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Kyle Herges, MFA

Assistant Professor, Chairman Digital Media & Design

For review towards tenure & promotion to Associate Professor.
Submission Date: January 2017

Teaching

Teaching philosophy: I believe everyone is born with creativity. Pushing students to creatively test themselves and take risks that prepare them to function effectively and efficiently in a competitive, ever-changing, discipline is my goal. I strive to challenge within an open atmosphere that promotes communication, teamwork, curiosity and creative criticism.

I promote thinking differently and I fully understand that everyone learns differently. My role is to educate students and act as another resource in their quest for more information. Project based classes not only get students engaged but they also prepare them for life after college. Individual projects allow for self-expression while putting communication and troubleshooting solely on one person. Team projects promote internal communication and teamwork, while offering inspiration for both process and design.

Teaching allows me to not only use all the different technologies and disciplines I am passionate about but it also allows me to stay informed of industry trends and best practices that are ever-changing. While education is a professional shift, I am no stranger to learning. Children learn from parents. Parents learn from children. Students learn from teachers and teachers learn from students. Learning new strategies, philosophies, technologies and lessons are all part of life and I don’t believe we ever stop learning.

Below are class evaluations from all courses as well as a syllabus from each. Feel free to browse.

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DMD 200 View Syllabus
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DMD 202 View Syllabus
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DMD 203 View Syllabus
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DMD 247 View Syllabus
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DMD 300 View Syllabus
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DMD 303 View Syllabus
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DMD 310 View Syllabus
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DMD 315 View Syllabus
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DMD 345 View Syllabus
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DMD 456 View Syllabus
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Feedback: The following are quotes from students (majors and non majors), peers and supervisors. Hover over icon to read quote.

Sharleen Wipf, Student
Madi Miller, Student
Dylan Lynde, Student
Mito Mendivil, Student
Taylor Spence, Student
Mason Cahoy, Student
Ann Thury, Student
Brady Wohler, Student
Anthony Fontenot, Student
Erin Croucher, Student
Amber Hiles, Graduate
Briana Weiss, Graduate
Natalie Munger, Graduate
Brian Butterfield, Pixel Pines
Dr. Redder, Dean
Dr. Novak, President

