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SCAD ranks No. 1 by Huffington Post readers

Dec 14, 2011 SCAD is ranked number one by readers of Huffington Post in a poll of the top fashion colleges and universities in the U.S. Read the press release.

Interior design No. 1 by DesignIntelligence

Nov 15, 2011 The SCAD interior design department earned the two No. 1 rankings for its undergraduate and graduate programs from DesignIntelligence's 2012 edition of "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools." It is the first time in the ranking's history that one university has received top honors for both undergraduate and graduate programs. Learn more.

SCAD receives UNESCO recognition

Oct 13, 2011 For its revitalization of the North Kowloon Magistracy Building, SCAD was recognized with an honorable mention from the 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage Conservation. Read the press release.

Gamepro magazine features SCAD, Cowan, Wikan

Sep 30, 2011 The October issue of Gamepro magazine featured the Savannah College of Art and Design in the article, "The Best Schools for Gaming." The publication recognized the university for its industry-veteran professors and integrated curriculum. Gamepro also spotlighted notable SCAD alumni CJ Cowan (B.F.A., computer art, 1998) and Mike Wikan (B.F.A., illustration, 1987) for their outstanding work in the game design industry.

MSN.com features Atlanta’s community ed

Sep 7, 2011 MSN.com featured SCAD Atlanta's fall community education classes in its Postbox photo-sharing portal in September 2011.

Magazine praises design for sustainability

Aug 17, 2011 Metropolis, a respected architecture and design publication celebrating its 30th anniversary, spotlighted SCAD's design for sustainability program in a survey of the most progressive, pioneering graduate programs in the country. Among the five to make the cut, SCAD's design for sustainability program was praised by Metropolis as one in which students "learn to view sustainability as a key to human survival in the twenty-first century."

Building Arts booth wins IIDA design contest

Jul 11, 2011 The SCAD School of Building Arts booth was named best in its category in the International Interior Design Association's competition at NeoCon, a commercial design conference. Learn more.

SCAD wins three national CASE awards

Jun 28, 2011 SCAD won three awards in the national CASE Circle of Excellence awards competition:

The "This is SCAD " video earned a Bronze award in the Video Student Recruitment Features: Traditional Video, DVD, CD or Film category. There were 22 other entries.
The 2010-11 SCAD Viewbook won a Silver award in the Individual Student Recruitment Publications: Viewbooks and Prospectuses category, competing against 56 other entries.
The Fashion Show 2010 Lookbook took a Bronze award in the Excellence in Design: Multi-page Publications and Folders category. There were 86 other entries.

SCAD top school for video game design study

May 26, 2011 SCAD has been named to The Princeton Review's 2011 list of "Top Schools for Video Game Design Study." The publication's second annual list salutes the best schools in the United States and Canada, with the SCAD graduate program ranking eighth while the undergraduate program earned an honorable mention. Learn more.

SCAD receives esteemed Preservation Award

May 12, 2011 Historic Savannah Foundation, a preservation organization committed to protecting Savannah's heritage, has awarded the Savannah College of Art and Design one of its esteemed 2011 Preservation Awards. The honor recognizes SCAD's rehabilitation of the Clarence Thomas Center for Historic Preservation. Learn more.

SCAD fourth in horse show championship

May 2, 2011 SCAD finished in fourth place at the 2011 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championship.

SCAD equestrian team in national championship

May 2, 2011 SCAD qualified as a team for the 2011 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championship for the first time in the program's history. Learn more about the equestrian studies program and the equestrian team.

School of Design dean among 'Most Admired'

Jan 10, 2011 Victor Ermoli, dean of the SCAD School of Design, was selected as one of the Most Admired Educators of 2011 in DesignIntelligence's 2011 edition of "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools." The Most Admired Educator designation honors "a team of educators and education administrators who exemplify excellence in design education leadership."

Interior design programs rank high

Jan 10, 2011 The Savannah College of Art and Design's undergraduate and graduate interior design programs have been ranked among the top in the nation by DesignIntelligence in the 2011 edition of "America's Best Architecture and Design Schools." The SCAD undergraduate program was rated No. 2; the graduate interior design program earned a No. 4 rating.

