Alumni Stories

Prepping Artists for a Post-College Career

The Register-Guard talks to School of Art + Design Head Laura Vandenburgh about the avenues for artists and professional education.

Art Alumna Named 2019 Golden Spot Residency Award Recipient

Artist Natalie Ball will do a two-week printmaking residency at Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts.

International Space Station Welcomes New Buddy

Sports Product Design student’s plush Earth toy took a joyride on the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

Visual Magic—New Show at Schnitzer Museum Reflects College of Design’s Lasting Influence on Oregon Art

The JSMA’s enormous new exhibition has deep ties to the College of Design, including its curation.

Fits Like A Glove

Sports Product Design graduate students are fine-tuning the garment for athletes.

The Gift of Art

Arts alumus Joe Fischer endows $300,000 to the Department of Art and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture.

Designing Sasquatch

Students in the Department of Product Design created a graphic design for a new, one-of-a-kind Sasquatch-themed bike as part of the PeaceHealth Rides and JUMP Bikes campaign.

Two Sports Product Design Graduate Students Make the Finals in International Competition

Olivia Echols and Christel Thue Høgsted are finalists in the Woolmark Performance Challenge.

Raevyn Rogers: Triple Crown

When Raevyn Rogers graduates in June, she will be an emerging track superstar with degrees in Art and Spanish. She says that art’s appeal to her isn’t just in the creativity and peace it offers her but that art critics and track fans have a lot in common.

Custom cups help new students build camaraderie

Incoming College of Design students will each receive an individually designed drinking vessel made by fellow students and presented at orientation.

Undergraduate projects exhibit wide range of research inquiry

President Trump’s Cabinet, a fogged-up windshield, and an artwork made for an Oscar Wilde play were among the unique sources of inspiration for A&AA student projects at the 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium held in the Erb M

Fifth annual Spring Storm showcases art by 2017 seniors

Work by more than 100 graduating senior art, art and technology, and product design st