Service

Alzheimer's Association
Advocate and spokesman for Alzheimer's Awareness.
Club Adviser
Run as an agency, Dark Lab Designs is a student design club on campus. The goal of the club is to give students more exposure to design as a business. Students complete work for paying clients and in return recieve compensation as well as portfolio work.
Comprehensive Curricular Review Taskforce
Comprehensive review of general education and outcomes for graduates. Currently serving on the skills sub task force.
Digital Media & Design
Chairman, Academic Adviser, Recruiter, Adjunct Manager
DWU Supporter
Atheltics, plays, speakers, donar, etc.
Holy Family Church
Active Member
MHS / MCTEA Visual Arts Advisory Board
Chairman of the board, advising MHS faculty and students in trends, critiques, and news related to art and design.
Partnership Director
Maintaining partnership with Innovative Systems. Innovative Systems trains and hires both interns as well as full time employees in the field of user interface design, user experience design and interaction design.
Partnership Director
Software partnership with the Mitchell School District saving the DMD department over $3500 per year in software expenses.
Service Day Committee
Active Member
Social Media Specialist
Created and maintains the Digital Media and Design Facebook Page
Thanksgiving Dinner Committee Member
Coordinate, setup, tear down, and design for the Thanksgiving Dinner with students.
Teaching and Learning Strategies Committee
Active Member
Present
Agency Tour
Fresh Produce agency tour with students. Sioux Falls, SD.
Agency Tour
Epicocity agency tour with students. Sioux Falls, SD.
Alzheimer's Association
Advocate and spokesman for Alzheimer's Awareness.
Club Adviser
Run as an agency, Dark Lab Designs is a student design club on campus. The goal of the club is to give students more exposure to design as a business. Students complete work for paying clients and in return recieve compensation as well as portfolio work.
Digital Media & Design
Chairman, Academic Adviser, Recruiter, Adjunct Manager
DWU Supporter
Atheltics, plays, speakers, donar, etc.
Hiring Committee
Volunteered for the Director of IT hiring committee.
Holy Family Church
Active Member
MHS / MCTEA Visual Arts Advisory Board
Chairman of the board, advising MHS faculty and students in trends, critiques, and news related to art and design.
Partnership Director
Maintaining partnership with Innovative Systems. Innovative Systems trains and hires both interns as well as full time employees in the field of user interface design, user experience design and interaction design.
Partnership Director
Software partnership with the Mitchell School District saving the DMD department over $3500 per year in software expenses.
Rank & Tenure Committee
Active Member
Service Day
Photographer
Service Day Committee
Active Member
Service Day t-shirt contest
Director
Social Media Specialist
Created and maintains the Digital Media and Design Facebook Page
Teaching and Learning Strategies Committee
Active Member
Website Redesign Committee
Active Member
'16
Agency Tour
Lawrence & Schiller agency tour with students. Sioux Falls, SD.
Alzheimer's Association
Advocate and spokesman for Alzheimer's Awareness. Donated 300 books to the South Dakota Alzheimer's Association.
Digital Media & Design
Chairman, Academic Adviser, Recruiter, Adjunct Manager
DWU Supporter
Atheltics, plays, speakers, donar, etc.
Faculty Appreciation
Men's Soccer
Faculty Appreciation
Women's Volleyball
High School Visit
Visited Mitchell High School with Ben Kelly to promote major.
Holy Family Church
Active Member
ENT 224 Shark
Similar to the show Shark Tank, Entrepreneurial Leadership majors pitch an idea to Sharks within class.
Faculty Mentor
Ryan Van Zee
MHS / MCTEA Visual Arts Advisory Board
Chairman of the board, advising MHS faculty and students in trends, critiques, and news related to art and design.
Partnership Director
Maintaining partnership with Innovative Systems. Innovative Systems trains and hires both interns as well as full time employees in the field of user interface design, user experience design and interaction design.
Partnership Director
LBW fifth graders tech & design sessions
Partnership Director
South Dakota School of Mines developers and DWU designers published a collaborative android application
Partnership Director
Miracale Werks - spin off of Helping With Horsepower. Brainchild of Klock Werks. Class projects to help create logos, promotional materials and vehicle wraps.
Service Day
Photographer
Service Day Committee
Active Member
Service Day t-shirt contest
Director
Social Media Specialist
Created and maintains the Digital Media and Design Facebook Page
Student Thanksgiving
Clean-up Crew & Stuffing Specialist
Teaching and Learning Strategies Committee
Active Member
Website Redesign Committee
Active Member
'15
Alzheimer's Association
Advocate and spokesman for Alzheimer's Awareness.
Digital Display
Java City digital display showing DMD work.
Digital Media & Design
Chairman, Academic Adviser, Recruiter
DWU Supporter
Atheltics, plays, speakers, donar, etc.
Holy Family Church
Active Member
International Design For Experience Awards
Dakota Wesleyan University was a semi finalist
Internship Advisor
Briana Weiss, Innovative Systems
Partnership Director
Maintaining partnership with Innovative Systems. Innovative Systems trains and hires both interns as well as full time employees in the field of user interface design, user experience design and interaction design.
ENT 224 Shark
Similar to the show Shark Tank, Entrepreneurial Leadership majors pitch an idea to Sharks within class.
Faculty Appreciation
Men's Soccer
Scrooge Play Poster
Class project to design poster promoting Scrooge.
Service Day
Photographer
Service Day Committee
Active Member
Service Day t-shirt contest
Director
Student Thanksgiving
Clean-up Crew & Refill Specialist
Social Media Specialist
Creates, maintains and recruits the Digital Media and Design Facebook Page
Teaching and Learning Strategies Committee
Active Member
Website Redesign Committee
Active Member
'14
Computer Art and New Media
Chairman, Academic Adviser, Recruiter
Digital Display
Smith Hall digital display showing DMD work.
DWU Supporter
Atheltics, plays, speakers, donar, etc.
ENT 224 Shark
Similar to the show Shark Tank, Entrepreneurial Leadership majors pitch an idea to Sharks within class.
Faculty Appreciation
Men's Soccer
Governor's Giant Vision
Participant
High School Visit
Visited Scotland High School with Natalie Munger to promote major.
Holy Family Church
Active Member
Internship Advisor
Natalie Munger, Innovative Systems
Leadership Kickoff Meeting CapEd
Active Participant
Partnership Director
Created partnership with Innovative Systems. Innovative Systems trains and hires both interns as well as full time employees in the field of user interface design, user experience design and interaction design.
Program Prioritization
Active Member
Program Prioritization
Academic template sub-committee
Scion Motivate Contest
Participant
Speaker
I brought in a professional creative photographer for a class presentation. Josh Wilcoxon was featured on the cover 605 magazine in 2013.
Service Day
Photographer
Service Day Committee
Active Member
Service Day t-shirt contest
Director
Student Thanksgiving
Clean-up Crew, Refill Specialist & Video Director
Teaching and Learning Strategies Committee
Active Member
'13
Academic Technology Committee
Active Member
CHR Solutions
User Interface Designer
Computer Art and New Media
Chairman, Academic Adviser, Recruiter
DWU Canned Food Drive
Donations
DWU Supporter
Atheltics, plays, speakers, donar, etc.
Holy Family Church
Active Member
Student Thanksgiving
Clean-up Crew, Refill Specialist & Video Director
'12

Scholarship

The mission Dakota Wesleyan University strives for perfectly coincides with my aspirations in design and innovation. In order to succeed in this field, one has to be on a 'lifelong intellectual adventure.' Within this section, you will find numerous examples of scholarship and artistic expression within the last five years via presentations, creative work, field studies, consulting, and curricular strategies.

