{"id":1563,"date":"2021-05-07T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2021-05-07T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:11:58","slug":"a-year-in-review-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2021\/05\/07\/a-year-in-review-2020-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"A year in review: 2020\u20132021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This 2020\u20132021 school year has been an extraordinary year for MIAD and our students. Take a look back at a few accomplishments as we head into the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.<strong> MIAD receives national accolades. <\/strong>For the sixth consecutive year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/miad-named-top-design-school-for-sixth-year-two-students-receive-top-honors\"><em>Graphic Design USA<\/em> magazine named MIAD a Top Design School<\/a> and named Erin Gray \u201922 and Carli Jordan \u201921 on the Students to Watch list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Unstoppable students.<\/strong> First-year students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/a-miad-first-year-experience-like-no-other\">share their experiences<\/a> of starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.<strong> <\/strong><strong>Sweeping Milwaukee design awards.<\/strong> Communication Design students and recent alumni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/miad-students-sweep-the-united-adworkers-student-showcase-awards\">won all five Student Showcase awards<\/a> in The Ninety Nine Adworkers Showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <strong>Changing the board game industry.<\/strong> MIAD students Rocky Ho \u201923 (Illustration) and Melvin Hood \u201923 (Communication Design) collaborated with a local high school teacher to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/miad-students-and-milwaukee-teacher-develop-game-to-broaden-cultural-representation\">design and illustrate a new fantasy strategy game<\/a> that aims to broaden cultural representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <strong>Solving pandemic challenges.<\/strong> MIAD students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/miad-students-design-apps-customizable-face-masks-to-solve-pandemic-challenges\">designed innovative concepts<\/a> to make life better while facing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <strong>Honoring women in Product Design.<\/strong> MIAD students Carli Jordan \u201921 (Communication Design), Olivia Paul \u201921 (Product Design) and Sophie Yufa \u201921 (Communication Design) designed a series of posters and a booklet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/miad-students-celebrate-and-honor-women-in-product-design\">celebrating and recognizing pioneering women product designers<\/a>.<br><br>7. <strong>Record illustration student honors. <\/strong>The Society of Illustrators has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/society-of-illustrators-honors-five-miad-students\">accepted a record five MIAD Illustration students and recent alumni<\/a> to the organization\u2019s 2021 Student Scholarship Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 2020\u20132021 school year has been an extraordinary year for MIAD and our students. Take a look back at a few accomplishments as we head into the summer. 1. MIAD receives national accolades. For the sixth consecutive year, Graphic Design USA magazine named MIAD a Top Design School and named Erin Gray \u201922 and Carli &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2021\/05\/07\/a-year-in-review-2020-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A year in review: 2020\u20132021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5654],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miad-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}