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Instructors
Michael Ganschow
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Michael Ganschow teaches web design at Truckee Meadows Community College. He enjoys long walks on the beach and making crazy homer simpson websites. He is an established designer in Reno, Nevada and has a knack for creating outrageous websites with random bright and crazy colors. He is a great instructor with a wealth of knowledge. He guides his students with enthusiasm, making his classes fun!

Missy Moonshine
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Missy teaches Visual Communication Design 1, Typographic Design, 2D and 3D Design Foundations studios, Design Drawing & Visualization, and the design foundations combined lecture class for all first-year students in Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design. Missy also enjoys going to baskin robbins. Her favorite ice cream is chocolate chip cookie dough.

Mark Funkmaster
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Teaches across disciplines, with a primary focus on design drawing, concept art, and illustration, specializing in digital drawing and painting tools. Additional teaching duties have included digital foundations, design methods, and graduate seminar courses in design research, design education, and thesis prep.

Thomas Shimmer
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Thomas teaches classes in web design, digital photography, digital video, and motion graphics, among others. He has a BFA from the University of Arizona, and a Masters from UC Davis. He has worked as a professional web designer, photographer, and videographer, and has a lengthy fine art ehibition history.