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Karen: How has this program changed over the past 35 years?
Jeff: When I began my career at OSSB as a vocational teacher, the primary
product of the graphics program was name badges and nameplates, like you
might find on someone's desk. These were engraved plastic and were
produced by setting up a manual-engraving machine letter by letter, very
similarly to an old printing press. For 10 years, we went to the Ohio State
Fair and set up a booth making signs for customers attending the fair. The
students set up and manned the booth and stayed in dorms on the
fairgrounds. Some of those customers are still ordering products from us
today. Today, we have greatly expanded our product offerings to include
trophies, medals, award plaques, pen and pencil sets, and we continue to sell
name badges and name plates. However, we are able to engrave Braille on
all of our products. In addition, we are able to do much more elaborate
designs with the aid of laser engraving machines.
Karen: How are the students involved in this program?
Jeff: The students do everything and I just facilitate and help out if we have a
big order that needs to be filled in a short time frame. The students take the
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