Ms. B also kept Phillip Meggs' History of Graphic Design (which at the time had a different—though still fairly atrocious—cover) checked out of the school library for the whole year, so I could read it from cover to cover. Such a great book, and perhaps a small thing, but huge for me to get that exposure as a seventeen-year-old. And she helped with the bigger things too—like introductions for internships and letters of recommendation for schools—but sometimes it's the small things (whether the design exercises, a great group of people for class crits, or history books) that really stick with you.

So thanks to Ms. Bowden and the many other great mentors I've had over the years, and here's to my friends who are teaching this fall and having the same kind of impact on their own students.