2020

November
- Virtual Thesis Podium Event
  
  November 19, 2020
  Interior Architecture & Design graduate students presented their thesis topics and preliminary research at our annual Thesis Podium Event.
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- Westphal BRIDGE Scholars Program Welcomes Inaugural Cohort
  
  November 17, 2020
  Westphal BRIDGE Scholars is a welcoming, inclusive learning community designed to enhance the success of underrepresented minority and first-generation college students. In its first year, the program welcomed seventeen students representing ten majors throughout Westphal.
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- The Latest Shoutouts: Westphal Student, Faculty, Staff & Alumni Achievements
  
  11/9/2020 11:44:08 AM
  
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October
- Winter Academic Experience at Westphal
  
  10/30/2020 5:12:51 PM
  The Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is looking forward to welcoming many of our undergraduate students back in January, and we are working to ensure the safest and most engaging educational experience possible for our community, whether you are taking courses remotely or face-to-face.
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- October 2020 Shoutouts: Westphal Student, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Achievements
  
  10/15/2020 12:49:37 PM
  
  Celebrate the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in this round-up of recent accomplishments.
  
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September
- New Drexel Student Representatives to ASID, IIDA, and NEWH
  
  September 14, 2020
  Drexel Interiors continues to foster strong industry and organizational relationships with the involvement of our student representatives. For the 2020-21 academic year, we are delighted to have Lindsay Bedford, Rachel Ayella-Silver, and Shannah Bowers working to connect Drexel with ASID, IIDA, and NEWH.
  
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- Sara McElroy Joins Drexel Interiors as New Full-Time Faculty
  
  September 01, 2020
  The Drexel Interiors program is excited to welcome a new full-time faculty member, Sara McElroy. McElroy has worked on a variety of retail projects for Glossier and was named by Lighting Design Magazine as a top lighting designer under 40.
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August
- New Web Archive for Graduate Interiors Thesis
  
  August 01, 2020
  Interior Architecture & Design is pleased to announce a new web archive for graduate thesis projects: www.drexelinteriors.work.
  
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July
- Prep Scholar Ranks Drexel Interior Design Among Top 10 in US
  
  July 22, 2020
  The popular college preparation service Prep Scholar has ranked Drexel among the top ten in their review and discussion of interior design programs.
  
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- Westphal Announces Creative Connections Summer Series 2020
  
  7/20/2020 3:33:09 PM
  
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June
- Pooja Kalavagunta Places 2nd in International Covid Response Design Competition
  
  June 29, 2020
  Congratulations to Interior Architecture student Pooja Kalavagunta for placing second in the international 2020 COVID Response Design Competition sponsored by HiveKraft.
  
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- Graduate Assistant Tiffany England Receives Drexel Teaching Excellence Award
  
  June 15, 2020
  Graduate student Tiffany England received Drexel University’s 2020 Teaching Assistant Excellence Award. The awards are presented to graduate teaching assistants (TAs) throughout the university who exhibit exemplary commitment to student learning, innovative teaching methods, leadership, and a commitment to professional growth.
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May
- Drexel Graduate Wins Regional IIDA Student Competition
  
  May 22, 2020
  Drexel Interior Architecture students John Bassanello and Rachel Ayella-Silver were recognized in the 2020 I IDA Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware chapter Student Design Competition.
  
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- A Nearly Final Word from Dean Sabinson
  
  5/19/2020 11:39:24 AM
  Long-standing Dean of the Drexel University Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Allen Sabinson, reflects on his 15 years of leadership of one of the best Applied Art and Design schools in the nation.
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April
- Remote Teaching with Architecture, Design & Urbanism
  
  4/23/2020 11:54:37 AM
  
  In the Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism, exploration of space and materials are essential, so moving to an entirely virtual environment is, in the words of Interior Design Assistant Professor Frances Temple-West, “challenging yet oddly liberating. It has opened up new opportunities to learn about materials and materiality.”
  
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- Francesca Alchanati Wins 'Ize Prize' for Architecture
  
  April 20, 2020
  
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- Drexel Team Announced as Finalists in FRAME Magazine International Competition
  
  April 17, 2020
  Interior Architecture graduate students Ala Felemban, Shelly Mascarenhas, and Kristianne Simeon were selected as finalists in the international Frame x Montana Creative Challenge 2020.
  
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March
- Drexel Alumna Joins NKBA's Prestigious Thirty Under 30 Class of 2020
  
  March 31, 2020
  Drexel Interior Design alumna, Michelle Sauer, was selected as a member of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s (NKBA) Thirty Under 30, Class of 2020.
  
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- Interior Design Educators Council Foundation Graduate Scholar Award
  
  March 05, 2020
  Graduate Interior Design Student, Lisa Patusky, was awarded the Interior Design Educators Council Foundation Graduate Scholar Award at the IDEC Annual Conference in Tulsa, OK. The award includes $1,000 scholarship to attend the conference, mentorship by industry leaders, and recognition of the student’s pursuit of design education. Patusky’s essay, on the importance of material knowledge and hands on learning for design students, was one of only three selected nationally. Lisa is currently working on her master’s thesis, in which she is building full-scale models and exploring the relationship between materials and the embodied experience.
  
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February
- HOK Competition Won by Drexel Students for 4th Consecutive Year
  
  February 18, 2020
  Drexel Interior Design students won first place for the fourth consecutive year, and for the second straight year, swept the awards in the annual HOK Philadelphia Futures Design Competition.
  
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- Design & Science Exhibition Features Drexel Interiors Faculty and Students
  
  February 13, 2020
  Professors Dee Nicholas and Nicole Koltick had work featured in an exhibition at the Esther Klein Gallery curated by Professor Leslie Atzmon of Eastern Michigan University
  
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January
- Drexel Alums receive NEWH TopID Award
  
  January 10, 2020
  Drexel Interior alums and owners of APOP, Courtney DiBlasi Elfand and Erica Harmelin, were recognized by NEWH with the TopID award.
  
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- Debra Ruben Named Associate Dean of Westphal College
  
  January 01, 2020
  Associate Professor Debra Ruben has been appointed the Academic Associate Dean of Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. Professor Ruben was the long-serving Program Director for the undergraduate Interior Design and graduate Interior Architecture & Design programs.
  
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