SCAD receives 10-year SACS accreditation

Dec 17, 2010 SCAD is honored to announce a reaffirmation of accreditation by SACSCOC with no recommendations for improvement. Learn more.

Interior and industrial programs rank top 10

Dec 13, 2010 SCAD has earned a No. 4 ranking for its degree programs in interior design and industrial design from DesignIntelligence in its 2011 edition of America's Best Architecture & Design Schools.

SCAD receives grant from Tremaine Foundation

Nov 10, 2010 The art committee of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation board of directors has awarded a two-year grant (beginning Jan. 1, 2011) to the Savannah College of Art and Design in the amount of $40,000 to support the development and implementation of the graduate-level class, Professional Practice for Fine Artists.

Communications department wins nine awards

Sep 13, 2010 The SCAD communications department won nine American Graphic Design Awards at the 2010 ceremony, hosted by Graphic Design USA. The contest drew more than 8,000 entries from the graphic design community. SCAD received the awards for the Klingspor book, SCAD Works magazine, the Fashion Look Book, View Box, NAAD, scadstyle.com, scad.edu/museum, scad.edu/fashion and scadexhibtions.com.

SCAD Works wins Benny Award

Sep 2, 2010 SCAD's Spring 2009 issue of SCAD Works won the Benny Award—the top prize—in the 61st Printing Industries of America Premier Print competition. SCAD was among more than 3,200 entries out the best printing firms from 14 countries. SCAD Works was printed by Atlanta-based, Geographics and was created by SCAD's in-house communications department. Read the press release.

SCAD Museum receives major conservation grant

Jul 6, 2010

The SCAD Museum of Art has been awarded a major Conservation Project Support grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services of $149,300. The grant will assist the museum with rehousing its painting collections in a new storage facility with new storage furnishings. The grant to SCAD was not only one of the largest given by IMLS to a single institution, but was also the only one awarded in Georgia. Additional grant recipients include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Barnes Foundation, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Read the press release.

SCAD receives NEA grant to restore paintings

May 28, 2010 The SCAD Museum of Art has been awarded a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to restore the museum's core group of early American paintings. Read the press release.

SCAD voted Best Place to Work

May 19, 2010 In the May 19 “Best of Savannah” issue of Connect Savannah, SCAD was voted Best Place to Work, The Bees were voted Best Local College Sports Team, the SCAD Fashion Show was voted best Fashion Event, the Sidewalk Arts Festival was voted Best Visual Art Event, and the Savannah Film Festival was voted Best Film Series or Festival.

Seqalab ranks in 100 Great Blogs

Jan 20, 2010 Seqalab, the sequential art department's podcast, ranks No. 32 in the 100 Great Blogs for Art Students and Enthusiasts at Online College.

DesignIntelligence ranked interior design

Dec 11, 2009 DesignIntelligence ranked the SCAD interior design graduate program fourth in the United States in the 2010 edition of "America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools."

SCAD receives iDMAa Innovative Program Award

Nov 6, 2009 The International Digital Media Art Association presented SCAD with the 2009 Innovative Program Award in recognition of our leadership and excellence in digital media.

SCAD eLearning wins Sloan award

Oct 16, 2009 SCAD eLearning has garnered the 2009 Sloan Consortium Award for Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching and Learning Programming. The award recognizes SCAD for “outstanding achievement in the development and delivery of exemplary online programs in art and design education with unmatched dedication to student learning.” Read the press release.

Design management program in top 30

Oct 14, 2009 The SCAD design management program was named one of 30 of the “World’s Best Design Programs” by BusinessWeek for significantly integrating design thinking and business.

Equestrian studies receives accreditation

Sep 11, 2009 SCAD's Bachelor of Arts degree in equestrian studies has been approved by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and School (SACS). Approval of the program by SACS acknowledges that the SCAD equestrian studies program, faculty and curriculum meet the standards of SACS, which currently accredits SCAD. The B.A. degree program in equestrian studies will be offered in Fall 2009 at the Savannah location.

Guide article lauds SCAD game design

Sep 4, 2009 Game Career Guide recently published an online article, "Game Curricula: Differences in Focus" by Lewis Pulsipher, that recognizes SCAD for offering a comprehensive, focused game-design program.

