Our Instructors

Dan Bouweraerts

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Dan Bouweraerts started teaching parttime at Santa Monica College in 1984 and moved to Reno in 1987. He's worked in the graphics industry for 25 years and taught at the community college level for 23 years. He's written his first book, Introduction to Computer Graphics.

Michael Ganschow-Green

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The Director of Web Design at Swag | Blue Moon, and web design instructor at TMCC.

Ron Marston

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Ron has taught graphic design (Adobe Creative Suite, content creation, web design and commercial printing processes) at TMCC for 17 years. He has a Masters degree in Education, and owns Marston PteroWorks, an online business that sells his radio controlled designs that fly.

Brian Wells

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Wells earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University, attended the prestigious California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) where he studied Character Animation, and earned an MFA from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Brian has taught for 15 years in higher education and is currently a Professor of Graphic Communications at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada.

Brian's professional Hollywood animation experience includes Character Layout Artist (key pose animator) on “The Simpsons”, and Assistant Director and Timing Director on award winning national TV ads working at the Ren and Stimpy creator's studio "Spumco". Brian has also contributed to award winning children’s educational interactive media, among many other works for which he received screen credit.

Performance-based instruction offers many advantages

1. What you will learn is based on the skills you will need rather than on outlines of information.
2. You can plan how to invest your time and energy. To help you do that, we tell you right up front what you will learn, how we expect you to show when you have learned, and how you may go about learning.
3. You know the standards for evaluation before the performance test. You earn a grade according to how well you perform the skills rather than according to how well others in the class perform. You are not graded on a curve.
4. You are actively involved in the learning. We design learning activities and assignments that teach you to solve problems and to learn on your own.
5. When you complete a learning experience, you have documentation showing the skills you have learned. You can use this information when you seek employment, admission to further education, advanced standing or transfer of credit.