Ruth Mudroch

designer of The Campus of OAMC

November 4, 2015

Ruth Mudroch is an Oklahoma State University senior. She anticipates graduating in December 2008 with an emphasis in graphic design. Ruth works as a graphic design intern at the library where she gets to do a variety of projects ranging from the You're @ the Library campaign to a series of pieces for the James Bradley dinner. The Campus of OAMC: A Pictorial History of Buildings and Facilities is the first book Ruth's designed from cover to cover. She gained many insights into the inner workings of publishing and intends to continue designing multipage projects. Ruth hopes to continue designing once she graduates and intends on moving back north where it actually snows in the winter. She says this is because, "if it is going to be cold, there may as well be some snow to sled on." Ruth has only lived in Oklahoma during her four years of college and is originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She can often be found oil painting, trying out new recipes or cheering on the Green Bay Packers in her free time.

This coffee-table style book highlights the OAMC campus from 1891 to 1957 and features images from the photographic collections of the Edmon Low Library's Special Collections and University Archives department. The OAMC period is broken into seven chapters with construction and campus development arranged chronologically. All significant building projects are featured and include images, maps, and brief narratives. The Campus of OAMC highlights the growth of a land-grant college and experiment station on the plains of Oklahoma from its humble beginnings in the 1890s during the territorial period to the rapid expansion after World War II and the impact of the GI Bill. Many of these facilities no longer exist, or have been dramatically altered, while others continue to provide the places where education, research and extension still thrive today.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2008-honorees/ruth-mudroch

Last Updated: 14 January 2022