Use the buttons below to filter the content or just scroll through them all. Click the information icon to read a short description. Click the image to enlarge.

The work provided is just a sampling of the larger projects completed.

SHOW ALL Creative Field Study & Consulting Presentations Misc.
Double Exposure

Double Exposure

New effect in 2015 for DMD 203 Digital Imaging. Combining multiple images into a single composition. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

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Displaced Text

Displaced Text

Revised effect in 2015 for DMD 203 Digital Imaging. Updated software allows us to create the same effect as previous years, only easier. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

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Album Art

Album Art

Creative lighting effect for DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging. Students are given size specifications and the effect. Creative freedom is theirs. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

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Car Ad

Car Ad

How to create stunning advertising from a single image. DMD 203 Digital Imaging Class demonstration. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

CRM Client

Innovative Systems

Software user interface redesign. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 300 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, DMD 315 Mobile Design, DMD 200 Intro to IxD: Dont Make me think.

Color Restoration

Color Restoration

Updated 2015 effect for DMD 203 Digital Imaging using multiple color combinations to digitally paint and restore old images.

Field Communicator

Innovative Systems

2015 Field Communicator iPad application design. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 300 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, DMD 315 Mobile Design, DMD 200 Intro to IxD: Dont Make me think.

Cold Kitty

Cold Kitty

Animal Mashup assignment for DMD 203 Digital Imaging requires students to combine two animals to sell a brand.

BYU Radio

BYU Radio Interview

Alzheimer’s is a cruel and confusing illness. There’s no prevention, no cure and no way to slow its course. Families watch the essence of their loved ones slip away....Listen

sintel town concept

Innovative Systems

2015 Salesforce iPad application design. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 300 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, DMD 315 Mobile Design, DMD 200 Intro to IxD: Dont Make me think.

Dispersion

Dispersion

New 2015 effect for DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging. Popular effects requested by the students in the fall are taught in the spring. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

Mapkit

Innovative Systems

2014 Software user interface redesign. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 300 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, DMD 315 Mobile Design, DMD 200 Intro to IxD: Dont Make me think.

Innovation & Change

Innovation, Leadership and Change Conference

Presented an entertaining challenge to conference goers of the Conference of Innovation, Leadership and Change to think differently about how they use technology for business and their everyday life.

Double Exposure

I Can Do That

Skills are tested in class when I show students an effect and they must recreate the effect by the end of class. I Can Do That is a part of almost each class I teach. This one is new for 2015 DMD 203 Digital Imaging.

My Notify

Innovative Systems

2015 MyNotify iPhone application design. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 300 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, DMD 315 Mobile Design, DMD 200 Intro to IxD: Dont Make me think.

Big Head

Big Head

DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging effect. Popular effects requested by the students in the fall are taught in the spring. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

Big Head

GPAC Logo

DMD 202 Computer Graphics class submitted their final logo designs to the GPAC as part of a design contest. This design was the in-class demonstration to get their creative juices flowing.

Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds

New effect in 2015 thinking outside the bounds of the page in DMD 203 Digital Imaging. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

Big Head

Paint Splash

Effect perfecting the skills of cutting objects out, changing colors, and making the overall composition look as realistic as possible. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

Powerball

Powerball

Manipulation effect in DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging per request of the students. Popular effects requested by the students in the fall are taught in the spring. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

khdesigns

khdesigns Website

Maintaining my personal brand. Personal business website. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 303 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, WEB 200 Intro to IxD. 2016.

Book Cover

Book Cover

Brian Kemper is a practicing attorney and a cancer survivor. He lives in central Connecticut and published his book in late 2015. Classes impacted: DMD 203 Digital Imaging, DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging, 345 Desktop Publishing.

Meadow

Reflections

How to create stunning prints from a single image. DMD 303 Advacned Digital Imaging in-class demonstration.

Keloland Interview

Keloland Interview

Sioux Falls, SD A South Dakota author is helping to raise awareness and support in the fight to end Alzheimer's. After his mom was diagnosed with early on set Alzheimer's, Kyle Herges....Read More

All Things Google

All Things Google

Presenter for the Teaching and Learning Strategies Committee. The presentation was open to all faculty and staff. Topics covered were how to better utilize Google Drive, Google Docs, Chrome and more to make you more efficient.

