Graduates: 8
Retention rate: 71%
Job placement rate: 89%
Graduate school admission: 12% (Master of Architecture)
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette
- First Place: Madelyn Groninger
- Honorable Mention: Tressa Fidler
IIDA NeoCon Chicago Charrette Participants – Marie Contzen and Madelyn Groninger
Trevarrow Student Kitchen Design Competition: First Place – Dia Rozzano
Joe Withers Endowed Award – Emmaly Garcia and Lejla Mecavica
Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship – Janeen Fulkerson, Micah Heneveld, Emily Nguyen,
Calyn Poore and Kate Timmerman
Ken Krayer Design Scholarship – Tressa Fidler
Robert James Campbell Scholarship – Megan Zelenka and Kayley Sullivan
Steelcase Design for NEXT top 2% finisher – Pamela Scholten
Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship – Calyn Poore and Megan Zelenka
Graduates: 12
Retention rate: 75%
Job placement rate: 67% at graduation
Graduate school admission: none
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
The Friends of Michigan State Fair Endowed Scholarship – Claire Ashcraft
Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship – Ashley Grotenhuis and Calyn Poore
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette, First Place – Kali Thompson
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette, Honorable Mention – Kate Timmerman
2021 IIDA TX/OK Shift Student Conference attendees – Claire Ashcraft and Jenna Smaby
Joe Withers Endowed Award – Tressa Fidler and Kali Thompson
Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship – Claire Ashcraft, Ashley Grotenhuis, Elizabeth Smethwick,
and Kate Timmerman
Mardell R. Grant Memorial Scholarship – Kali Thompson
Robert Bergelin Endowed Scholarship – Fabiola Garcia and Alexandria Short
Robert James Campbell Scholarship – Megan Zelenka
Graduates: 14
Retention rate: 82%
Job placement rate: 90% at graduation
Graduate school admission: none
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
The Friends of Michigan State Fair Endowed Scholarship – Sofia Melnikoff
Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship – Tiffany Taylor and Alexandria
Short
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette, First Place – Claire Ashcraft
Joe Withers Endowed Award – Claire Ashcraft and Ashley Grotenhuis
Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship – Ashley Grotenhuis, Elizabeth Smethwick, Claire Ashcraft,
and Kate Timmerman
KCAD General Scholarship Endowment – Maggie Kimbrell
Graduates: 19
Retention rate: 79%
Job placement rate: 79% at graduation
Graduate school admission: none
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Tiffany Taylor
George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Amanda Wyman
2021 Metropolis Magazine Top 100 to Watch Amanda Wyman
2021 IIDA TX/OK Shift Student Conference attendees Brooke Crissman and Felicia Burger
2021 Shift Student Conference Charrette First place Felicia Burger
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette First Place Peyton Helsen
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette Honorable Mention Sarah Kane
Joe Withers Endowed Award Claire Ashcraft and Peyton Helsen
Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship Claire Ashcraft, Ashley Grotenhuis, Elizabeth Smethwick,
and Kate Timmerman
KCAD General Scholarship Endowment Kelly Clouse, Sarah Kane, and Maggie Kimbrell
Dr Stanford Stoddard Family Scholarship Sofia Melnikoff
Graduates: 20
Retention rate: 80%
Job placement rate: 70% at graduation
Graduate school admission: 5%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
Steelcase NEXT Student Design Competition Top 5 finisher, Honorable Mention Sean Guirey
Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Amanda Wyman
George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Amanda Wyman
MWest Challenge team competition 2nd place for Considered Furniture with team members
Sydney Johnson – Interior Design, Joe Dunaske – Furniture Design, and Kate Hyman –
Master of Architecture
2019 IIDA NeoCon Charrette attendee Sara Petosky
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette First Place Sara Petosky
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette Honorable Mention Daniela Coyotl Symonds
IIDA TX/OK Student Shift Conference attendee Allisha Lightning Poucher
Friends of Michigan State Fair Endowed Scholarship Maggie Kimbrell
The Joe Withers Endowed Award Kelly Clouse
The Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship Kelly Clouse, Sawyer Seide, and Rachel Polet
KCAD General Scholarship Endowment Maggie Kimbrell
Graduates: 16
Retention rate: 89%
Job placement rate: 75% at graduation
Graduate school admission: 0%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Allison Misner
George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Felicia Burger
2018 IIDA NeoCon Charrette attendee Monica Mathie
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette First Place Leanne Westrate
IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette Honorable Mention Averie Harris
IIDA MI 2019 Student Video Competition winner Sara Petosky
IIDA TX/OK Student Shift Conference attendee Sara Petosky
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