“From Forests to Shores We Love the Outdoors,” is the theme for the upcoming Winter Carnival set to take place Feb. 7-11, 2024. On Sep. 29, 2023, the Winter Carnival 2024 logo had its official social media reveal, stirring up excitement for the coming celebration.
The Winter Carnival 2024 logo was designed by Connor Anderson, a fifth-year Computer Engineering and Robotics Engineering double major. Anderson submitted his design to Blue Key National Honor Society to be selected from a pool of logo design submissions, generally created by other Michigan Tech students.
“The coolest and [most unique] outdoors experience that’s up here that’s like not necessarily [something] that I had before is going to Breakers and seeing the northern lights, so that was something that I instantly just wanted to include,” Anderson explained when asked about his inspiration for the design. From there, Anderson also envisioned including silhouettes of trees against the sky, a river to add to the “shores” portion of the theme, and a husky to tie everything back to the school.
Once the logo was chosen from the collection of submissions, Anderson worked with the University Marketing and Communications team, along with the President of Blue Key National Honor Society. They made some additions and minor changes to his design, such as the Upper Peninsula as a constellation in the night sky, and converted it into the final product.
Anderson has been involved in Winter Carnival throughout his time at Michigan Tech, specifically as a member of Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity. Each year on Winter Carnival’s All-Nighter, the fraternity sells buttons with the logo as a fundraiser. In working closely with the logo each year and being informed of the logo competition, Anderson decided to design what is now the new logo.
“I am definitely going to get a sweatshirt,” Anderson said when asked about what he is most looking forward to for Winter Carnival. He is also excited to enjoy his last Winter Carnival as a student, hanging out with everyone throughout the celebration. More information can be found on the Michigan Tech Winter Carnival website.
