Interior Design Student Awards

In recent years, ATID students have been very successful in regional and national design competitions.

2012

• A project created by a 3-person team of interior design students from K-State was selected as honorable mentions in the Midwest Region portion of the 2011-2012 IDEC Student Competition. Team members were Becca Ayon, Jessica Smith and Brittani Weber.

2011

• A project created by a 3-person team of interior design students from K-State was selected as one of three regional finalists in the Midwest Region portion of the 2010-2011 IDEC Student competition. Team members were Jen Burke, Lydia Travis, and Kaitlin Jones.
• Team of three ID students won the Outstanding Human Achievement Award in the student division competition at the Mid-America Design Awards, sponsored by the International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) Mid-America chapter.
• ID student was awarded a scholarship from The Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH).

2010

• Joanne Heimsoth Fields was awarded one of three $1,000.00 scholarships given annually by the Missouri West/Kansas Chapter of ASID. This is Joanne's second time receiving this scholarship.
• A team of two Kansas State University interior design students were awarded First Place in the 2009-2010 IDEC Student Design Competition. The team is comprised of Kristen Henriksen and Morgan Zwickel. The award was given at the annual International Conference of the Interior Design Educators Council in Atlanta, GA.
• Amy Boesen, an Interior Design student from Sedgwick, earned the Student Gold Award in the third annual Mid-America Design Awards, sponsored by the International Interior Design Association's Mid-America chapter.

2009

• IIDA Mid-America 2009 Student Scholarship competition. Honorable Mention – Josie Clymer, Kansas State University.
• Lydia Travis, an interior design student receives one of 6 scholarships awarded by the College of Human Ecology to help fund her study in Italy and France.
• Yolonda Guyton was awarded one of five 2009-2010 Multicultural Scholarships by the College of Human Ecology.

2008

• Two K-State interior design teams were regional finalists in the Midwest Region portion of the 2007-2008 IDEC Student competition. The two teams were composed of: 1. Eva Newill, Kara Schmidt, and Catie Carpenter, and 2. Alison Hecht, Alexandra Sumpter and Haley Van Wagenen.
• Alison Hecht, Alexandra Sumpter and Haley Van Wagenen (Faculty Advisor – Peggy Honey), were awarded First Place nationally in the 2007-2008 IDEC Student Design Competition. The win came at the annual International conference of the Interior Design Educators Council in Montreal, Canada.

2007

• Heather Clark, a senior in Interior Design had her article, "Disposable Furniture = Disposable Futures, in the May 2007 issue of Interiors and Sources, a professional publication serving the interior design community.
• A May 2007 graduate of KSU's interior design program received a diversity scholarship from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The scholarship will allow Georganne W. White of Manhattan to attend the organization's fall conference in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.
• Jackie Shaw was awarded an honorable mention in the ACCESS Design Challenge sponsored by ASID. Her project was published in the fall issue of ACCESS magazine, an ASID publication.

2006

• Migette Kaup, Peggy Honey and Melissa Adams (ID Graduate May 2005) are the recipients of a KSU Tilford Incentive Grants to support the infusion and assessment of multicultural competencies within the educational experiences of K-State Students. Their project, Multicultural Learning through Student Leadership will apply disciplinary practices that foster multicultural service learning opportunities for Interior Design students through professional development activities related to the student organizations of ASID and IIDA. Student-driven learning activities for this project will involve outreach to prospective students in historically under-represented groups. Current interior design students will learn about diversity issues related to the profession through their leadership in recruitment efforts.
• Thanks to Brent Aldridge and Georganne White, 3rd year interior design student, the ATID department received a software package, free of charge, for the interior design students to use when designing commercial office projects. The package is worth $3,000, given to us by ProjectMatrix of Cincinnati, OH, and is designed to be used with AutoCAD. The package includes CAD blocks, pricing and specifications for several major furniture manufacturers.
• Natalie Trudeau, 4th year interior design student received 3rd place in the Metropolitian Home National Design Competition.
• Elissa Bartel, 3rd Year interior design student won a Kansas City IFMA (International Facilities Management Associations) competitive scholarship of $1,000.00. Ms. Bartel's faculty advisor was Migette Kaup.

2005

• Audrey Koehn, fourth-year student in interior design won 1st place in the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) design competition. A panel of five NKBA Certified Members judged over 127 entries from 26 different schools from across the country. In choosing the winner, the judges considered safety, functional use of space, innovative design solutions, professional presentation, and overall aesthetic statement.
• Amy Gowens received 1st place in the Corporate and Health Care Divisions and Best in Show in the Brass Ring [national] competition.
• Jessica Richardson received 2nd place in the Corporate Design Division and the Silver Best in Show in the Brass Ring competition.
• Natalie Trudeau, a 4th year interior design student, was awarded a $2,500.00 scholarship from the National Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH) Lonestar Chapter in Dallas, TX. NEWH is a national organization founded in 1984 to promote the professional opportunities for women in the hospitality industry through professional contact, scholarship, and education.

2004

• KSU's Interior Design/Interior Architecture program ranked 3rd according to a 2004 nationwide survey of leading firms across the United States. The annual survey, by Design Intelligence and the Design Futures Council in conjunction with the Almanac of Architecture and Design, asks firms to indicate which accredited programs have produced, in the last five years, graduates most prepared for practice. Principals of more than 1,000 firms across the nation receive the survey.
• Interior design students, Andrea Falk, Carly Hillman, Lindsay Kingman, Shuang Wang, and Heather Zimmerman were invited to join Kappa Omicron Nu. A student must have a 3.5 GPA to be asked to join.
• Audrey Koehn won 1st place in the Residential Category of the Brass Ring Competition, a national exhibit of student design sponsored annually by Oklahoma Christian University. She also received a Best of Show Gold Award and $100 cash prize.
• Aaron Rolfe received the 2nd place award in both the Residential and Corporate categories in addition to a Best of Show Bronze Award and a $25 cash prize at the Brass Ring Competition.