Welcome to the UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture Alumni e-newsletter.

Welcome the newest Pointer alumni!

Congrats to all the future teachers from the School of Education who were among the Pointers earning degrees at the UW-Stevens Point commencement ceremony May 19.

Golden Ruler Event recap

The Division of Interior Architecture continued its tradition called the Golden Ruler Event: An Evening With Interior Architecture as the program recognized its 2017-18 graduates, student scholarship and award winners, donors, alumni and supporting professionals. Read More | Photo Gallery

IA signs transfer agreement with FVTC

Aspiring interior design professionals can now seamlessly transfer from the Fox Valley Technical College Interior Design Department to UW-Stevens Point to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture, as the two institutions signed a program-to-program articulation agreement. Read More | Watch Video

Senior Show: A Common Thread

Graduating interior architecture seniors presented their final designs at the Senior Portfolio Show: A Common Thread on May 18. View Photos | Watch Video

Student design work featured at UW System Symposium

Providing a comfortable and meaningful living environment for seniors affected by Alzheimer’s in a relaxed, home-like atmosphere is an important goal for many health care organizations. IA student Abbey Johnson shared her design to meet this goal at the 17th Annual UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity. View Photo

Student portfolios featured in design textbook

Portfolio work by six interior architecture students from the class of 2014 is featured in the textbook Portfolio Design for Interiors, a textbook. Prof. Aaron Kadoch, who submitted student portfolios from his interior architecture capstone class, is also quoted in the textbook. Read More

Alumni Show: Welcome (Back) Home

Welcome (Back) Home to these interior architecture alumni who proudly showcased their professional work in the IA Alumni Show. Angie Nowak '17, Heather Dryfka ’16 and Taylor Kapalczynski ’16 returned to campus to showcase their professional work and visit with students and faculty during the closing reception. View Photos

IA and Art Foundation Show

Size 30 sneakers, wire trombones, charcoal drawings and more filled the Agnes Jones Gallery for the UW-Stevens Point Foundation Show, featuring work of foundation-level students from the Division of Interior Architecture and the Department of Art and Design. View Photos | Watch Video

Wisconsin Interior Design Career Day

More than 50 interior architecture students attended the Wisconsin Interior Design Career Day in Madison March 2. The annual event gives students an opportunity to network with industry design professionals and attend inspiring sessions focused on career and professional development. View Photos

What did you get from your time at UW-Stevens Point?

A new view of the world? An opportunity to study abroad? A chance to help others? A career? Chances are your UW-Stevens Point experience shaped your life in an important way. Consider shaping the experience of today’s UW-Stevens Point students by making a gift that will contribute to their college experience. You have the flexibility to designate your gifts where you feel they are needed most:

Give to the Division of Interior Architecture, contact Carie Winn
Make a gift to the UW-Stevens Point Annual Campaign online

Hello Pointers!

Interior Architecture had a very busy year indeed! We had two successful accreditation visits. The first in the fall was with the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD); and the second in the spring was with the Council of Interior Design Accreditation. Each helped us confirm that we have an extremely solid program, with our students reaping all the benefits–namely, a very competitive job market position, a highly impressive portfolio of project and design work, at least one internship, if not two, and a general professional disposition. We are very proud to have reached this new milestone!

To that end, eight of our students/alumni and I were published in the Portfolio Design for Interiors by Harold Linton and William Engel.

We will also have a new learning classroom space on the third floor, highlighting a flexible, collaborative and functional furniture layout by Steelcase, a combined technology breakout space, converted from storage, and an open concept for active learning. We are very excited about this new space!

Students worked on many successful projects, throughout the curriculum, including the second annual Ashley Furniture Design Competition, the Huck Residence, a Nelson Hall Renovation (proposal), CPS Dean’s Office art pieces, and many other exciting design projects.

Also, after several years of work, we had an official signing event for our new two-year articulation agreement with Fox Valley Technical College. Thank you for all who made this collaboration possible!

With many changes potentially on the horizon for UW-Stevens Point, we are excited and creatively approaching new ventures and the future with an eye on innovation, collaboration and on continuing to evolve our high quality design curriculum for our students. We cherish our past and bring it into our future.

Aaron Kadoch
Head, Division of Interior Architecture

Alumni: Where are they now?

Find out where UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture alumni are and what they are doing with their degrees on the interactive alumni maps! Alumni can now tell us what's new and connect with other Pointers around the world by adding information to one of our alumni maps! View Alumni Maps