PRESENT: STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ISSUE 05
STUDENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Colin Akemann
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
UX Design Intern, John Deere,
Champaign
Sara Alsum-Wassenaar
MFA 2014, New Media
Assistant Professor, Dort College,
Iowa
Kathryn Anderson
BFA 2016, Graphic Design
Advertising Design Intern, The
Bradford Group
Lauren Applebaum
Ph.D. candidate, Art History
Recipient, Smithsonian American
Art Museum, Pre-Doctoral
Fellowship.
Tori Baier
BFA 2015, Photography
Junior Art Director, 14th & Boom,
Chicago
Lauren Blackburn
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
UI/UX Design Intern, Solstice
Mobile, Personify, Inc, Chicago
Vanessa Burritt
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Designer, Illini Media, Champaign
Taylor Carlson
BFA 2016, Graphic Design
Intern, Research Park, Champaign,
Illini Union, Research Park
Denise Castaneda
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Design Intern, Walton Isaacson,
Chicago
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Michael Conn
PhD 2015, Art Education
Instructor Art and Art History,
Illinois Eastern Community
Colleges, Champaign
Jenelle Davis
Ph.D. candidate, Art History
Recipient, Canadian Social
Science and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC) pre-doctoral
fellowship.
Peter Davis
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Intern at Cornelius Inc., Glendale
Heights, Illinois
Emma Dent
PhD candidate in Art History
Recipient of the University
of Illinois Graduate College
Distinguished Fellowship.
Emily Denis
MA 2014, Art Education
Recipient of the Student ACE
Award
40north.org/programs/aceawards/2013-award-winners
Dominic Dina
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Athletic Footwear Intern at Li Fung
USA, New York, NY
Roshni Doshi
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Intern at RTC, Rolling Meadows,
Illinois
Kaiyao Duan
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Intern at UIUC Vet Med, Zealous
Amoeba (iOS app),
Alexandra Dye
BFA 2012, Graphic Design; MFA
2014, Graphic Design
Interaction Designer, TelePharm,
Iowa City
Emily Evans
PhD candidate in Art History
Assistant Editor with Kasper Konig,
Manifesta Catalog, 2014
Margaret Ewing
MA 2007, Art History; PhD 2014,
Art History
Curatorial Assistant, Department
of Painting & Sculpture, MoMA
Cherie Fanning
MFA 2016, Metal
Work selected for publication in
Metalsmith’s Exhibition in Print,
“Animal Instincts.”
Andrea Ferber
PhD candidate in Art History
Assistant Professor of Art
History at Idaho State University,
beginning Fall 2014.
Darren Fill
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
ID Intern, The Marketing Store,
Chicago
Sarah Gavin
BFA 2014, New Media
Visual Arts Intern, Champaign
dreamscape.bz
Kevin Hauger
BFA 2016, Industrial Design
Intern at Juno Lighting Group, Des
Plaines, Illinois
Julianne Heuel
BFA 2014, Art Education
Collections Assistant, Krannert Art
Museum
Hana Hong
MFA 2014, Metals
Jewelry Design Intern at K2o by
Karen Ko, Champaign
Tithi Jasani
BFA 2016, Industrial Design
Design Research Assistant,
EnterpriseWorks, Champaign
Lauren Johnson
PhD candidate, Art History
Recipient, University of Illinois
Graduate College Distinguished
Fellowship.
Jill Karcher
BFA 2016, Graphic Design
GD Intern, Lakeland Healthcare
Group
Daniel Kelly
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Product Designer, The Rooster
Group, San Antonio, Texas
Brian Kennedy
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
ID Intern, Libman Broom Co.,
Champaign; UX Internships:
autodesk, John Deere,
EntreCORPS
Hayan Kim
PhD candidate, Art History
Recipient, Smithsonian American
Art Museum, Pre-Doctoral
Fellowship.
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STUDENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Molly Krohe
BFA 2014, Photography
Photographer, spoonuniversity.
com
Michelle Kwak
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Awards include 2013 Red Dot
finalist for Pebble with Lucy Wen.
UX UI Designer, John Deere,
Champaign
Ana Lagos
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Certificate of Excellence in
Sustainable Management
and Technology, Subsistence
Marketing, India.
