Okmulgee, OK, Friday November 30th 2007 - Former Marketing Director of the Jenks Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Chris Hopkins, now full time faculty member at OSU Institute of Technology Visual Communications Division, will be teaching an introductory Flash Animation class this spring. Mr. Hopkins is best known locally for designing the cover of the Jenks Community Profile Guide for the last 3 years as well as many logos and posters you may have seen around Jenks. Some examples are the Jenks Art on Main, Jenks Farmers Market on the Bridge, Holiday Open House, Jenks Car and Truck Show, and the re-branding of the Jenks Chamber of Commerce logo. Mr. Hopkins has also help the City of Jenks with marketing materials. You can say that Chris Hopkins has really put his mark on Jenks.

With over a decade experience in Flash animation, one of his passions, Mr. Hopkins is excited about sharing his experience in this growing area of graphic design. Mr. Hopkins says, "If you don't know Flash you are limiting your ability to give your client everything possible to compete in the market place".

The class is aimed at graphic industry professionals and college students that are interested in learning the basic fundamentals of Adobe Flash CS3 offered on both Mac and PC platforms (a limited number of PC seats are available). Flash is the industry standard for web animation. You can see examples of Mr. Hopkins work at www.cartoonchris.com . The class "Intro to Flash" will be starting January 11th through April 24th, 8 a.m. to 11:25 a.m., Fridays only. The enrollment fee for this course is $195 non-credit or $232 to receive two hours of college credit.

For more information or to enroll in the class call 293-5050 or visit www.osuit.edu.