Safehouse

Safehouse Poster

Advertisement, The Night At The Races for the Safehouse. Promotional posters and tickets were created. 2014 reused/updated yearly. Classes impacted: DMD 345 Desktop Publishing, DMD 203 Digital Imaging, DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging.

Extreme Caddy

Extreme Caddy Site

2016 Golf course and tournament management site. Personal business website. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 303 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, WEB 200 Intro to IxD, DMD 315 Mobile Design.

Memory Thief

Memory Thief Site

2015 website promoting The Memory Thief book. Not pictured is the social media campaigns as part of the book promotions. Classes impacted: COM 205 Communication, Media and Society, DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 303 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, WEB 200 Intro to IxD, DMD 315 Mobile Design

Scholarship Days

Scholarship Days

Representing the University among twenty five high school seniors and potential scholarship winners. Presentations gave prospective college students a classroom experience that would challenge them to think differently about their future, their place in society and innovation.

Typography

Typography

Learn by doing in DMD 203 Digital Imaging. This is the demonstration that we do in class. Students then apply the techniques outside of class as a form of self expression to create their own masterpiece.

Impossible

Impossible Realm

Image manipulation effect in DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging. Combining multiple scenes to create one, imposible realm. Improves attention to detail, patience, and artistic mastery.

KSFY Interview

KSFY Interview

MITCHELL, SD - There is a thief out there who will stop at nothing to take everything you have. It doesn't matter if you're a man or woman, rich or poor; the crook will target you. A Mitchell man is trying to help. At the end of the day, Kyle Herges... Read More

Impossible

The Memory Thief

2015 I wrote, illustrated, and published a children's book to raise awareness of Alzheimer's Disease and to help explain the disease to my children. We have been able to distribute over 800 books in a little over a year.

DWU Promo

Social Media Promo

Staying relevant with social media trends I designed this promo for advertising on social media.

Levitation

Levitation

New manipulation effect in DMD 303 Advanced Digital Imaging per request of the students. Popular effects requested by the students in the fall are taught in the spring. For reference outside of class, video tutorial is also available online.

DWU Media

Promo Video

Promotional video produced in 2016 using a drone and a Mac. I posted this video on the Digital Media & Design Facebook page. The total reach was over 25,000 people and video had over 115 shares. A total of over 11,000 people actually watched the video. Watch Video

Levitation

Innovative Systems

2014 Touch Screen Kiosk design. Classes impacted: DMD 247 Intro to Web Design, DMD 300 Advanced Media Design, DMD 310 Usability, DMD 315 Mobile Design, DMD 200 Intro to IxD: Dont Make me think. Allows customers to shop on a touch screen kiosk or iPad without needing to wait or interact with a sales associate.

Yankton Area Mental Wellness

YAMW Conference

2016 Presenter for the Yankton Area Mental Wellness conference. Discussed my history and experience with Alzheimer's Disease and writing "The Memory Thief."

Inside Keloland

Inside Keloland Interview

2016 Sioux Falls, SD More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's right now, millions more are affected by the disease as it claims their loved ones...Watch Video (fast forward to 14:45)

Interaction Design Foundation

Interaction Design Foundation

2015-Present I joined the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) and became the president of the Mitchell Chapter. IDF advocates for great design and believes that better design of technology will improve everyone's quality of life.

Wesleyan Weekly February 2014

Wesleyan Weekly February 2014

"The digital world is constantly changing with new inventions and applications – because of this, the world of digital education has to be equally flexible and aware of growing trends." Read More

Wesleyan Weekly March 2014

Wesleyan Weekly March 2014

"I was encouraged by one of my professors, Kyle Herges, to apply,” Munger said. “At Innovative, I am a user interface designer, which means my focus is on making Innovative Systems software and applications beautiful and user-friendly." Read More

Wesleyan Weekly September 2015

Wesleyan Weekly September 2015

"The Herges family gathers in Sioux Falls over the weekend for the Alzheimer's Walk. Kyle Herges has written a book to help his children understand Alzheimer's, a disease that his mother is battling. Kyle is shown back row, far left; his parents beside him." Read More

Thanksgiving Promo 2016

Thanksgiving Promo Poster

Designed a poster promoting the Thanksgiving celebration for students. Two poster were designed, one for students and one for faculty and staff.

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social media

As part of the technology and media industry, it is important to maintain relevance in multiple different social media outlets. Likewise, it is an important aspect in networking in the twenty-first century. Here are just a few different platforms that are being maintained.

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