Intern at Agricultural Informatics,
Research Park, Champaign
Courtney Lai
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Consultant, Capgemini, Chicago
Jocelyn Lam
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Intern at Inspiyr.com
Vivian Le
BFA 2014, Painting
Staff Artist, Double Coupon
Software, Chicago
Ivy Lee
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Intern at Norden Design, Urbana
Andrea Lillian
PhD candidate in Art History
Assistant Professor at Idaho State
University, Fall 2014
Kelly Lin
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Intern at Kaleidoscope, Chicago
First Place, Steal This Idea,
Miscellaneous Promotions, 2014
Angela Lovell
BFA 2014, Art Education
Assistant Art Director, Harand
Camp
Kelsey Mangler
BFA 2014, Art Education
Teaching Assistant, College for
Kids at Parkland, Champaign
Yvette Mayorga
BFA painting, 2014
Entering the MFA Program in
Fibers, School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, Fall 2014.
MFA Candidates in Metal
Shayna Egan (2014), Hana Hong
(2014), Jamie Sawka (2015),
Jina Seo (2016), Lindsey Snell
(2014), had work featured in the
2014 Society of North American
Goldsmiths Student Conference
Presentation titled “Alchemy in
the Digital Age,” Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Maggie Michael
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Design Intern, Denver Broncos
Avani Miriyala
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Associate User Experience
Designer, RetailMeNot, Austin,
Texas
Avsar Modi
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Consultant, Microsoft, Austin,
Texas
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Benjamin Moy
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
President IDSA, 2014-15.
Intern at Straight Line Designs,
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada and Norden Design,
Urbana
Christian Nam
BFA 2014, Photography
Lead Studio Photographer, Visual
Image Photography
Ehsan Noursalehi
MFA 2014, Industrial Design
Maverick, Future Partners, Half
Moon Bay, California
Elaine Palutsis
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Design Intern, VSA Partners,
Chicago
Sdehoon Park
BFA 2016, Graphic Design
GD Intern, The Muckenthaler
Cultural Center, Orange County,
CA
Jonathan Pearce
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Designer, Brand Design, Chicago
Samantha Persons
MFA 2014, Sculpture
2014 Open Studio Fellowship,
Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer,
Minnesota
Naveen Raja
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Toy + Promo Design Intern, Surge
Innovations, Chicago
Katherine Reiser
BFA 2016, Industrial Design
Intern, Big Monster Toys, Chicago
Nathalie Rock
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Design Intern, Torque, Chicago
Xuxa Rodriguez
PhD candidate in Art History
2014 Latino Museum Studies
Fellow, Latino at the Smithsonian
Latino Center
Kaitlyn Russell
BA 2014, Art History
Heather James Fine Art, California
Marina Shaltout
BFA 2014, Metal
Selected for the New Mexico
State University Artist Residency.
Sheila M. Schneider
BFA 2010, Sculpture; MFA 2014,
Industrial Design
‘Disability Relevant Design: A
Portfolio of Approaches” Paper
& Presentation at Engineering
& Product Design Educators
Conference, Sept 4-6, 2013 in
Dublin, Ireland
Alexander Siedband
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Toy Designer, Big Monster Toys,
Chicago
Heather Stickney
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY
Sadie Teper
BFA 2015, Industrial Design
Student, Senior Designer, Daily
Illini, Champaign
Amanda Tiberi
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Creative Director/Designer, Olift
Magazine (weight lifting), Chicago
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STUDENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Xinran Yuan
MFA Sculpture, 2014
Project Assistant, Cai Guo Quang
Studio, New York, NY
Weijia Wang
BFA 2016, Industrial Design
ID Intern, EnterpriseWorks
Rachel Weissman
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
UX Design Intern, Digitas LBi,
Chicago
Amanda Wessel
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Contract Designer, Whirlpool,
Chicago
Jonathan Wright
BFA 2014, Industrial Design
Exhibit Designer, Core Design,
Chicago
Michael Zhang
BFA 2014, Graphic Design
Graphic Designer, Ogilvy & Mather,
Chicago
Hailun (Helen) Zhou
MFA 2015, Industrial Design
Best of the Best – 2011 Red
Dot Design Award, “Telescopic
Raincoat,” Red Dot Design,
Germany
Intern at Beyond Design, Chicago,
John Deere, TIC, Champaign and
Yelp Inc., San Francisco
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