03.28.16

03.28.2016

OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCES AWARDS & HONORS JOBS & INTERNSHIPS RESEARCH & CREATIVE

STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Elections for the 2016-17 IAPD Student Council wil be held April 6th. Positions will become effective on the last day of school. If interested, email Erin Heiden eheiden@ksu.edu your name with the position you are wanting to run for. Candidates can nominate themselves for more than one position. Nominations are due April 4th at 5:30 pm. You may run for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer or Events Coordinator.

4th & 5th YEAR STUDENTS

4th and 5th year students - send in your entries for the IWF_Atlanta Design Emphasis Furniture Competition! Projects from Workshop 2 (IAPD 802/803) and 5th year Furniture Class (IAPD 813/814) are eligible. Our students have traditionally fared quite well in this competition. Please consult with Dave Brown for any specifics.

SUMMER FINANCIAL AID

The application for summer financial assistance is now live. You can submit your completed application after enrolling in summer courses.

STUDENT DIVERSITY SUMMIT

The Student Diversity Summit will be held Friday, April 1st, 3:00-5:00 in the Leadership Studies Town Hall. The Summit will include a panel of students from the newly established Voices of Discovery Program and student speakers from across campus. The Summit will be centered on creating an inclusive environment to form alliances and focus on intersectionality throughout K-State. For more information click here.

PORTFOLIO TIPS

Here is an article with a few simple portfolio tips that everyone could benefit from. They are pretty straightforward but all great reminders when you are working on your portfolio, especially as everything is becoming digital. Thank you Rachael Mayhill for sending this!

5TH YEAR UPDATE

The fifth year students received great feedback from design development reviews last week to move forward in the home stretch of their thesis projects. Thanks to everyone who attended! This is the last week of their Contemporary Topics in Design seminar and they will be showing their video projects on Wednesday at 5:30 pm. Thanks to Diana Blom for the update.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT - KAYLA SORENSEN

Check out our latest Alumni Spotlight, 2012 IAPD grad,Kayla Sorensen!

We had a few typos in last week's link - please use this one and our sincere apologies to Kayla!

IAPD ONLINE SUMMER COURSES

IAPD online courses are available this summer. You can review the brochure here.

GLASS STUDIO FALL SCHEDULE CHANGE

Donna's glass studio for this fall has had a time change. It will now meet Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.

SCHOLARSHIP/COMPETITION OPPORTUNITIES

We have added several summer internship and employment opportunities on the website. If you need the password please email iapd@ksu.edu and we will get it to you.

officeinsight

Check out the newest edition of officeinsight - a publication giving voice to those who create workplace design and furnishings. The publication is under Bob Beck, who has been a fantastic mentor in our Production Furniture for the Contract Market course!

Thomas Huang, Big12 Fellow

Canoe in progress. Exploration by Big12 Fellow Tom Huang taking place in the APDesign Shop this week. Be sure to stop by and see techniques in process and touch base with Tom.

EVENTS & DEADLINES

MARCH

28 - APDPro: Entrepreneurship with Ted Lopez, 5:30 pm APD West, Rm 116

29 - IAPD Faculty Mtg, 11:30-1:00 APD West 101

30 - IAPD 891, Short Design Film Screening, 5:30 pm, IAPD end space, APD West

31 - Jayna's last day before maternity leave

APRIL

1 - Student Diversity Summit, 3-5 pm, Leadership Studies Town Hall

4 - Student Council applications due by 5:30 pm

5 - Lunch & Learn with Ali Skilling of Bentley, 11:30 am, APD West

6 - Student Council Elections

6-8 - Alumni Fellow, Larry King