Interior Design Student Achievement
Competition, graduation, and career success in Interior Design.
KCAD Interior Design students are very competitive within the industry.
2020-2021
- Graduates: 19
- Retention rate: 79%
- Job placement rate: 79% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: none
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Tiffany Taylor
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Amanda Wyman
- 2021 Metropolis Magazine top 100 to Watch Amanda Wyman
- 2021 IIDA TX/OK Shift Student Conference attendees Brooke Crissman and Felicia Burger
- 2021 Shift Student Conference Charrette First place Felicia Burger
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette First Place Peyton Helsen
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette Honorable Mention Sarah Kane
- Joe Withers Endowed Award Claire Ashcraft and Peyton Helsen
- Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship Claire Ashcraft, Ashley Grotenhuis, Elizabeth Smethwick, and Kate Timmerman
- KCAD General Scholarship Endowment Kelly Clouse, Sarah Kane, and Maggie Kimbrell
- Dr Stanford Stoddard Family Scholarship Sofia Melnikoff
2019-2020
- Graduates: 20
- Retention rate: 80%
- Job placement rate: 70% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 5%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- Steelcase NEXT Student Design Competition Top 5 finisher, Honorable Mention Sean Guirey
- Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Amanda Wyman
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Amanda Wyman
- MWest Challenge team competition 2nd place for Considered Furniture with team members Sydney Johnson – Interior Design, Joe Dunaske – Furniture Design, and Kate Hyman – Master of Architecture
- 2019 IIDA NeoCon Charrette attendee Sara Petosky
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette First Place Sara Petosky
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette Honorable Mention Daniela Coyotl Symonds
- IIDA TX/OK Student Shift Conference attendee Allisha Lightning Poucher
- Friends of Michigan State Fair Endowed Scholarship Maggie Kimbrell
- The Joe Withers Endowed Award Kelly Clouse
- The Joe Withers Endowed Scholarship Kelly Clouse, Sawyer Seide, and Rachel Polet
- KCAD General Scholarship Endowment Maggie Kimbrell
2018-2019
- Graduates: 16
- Retention rate: 89%
- Job placement rate: 75% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 0%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Allison Misner
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Felicia Burger
- 2018 IIDA NeoCon Charrette attendee Monica Mathie
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette First Place Leanne Westrate
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charrette Honorable Mention Averie Harris
- IIDA MI 2019 Student Video Competition winner Sara Petosky
- IIDA TX/OK Student Shift Conference attendee Sara Petosky
2017-2018
- Graduates: 16
- Retention rate: 94%
- Job placement rate: 80% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 6%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- IIDA MI Dr. Virginia North Student Competition First Place Lauren Copping
- Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Sara Petoskey
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Katelyn Boverhof
- 2018 IIDA NeoCon Charette Second Place Monica Mathie
- IIDA MI ThinkUP! Student Charette First Place Alanna Sanchez Honorable Mention - Katelyn Boverhof
- PAVE - Target Scholarship Caroline Montgomery
2016-2017
- Graduates: 19
- Retention rate: 86%
- Job placement rate: 95% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 0%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- IIDA MI Dr. Virginia North Student Competition First Place Kelsey Ballast Second Place - Ashley Newton
- Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Hailey Klein
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Caroline Montgomery
2015-2016
- Graduates: 29
- Retention rate: 97%
- Job placement rate: 80% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 0%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- IIDA Booth Design Competition First Place Kelsey Ballast
- IIDA MI Dr. Virginia North Student Competition First Place Caitlyn Carr
- 2015 IDEC Student Design Competition Midwest Region Winner: Alex Pelton Midwest Region Winner: Dani Rose
- 2016 ThinkUp! Design Competition Grand Prize Team Member Allison Cornwell Honorable Mention Team Member Elise Boersema
- Tower Pinkster Scholarship Jennifer Kang
- 2016 IIDA NeoCon Charette First Place Team Member Kelsey Ballast
- Sherwin Williams STIR Top Ten Entrant Caitlyn Carr
2014-2015
- Graduates: 17
- Retention rate: 100%
- Job placement rate: 88% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 0%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Dawon Kim
- NKBA Michigan Chapter Student Competition People's Choice Kaitlin O'Connell
- IIDA MI Dr. Virginia North Student Competition Second Place Dawon Kim Third Place Amanda Hamberg and Mallarie Hiaeshutter
- Rehau Student Competition First Place Mallarie Hiaeshutter
- Interiors and Sources I Like Design! Top Ten Caitlyn Carr
- ThinkUp! Design Competition Honorable Mention Amanda Hamberg, Kaitlin O'Connell, Kelsey Ballast, Madison Gentry
- HKS Midwest Design Fellow Dawon Kim
- Tower Pinkster Interior Design Endowed Scholarship Jena Glazier
- Joe Withers Memorial Scholarship Victoria Hays
- IIDA NeoCon Charette People's Choice Kaitlin O'Connell
2013-2014
- Graduates: 20
- Rentention rate: 95%
- Job placement rate: 85% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 5%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Scholarship Amanda Klein
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship Amanda Klein
- Steelcase NEXT Student Competition Honorable Mention - Courtney Wierzbicki
- Ghiordes Knot Competition First Place - Chelsea Stafford Honorable Mention - Patrick Jackson
- IIDA MI Dr. Virginia North Student Competition First Place - Amanda Klein Second Place - Marci Gibson and Courtney Wierzbicki Third Place - Dawon Kim
- Klise Student Competition First Place - Chelsea McBurney (Interior Design) and Stacey Folker (Furniture Design) Second Place - Courtney Wierzbicki (Interior Design) and Kyle Kulchar (Furniture Design)
- Rehau Student Competition First Place - Laurah Boogaard
- Carnegie Student Competition Courtney Wierzbicki and Ashley Flamion
2012-2013
- Graduates: 31
- Retention rate: 100%
- Job placement rate: 87% at graduation
- Graduate school admission: 6%
Awards/Competitions/Scholarships
- George and Lucile Heeringa Trendway Scholarship: Kaitlyn Volpe
- Ghiordes Knot Competition First Place - Laura Fussman Honorable Mention - Lauren Breymeyer and Michael Fisher
- IIDA MI Dr. Virginia North Student Competition First Place - Kaitlyn Volpe Second Place - Kayla Mousseau
- West Michigan NKBA Student Competition First Place - Courtney Wierzbicki Second Place - Emily May Third Place - Chelsea McBurney People's Choice - Amanda Klein Owner's Choice - Courtney Wierzbicki
- Jeannette O'Brien Memorial Scholarship Claire Granskog