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Interior Design Majors Showcase TalentInterior design students get real-life experience to showcase their work in the Career Services office.
Sophomore Dana Vaux, a nontraditional student, received national recognition for her project. The project was a kitchen design entered in the National Kitchen and Bath Association's (NKBA) student competition. Vaux said she was one of 127 people who entered the contest, and received an honorable mention.
"I'm excited to place at all," Vaux said. "It was the first time I've entered a design contest. I'm going to use the experience when I'm out there as a professional."
Lorie Follette, an instructor in interior design, said students in two introductory-level courses and one sophomore-level course do the projects.
Sophomore Michelle Campbell created a project for her interior design 201 class that designed a hypothetical art museum on the WSU campus at the corner of Stadium Way and Grimes Rd. Students in her class were instructed to use as much natural light as possible and to draw inspiration for the interior from one or two paintings.
"It was one of the first projects I worked on from the bottom up," Campbell said. "It was neat being able to see all the aspects and make it the way I wanted to."
The projects must meet the criteria set forth by the competitions and other criteria se
t forth by the classe
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