork donated by Ohio University professors and students as well prints of Kari's artwork. The event provided the financial backing for the university's Kari Rosenberg Scholarship.
Like Kari herself, this scholarship will take a unique approach. This year, faculty members plan to allow junior graphic design students to vote on which fellow classmate is the most imperative to the graphic design community. The selected recipient will mirror the instrumental and charismatic role Kari held in the department.
"Kari had an innate ability to affect people," says Joe Anderl, BBA '01, who helped organize the benefit. "You just wanted to be around her. She had friends everywhere she went. They weren't just the lighthearted kind, either. These were true friends. You could see it in their eyes when Kari walked into a room. She was not a girl to love lightly."
Laura Yates, BSJ '08, is a student writer for University Communications and Marketing.
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Posted 11-02-07 |
