This event celebrates the College of Design’s 2025 award recipients and the end of a successful academic year. The dean’s remarks and presentation of awards will begin at 5 p.m.

Award recipients include:

Polster Family Teaching Award

Ayodele Iyanalu, associate teaching professor, architecture
Li Zhang, assistant teaching professor, art and visual culture

College of Design Academic Advising Award

Erin Quinn, academic advisor,

Outreach/Public Service Award

Cruz Garcia and Nathalie Frankowski, associate professors, architecture

Faculty/Staff Research Award

Evan Hume, assistant professor, art and visual culture

Jane Rongerude, associate professor, community and regional planning

P&S Staff Award for Extraordinary Performance

Jena Jones, business administrator and departmental partner, art and visual culture and interior design

Jeremy Thurlby, model shop manager and building supervisor, College of Design

Graduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance

Natalie Deam, instructor of record and graduate teaching assistant, art and visual culture

Undergraduate Assistant Award for Extraordinary Performance

Georgia Billingsley, DSNS 1310 peer mentor, Core Design Program
Hugh Duffy, undergraduate research assistant, architecture
Chloe Timmerman, undergraduate research assistant, architecture