By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Three Mississippi State interior design majors are being recognized by the nation’s premier networking resource for the hospitality industry. Seniors Mary Katherine “Katie” Hughes of Southaven and Caitlyn R. Fleming of Bartlett, Tennessee, along with junior Natalie E. Watson of Olive Branch, each are receiving scholarships from the ...
Interior design students recently went on their annual field trips, designed to expose students to different design options and as a chance to network with various professionals in the industry. Sophomores in Assistant Professor William Riehm’s studio traveled to nearby Eupora to visit School of Architecture alumna Belinda Stewart, owner of Belinda Stewart Architects P.A. ...
By Kelsey Brownlee On Thurs., Nov. 3, the interior design students gladly welcomed Olivia Alison. [Show picture list] Alison is a native of Selma, Alabama, who has earned art history degrees from Hollins College and the University of Delaware, as well as a certificate from the Sorbonne in Paris. She began her career as a ...
[Show picture list] Images via Robin Carroll (Students working in last spring’s Integrated Lighting Solutions course) A course started with funds from a national grant has been added to the Interior Design Program’s curriculum. ID 4673, Integrated Lighting Solutions, was started last spring with funds from the 2015 Nuckolls Fund Grant. (Read more here.) The ...
Interior Design is offering a dual enrollment course for Jackson Preparatory students, ID 3603 Digital Design, for the second time this year. Taught by MSU interior design alumna (2012) Rachel Lantz, NCIDQ, ASID, the semester-long course focuses on Adobe’s “big three” software programs – Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. “We have planned this class as a generic way ...
F.L. Crane Professor and School of Architecture Director Michael Berk and Interior Design Assistant Lyndsey Miller participated in a panel discussion about 3D Printing on Fri., Oct. 21. The discussion took place in the Templeton Room of the Mississippi State University Library and also included John Wyatt with Instructional Systems and Workforce Development, Charles Freeman from Fashion Design ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Kelsey Brownlee) August 2016 interior design graduates came back to campus on Fri., Sept. 9 to present their summer internships at the program’s annual fall convocation: Several student accomplishments were also announced as well as introductions of the 2016-2017 ASID officers. Three students received 2016 NEWH (The Hospitality Industry Network) Scholarships: Caitlyn Fleming, Katie ...
MSU interior design alumna Courtney O’Bryan Harris Whatley (2001) was recently featured with her sister Ashely Waddell in Traditional Home magazine as a 2016 Rising Star of Design. According to its mission statement, the national magazine “inspires 4.8 million design lovers to reinterpret classic elegance in a thoroughly modern, personal way. From home, garden and green living to ...
Nearly 30 university juniors and seniors from Mississippi, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and the Bahamas recently brought back to the Starkville campus 56 of 102 total honors—including first place in eight categories.
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A Mississippi State student group is being recognized by the nation’s leading professional organization for interior designers. Chosen from a group of 25 chapters around the country, the 55-member student chapter of American Society of Interior Designers is receiving an honorable mention award as part of a chapter-of-the-year ...