CONNECTIONS

the classroom + the professional community

In our program, we take advantage of our strong professional community connections to enhance and expand what we do in the classroom. Through field trips, guest speakers, workshops,  professionals that review students class projects, and internships, our students get the additional benefit of insights and understandings from design and other professionals.

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We apologize if we inadvertently left off a name of one of our many community partners.

PROFESSIONAL GUESTS

Fall 2019

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• Dan Barczak, Chief Creative Officer, Hyperquake (Design for Public Issues)

• Courtney Baron and Trish Blair, Bridwell Art Library (Book Forms, Typography I)

• Tara Anderson, WFPL, 5 Things Podcast (Book Forms)

• Andrew Spalding, Fraser Ward, Amy Wood, Art & Creative Directors, Fieldtrip
  (Design for Public Issues)

• Dafi Kühne, Swiss Designer/Letterpress Artist (Typography I)

• Karen Weaver, Athens Papers (Book Forms, Typography I)

REVIEWERS

Packaging Design final project presentations

• John H. Desmarais, Senior Marketing Director. GE Appliances
  

• Andrew Ignatow, Founder + CEO, The Connected Nest

• Meredith Post, Creative Director, LPK

• Yamilca Rodriguez, Founder and CEO, Yamilca Rodriguez Consulting;
  former P&G Design Manager

• Carrie Scrufari, Design Manager Speed Art Museum

• Andrew Spalding, Creative Director, Fieldtrip

• Frances Ward-Simmons, Creative Services Director, Mightily

• Amy Woods, Senior Art Director, Fieldtrip

PROFESSIONAL GUESTS

Spring 2020

• Alums from class of 2019 and class of 2018 (Portfolio class)
  

• Courtney Baron, Director, Bridwell Art Library (Foundation Design Methods, Portfolio)

• Matt Zoeller, Senior Art Director, Mightily (Design for Public Issues, spring)

• Robert Sprawls, Certified Financial Planner (Portfolio)

• Lisa Hoppes, Creative Director, Comcast (Design for Interaction)

• Todd Roberts, Principal User Experience Designer, Blackbaud (Design for Interaction)

• Mike Solak, Client Relationship Manager, Prosoft (Design for Interaction)

FIELD TRIPS

Fall 2019–Spring 2020

• First Build (Typography I)
  

• The Speed Museum: Carrie Donovan, Kim Spence, Liz Morse (Book Forms)

• Humana Experience Center: collaborative design methods workshop (Fall & Spring semester, Design for Public Issues)

• The Power Agency (Portfolio class)

• Mightily (Portfolio class)

• Yum!Brands Creative Services Group (Portfolio class)

INTERNSHIPS

2019-2020

The majority of our students participate in design internships, providing valuable real-world experience before graduation. Almost all of the internships are paid — a welcome supplement to a student’s income that helps with their undergraduate expenses. Many students have multiple internship experiences; the average number of semesters in an internship is currently more than five. During the 2019-20 academic year, design students worked as interns at:

• Access Ventures

• BCH (Bandy, Carroll & Hellige)

• Doe-Anderson

• Fieldtrip

• GE / Chibo

• Humana

• Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation

• Kentucky Kingdom

• KFC / Yum!Brands

• PR Store

• Relay Design

• Speed Art Museum

• U of L Alumni Association

• U of L Integrative Design & Development

• U of L Office of Admissions

• U of L Office of Communications & Marketing

• Wingspan