On the Campus
Tom Brennan, left,
chairman of the
Krueger School
of Graphic
Communications,
explains the
imaging lab
equipment to Tom
Saggiomo, center,
Hoechst’s director
of sales and
marketing, and
Dwight Collier,
regional technical
sales manager
Two
graduates,
long-time
friends,
establish
successful
business
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Partners find key to printing success
By TOM MURPHY
Business Editor, The Rocky Mount T elegram
NASHVILLE—Some people probably thought Rick Winstead and Craig Glasgow’s
business venture would be short-lived.
Who in their right mind would ever attempt to make a living making keys. That’s what a
lot of people probably thought of our business when we opened in 1989, said Winstead.
“In fact, people used to walk in to get us to make keys,” he said, “once, we thought about
getting a key machine, so we wouldn’t have to say no.”
In reality. Key Printing Inc., is a printing business formed in their hometown of Nashville
by Winstead and Glasgow.
Ask Winstead and Glasgow about the importance of a good long-range business plan.
Even though their business opened in 1989, the planning began in 1974. ^
The two partners graduated from Northern Nash Senior High School. They were both in
the graphic arts curriculum for three years. Both received associate degrees in printing
technology from Chowan College.
The two have been longtime friends.
“We’re still in the same neighborhood we grew up in,” said Winstead. “It’s our part of the
world.”
A tobacco barn once occupied the land on which Winstead and Glasgow built Key
Printing’s building.
“The barn was our camp,” he said. “When we were 7, 8 and 9 years old, we slept in the
barn, camping out.”
While roommates at Chowan, the initial plan was formulated to start a printing business in
their hometown of Nashville. They knew that the best teacher was hands-on experience, and
to that end, neither has ever worked in a non-graphic arts related job, from high school to the
present.
With principle and theory of printing well in hand, both worked for Gray & Creech, Inc.,
for several years as technical representatives. Their jobs involved service and repair for all
types of copiers, bindery, pre-press and offset printing equipment.
“Being knowledgeable about the inner technical workings of a piece of equipment and
being able to make proper repairs in-house is beneficial to our customers and to us,” said
Glasgow.
Hoechst Celanese
donates digital
proofing system
The Hoechst Celanese Corporation, with
headquarters in New Jersey, has donated a state-
of-the-art pressmatch digital proofing system to
Chowan’s Krueger School of Graphic Commu
nications.
The system has been installed in the school’s
imaging laboratory and networked to the Power
Macintosh workstations, digital scanners and
cameras, and the Varityper imagesetter.
Tom Saggiomo, directoi of sales and
marketing for Hoechst, and Dwight Collier,
regional technical sales manager, visited the
campus recently and toured the school to see
the equipment in operation by students.
Collier, an alumnus of Chowan College,
served on the faculty for a number of years as
professor of printing technology prior to joining
Hoechst.
Representing the printing industry to
accompany the Hoechst officials on the tour
conducted by Tom Brennan, chairman of the
school, were M. Frank Edwards, chairman of
the Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA)
and a member of Chowan’s Board of Trustees,
and Dick Spencer, president of PICA.
Prior to the toiu", a luncheon was held in the
President’s Dining Room for the group. Peter
Squire, director of development for printing
production, who spearheaded the recent Alden
Challenge Campaign, coordinated the tour.
Foundation makes grant
for purchase of books
The Marion Stedman Covington Foundation
of Greensboro, has provided a grant to the
Chowan Friends of Whitaker Library to be used
for the purchase of books..
“We are very pleased to receive this signifi
cant grant,” said Mrs. Geraldine Harris, head
librarian and secretary to the Friends of
Whitaker Library, “which will add further
support for our four-year programs.”
The Marion Stedman Covington Foundation
was established in 1986. Mrs. Covington is the
daughter of the founder of Stedman Corpora
tion a textile corporation in Asheboro.
The Friends of Whitaker Library was
established to foster a “greater understanding
and appreciation for Whitaker Library as a
source of strength for the region.”
Dr. William Martin of Greenville, serves as
president with Dr. Eley Whitehead of Murfrees
boro as vice president.
Special incentive awards announced for minority students
Financial
assistance
for majors in
teacher
education
program
In order to develop a stronger enrollment
base from geographic region of the college,
Chowan has established a Regional Incentive
Grant Program and special incentive awards for
minorities in the teacher education program,
Mrs. Austine Evans, acting vice president for
student enrollment, said that first-time freshmen
entering Chowan and living in one of the ten
northeastern North Carolina counties, or
Southampton County of Virginia, will receive
incentive awards.
“The amount of individual awards,” Mrs.
Evans said, “will be based on the student’s high
school grade point average and SAT (Scholastic
Aptitude Test) or ACT scores.”
“The awards will be available to both
commuting and residential students,” Mrs.
Evans continued, “and they are renewable for
four years of study if the student maintains a
satisfactory grade point average.”
The N.C. counties specified for the awards
are Hertford, Bertie, Northampton, Gates,
Halifax, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan,
Warren and Camden.
Evans also announced incentive grants for
minority students preparing to become teachers.
“We want to promote ethnic diversity in our
teacher education program,” she said, “by
providing three financial grants.”
One of the grants is for minority students
transferring to Chowan from another institution.
They will receive a $500 tuition grant when
officially accepted into the teacher education
program.
Another grant is for full-time minority
students at Chowan who will be eligible for a
$500 tuition grant when they declare teacher
education as their major, and they are officially
accepted into the program by the Department
of Education.
Evans said the third incentive grant is for
minority students who have been awarded a
bachelor’s degree and are full-fime education
licensure candidates.
“The amount of the grant will be based on
their college grade point average,” she contin
ued.
More information on the new incentive
grant program is available by contacting Mrs.
Evans in the Office of Admissions at Chowan,
telephone 919/398-4101.
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