Alumni and Student Notes for September 2011

Alumni Todd Childers (BEDVD 1986) and Shelly Gruendler (BEDG 1994) presented at the Typo Berlin: Shift Conference. For more information about the conference visit: http://www.typoberlin.de/2011/ Ph.D. of Design candidate George Hallowell has co-written a children’s picture book called “Wagon’s Ho!” with prolific author Joan Holub. Charlotte Guice (BAD 2009) sets designs on Saturdays This past summer [...]

Chancellor delves deep into design process with first year experience

Chancellor Randy Woodson’s annual visit to the College of Design on April 25 involved immersing himself in the designer, client and audience dynamic creating working prototypes and ending the day with a dinner with students hosted by the Design Council. First Year Experience students Lauren Caddick, Alyssa Happell, Rachael McCarthy, and Jennifer Werkhoven led Woodson [...]

A day at the theater with the First Year Experience and William Ivey Long

Five-time Tony Award winning costume designer and this year’s Design Guild Award recipient William Ivey Long visited the College of Design on March 24 to judge a theatrical mask contest involving 120 First Year Experiences students with nine selected to attend the 14th Annual Design Guild Award dinner. Students participated in the theatrical mask charrette [...]