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\nDesign Treks is a new, innovative initiative\u00a0to help students explore different careers and learn about types of employers in the design field.<\/p>\n
\nDesign Treks is a new, innovative initiative\u00a0to help students explore different careers and learn about types of employers in the design field.<\/p>\n
On Friday, April 13,\u00a02018, the College of Design took 12 students to visit Perkins + Will, Spoonflower, and SAS so they could connect with alumni and other professionals. Students engaged with alumni about interesting projects at these organizations and made valuable connections. The group was diverse and included students from undergraduate and graduate programs across many disciplines, including Art + Design,\u00a0Architecture,\u00a0Design Studies, Industrial Design, and Landscape Architecture.<\/p>\n
Thanks to\u00a0Kathleen M. Fenner<\/a>, the Director of Career and Academic Advising, who coordinated this event with assistance from a University Foundation Grant to make this initiative possible!<\/p>\n Alumni who participated include: NC State Design took twelve students to visit local design firms Perkins+Will, Spoonflower, and SAS to connect with NC State Design alumni and other professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-innovation","category-student-experience"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n-Shaun Kurian (’16 MAD), User Experience Designer at SAS
\n-Alexis Pennachio (’15 MAD), Graphic Designer at Spoonflower
\n-Megan Fowler (’17 BGD), Senior Associate UX Designer at SAS<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\nDesign Treks is a new, innovative initiative\u00a0to help students explore different careers and learn about types of employers in the design field.\n\nOn Friday, April 13,\u00a02018, the College of Design took 12 students to visit Perkins + Will, Spoonflower, and SAS so they could connect with alumni and other professionals. Students engaged with alumni about interesting projects at these organizations and made valuable connections. The group was diverse and included students from undergraduate and graduate programs across many disciplines, including Art + Design,\u00a0Architecture,\u00a0Design Studies, Industrial Design, and Landscape Architecture.\n\nThanks to\u00a0Kathleen M. Fenner<\/a>, the Director of Career and Academic Advising, who coordinated this event with assistance from a University Foundation Grant to make this initiative possible!\n\nAlumni who participated include:\n-Shaun Kurian ('16 MAD), User Experience Designer at SAS\n-Alexis Pennachio ('15 MAD), Graphic Designer at Spoonflower\n-Megan Fowler ('17 BGD), Senior Associate UX Designer at SAS"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"