At ASU In-plant, ‘It’s About the Students’
Student workers are a common sight at higher-ed in-plants, but they're usually something of an afterthought—a source of cheap labor. It's rare to find an in-plant where 79 percent of the employees are students.
That's the scenario at the Arizona State University Print & Imaging Lab, though, where students outnumber full-time employees 11-3. What's more, the Mesa-based in-plant exists predominantly as an academic enterprise within ASU's College of Technology and Innovation—even as it pumps out a huge quantity of printing for the university's four campuses.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
