Poster and Printing Resources

Poster Printing resources

CEHD offers wide-format printing for free to students and faculty. Instructions available at CEHD Sky. 

NOTE: For best results, please use the 31.5" x 42" templates below, they are scaled down in order to fit the printer roll.

Information about large-scale printing at Coffman Memorial Union computer lab.
CMU charges $4.50 per square foot, with a minimum cost of $10. Printing one of the 3' x 4' templates costs $54. 

Design/Layout resources

CEHD Poster Session Resources: Resources and design tips from the CEHD Coffee Break for Grants.

URelations Photo Library: University owned photos free for download and use by University faculty, staff, and students.

Creative Commons Flickr: Free images to use, however you must follow the Creative Commons attribution rules.

UMN Library Communicating Research: Videos and tutorials on effective poster design, created by the University Libraries.

Poster Templates

You can find these templates on the CEHD SKY website.

CEHD Department Gold and Maroon template

CEHD Department Gold and White template

Templates are available for professional conferences or displays. These templates already have the UMN/CEHD/FSOS branding in place, and are ready for content. 

I want more templates! Do you have more ideas for templates? Drop an e-mail to FSoS Info to let us know about what you would like to see in a poster template.

Business cards

Graduate students with assistantships may order business cards through the University of Minnesota's Printing Services office. 

You can have the business cards delivered through Campus Mail free of charge by calling Anne Moreno (612-625-6318) after placing the order and paying with a credit card over the phone.

There is a complete price list online. The minimum order is 250 cards at $40.00 plus tax = $43.50. The turnaround time is 5 business days.

Graduate students who are not employed by the University can order their cards from the West Bank Digial Printing Center.

267 19th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone 612-625-9047
wbcc@umn.edu