Ļć½¶Ö±²„interior design students dominate awards at regional competition
Contact: Christie McNeal
STARKVILLE, Miss.āMississippi State interior design students recently received 31 of 54 possible awards in the 2020 American Society of Interior Designers South Central Chapter Student Work Competition. Originally scheduled to be held in New Orleans this past spring, the societyās annual summit was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the student awards were announced via email and video.
Ļć½¶Ö±²„Interior Design Program Director and Professor Beth Miller, Ph.D., credits her studentsā success to the exposure of a wide range of project types and to the facultyās guidance and design experience in their respective fields. MSUās interior design program also offers furniture design, numerous computer technology courses, hand rendering and lighting courses that many other universities do not include in their curricula.Ā
āI am so proud that interior design students took the initiative, even in the throes of the pandemic, to enter their student projects into the competition. Most of the student winners were underclassmenājuniors and sophomoresāso our programās future is bright,ā Miller said. āMSUās interior design program continues to dominate the competition, and we are thankful that the tradition continues even during these difficult times. We maintain the reputation that student work from Ļć½¶Ö±²„is high quality and competitive.ā
The ASID student competition drew representatives from higher education institutions throughout Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
The 2020 Ļć½¶Ö±²„winners and their categories include (by hometown):
BATESVILLEāSenior Addison K. Buntin, silver in both original product design and hand rendering; and bronze in both residential large and hospitality
BIRMINGHAM, AlabamaāSenior Mary Beth McClung, silver in original product design
BYHALIAāSenior Jayla J. Dorse, silver in hospitality, hand renderingĀ and original product design
CONWAY, ArkansasāSenior Jordan D. Hester, gold in original product design; two silvers in computer generated rendering; silver in residential small, healthcare, hospitality and hand rendering; and bronze in computer generated rendering
CORDOVA, TennesseeāSophomore Molly P. Taylor, silver in both new student spotlight commercial and hand rendering
DYERSBURG, TennesseeāJunior Virginia J. āJennaā Porter, silver in hospitality and two silvers in computer generated rendering
FAIRHOPE, AlabamaāSenior Mary K. āKateā Charlton, gold in hospitality
FLORENCEāSenior Katelyn M. Jenkins, gold in hospitality, original product design and hand rendering; and silver in hospitality
GULF BREEZE, FloridaāSenior Jennifer P. Langham, silver in healthcare
HOLLANDALEāJunior Jill M. Lewis, bronze in hand rendering
HORN LAKEāSenior Sharnae T. Hayslett, silver in healthcare
LONG BEACHāSenior Hannah N. Hancock, silver in both hospitality and original product design
LOUISVILLEāSenior Samantha R. Wilson, silver in hospitality
MERIGOLDāSenior Ashlyn M. Cummins, bronze in original product design
NEW ALBANYāSenior Emily C. Gafford, bronze in both original product design and hospitality
OLIVE BRANCHāJunior Jaylin A. Gilland, silver in both original product design and healthcare
OXFORDāSenior Jessica N. McEachern, gold in hospitality and silver in healthcare
RIENZIāSenior Megan P. Robinson, silver in healthcare
STEENSāSenior Ryann N. Cook, silver in hospitality, healthcare and workplace; and bronze in both institutional and portfolio
A full gallery of winners is online at .
A video presentation of the winners is available on YouTube at .
Ļć½¶Ö±²„winning entries can be viewed at .
Accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, MSUās interior design program is part of the College of Architecture, Art and Design. Its curriculum provides a broad background in interior elements, materials, sources and practical experiences. For more, visit Ā and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @CAADatMSU.
Ļć½¶Ö±²„is Mississippiās leading university, available online at .