Each year, the College of Design proudly honors exceptional students, faculty, and staff whose remarkable contributions have enriched our academic community. Award recipients are nominated across multiple categories by their peers, including faculty, students, and staff.
The 2024-25 College of Design Honors & Awards winners are:
Outstanding Contributions to Equity and Diversity Award
Chris Schlichting (staff)
Jessica Garcia Fritz (faculty)
Josh Straub (student)
Environmental Action Award
Lucy Dunne
Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award
Vanessa Segura Duque
Outstanding Outreach Award
Carlye Lauff
Outstanding Research and/or Creative Scholarship Award
Ji Youn Shin
Outstanding Staff Award
Sarah Acosta (CS/LR)
Wanda Loerch (P&A)
Outstanding Team Service Award
CDes Student Ambassadors
Architecture: Iana Jaslowski, Shangwe Weche, Nina Brown
Landscape Arch: Lindsey Hilt, Leng Vue, Leelamoon Karlson
Product Design: Arisha Kavi
Interior Design: Isabelle Bestul, MaKayla Hawker, Caleb Norton
Apparel Design: Karina Rojas, Oudam UI, Jewel Vang
Retail & Consumer Studies: Maddie Oberpriller, Michael Michenfelder
Graphic Design: Chloe Bechard, Ashwini Sandanayoke
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leadership Award
Mae Sann
Student-Driven Teaching Appreciation Award
Viet Do
Teaching Appreciation Award
Jaye Thompson
Career Champion Award
Rebecca Krinke
ARCHITECTURE
Individual Excellence Award - Undergraduate
Nate Gehrz
Team Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Freedom by Design Team
Nate Gehrz, Maverick Almich, Minh Vu, Henry Ly, Nicole Palsgrove, Nora Rosemeier
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Esther Olúwańbọ̀ Olúwalówò
Team Excellence Award – Graduate
UMN NOMAS Board
Esther Oluwanbo Oluwalowo, Arshi Abu, Ijahara Mosissa, Julia Gerloff, Mikoto Dyer, Minh Vu, Joy Quach, Betty Gonzalez Marcial, Sunny Simphoukham
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Individual Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Sabrina Nelson
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Chang Li
INTERIOR DESIGN
Individual Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Trung Pham
Team Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Catja Peterson, Gage Vizecky, Anneka Salstrom, Hannah Schneider, and Lucia Jurado.
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Van Nguyen
APPAREL DESIGN
Individual Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Devin Schwartz
Team Excellence Award – Undergraduate
ADES 4215 Group: Tyne Andrews, Greta Wolsky, Audrey Friesen, Christine Nguyen, Alex Despot
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Jaehee Jang
Team Excellence Award – Graduate
Chukwuma Udezeh, Boowon Kim, Mansoureh (Sophie) Nikookar, and Shiman Li
PRODUCT DESIGN
Individual Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Lily Kuiken
Team Excellence Award – Undergraduate
(PDMN) Student Group Leadership Team: Caleb Schrien and Grace Twohig
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Neda Barbazi
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Individual Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Tianna Nguyen
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Kim Pfeffer
HUMAN FACTORS & ERGONOMICS
Individual Excellence Award – Graduate
Pa Chang Vang
RETAIL & CONSUMER STUDIES
Individual Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Jacquelyn Dufner
Team Excellence Award – Undergraduate
Brooke Aulizia, Sidney Brant, Carly Killian, Brooke Lambrecht