CIDA approves interior design program

Sep 1, 2009 The Savannah College of Art and Design announces that its interior design program leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (206 Grandville Ave., Suite 350, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503). CIDA’s accreditation affirms that SCAD’s interior design program meets the rigorous standards of CIDA and ensures that SCAD interior design graduates are prepared to enter professional practice.

Marvel names SCAD among top places to recruit

May 22, 2009 In a May 21 article titled "The New College Rankings" by Kathleen Kingsbury, blog the Daily Beast named SCAD as one of three institutions from which Marvel Comics recruits most of its editors. The Daily Beast was founded by Tina Brown, bestselling author and former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker magazines, and is "a speedy, smart edit of the web from the merciless point of view of what interests the editors."

SCAD deemed Best Furniture Design Program

May 22, 2009 The SCAD furniture design department received the award for Best International Furniture Design Program in the Young & Design 2009 competition by Interni magazine, a leading Italian design publication. Department chair Antonio Larosa and M.F.A. students Jonathan Anderson, Lonnie Coulter and Timothy Luscher accepted the award in Milan.

SCAD hosts 2009 ACSA Regional Conference

Jan 23, 2009 The goal of the ACSA 2009 Southeast Regional Conference, Oct. 8-10, titled "Architecture is a Thing of Art," is to create a dialog for the sharing of thoughts and ideas through papers and projects that address the questions that will focus on the areas of knowledge, craft, art and pedagogy.

L.A. Times: ITGM program ranked in top 10

Dec 23, 2008 According to the Los Angeles Times, the Savannah College of Art and Design interactive design and game development program ranks among the top 10 programs in the country mentioned by industry recruiters. More than 200 schools offer courses in various aspects of video game development, according to the LAT. SCAD's program features award-winning faculty with over 50 years of professional game industry experience among them as well as technology that is second to none.

SCAD wins Historic Savannah Foundation award

Nov 6, 2008 SCAD won a 2008 preservation award from the Historic Savannah Foundation for the exterior preservation of Kiah Hall/SCAD Museum of Art. The architects for the project were DPK&A Architects of Philadelphia, and the contractor was J. T. Turner Construction of Savannah. (This project was done with the assistance of the Save America's Treasures grant, and the grants from the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation and the Frances Wood Wilson Foundation.) The 1856 Greek Revival building, the former headquarters of the venerable Central of Georgia Railroad, now houses the SCAD Museum of Art.

SCAD wins two Council Excellence Awards

Oct 28, 2008 SCAD was selected as a winner of two Council for Advancement and Support of Educators' 2008 Circle of Excellence Awards. The international awards program honors exemplary advancement programs and activities worldwide. SCAD was honored with a 2008 CASE Circle of Excellence Grand Gold Award in the Individual In-house Publications category for the 2007 Fashion Show catalog. The catalog beat out 76 other entries to win the top award in its category.

SCAD receives AIA Georgia Honorable Mention

Oct 17, 2008 SCAD received an Honorable Recognition Award from AIA Georgia, the state chapter of American Institute of Architects. SCAD was commended for its foresight, perseverance and dedication to the preservation and restoration of Ivy Hall and for the college's many other restored structures in Savannah. The competiton for the award was open to any individual or organization that made a significant contribution to the profession of architecture and the built environment.

Applied Arts: SCAD illustration in top five

Oct 17, 2008 The SCAD illustration department was ranked as one of the top five innovative programs by Applied Arts magazine in the October 2008 issue. The ranking highlighted universities where educators are preparing students for the changing world of design.

SCAD earns NCARB Prize for BSI+P

Apr 14, 2008 The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards awarded the Savannah College of Art and Design a 2008 NCARB Prize for the Building Systems Integration and Performance Studio, BSI+P, established and led by Emad Afifi, professor of architecture and interim dean of the School of Building Arts.

SCAD admission materials win awards

Apr 10, 2008 The SCAD communications department won three gold awards, one silver award and one merit award for its admission publications in the Admissions Marketing Report 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards. Awards and certificates are given to those entrants whose programs and materials display exceptional quality, creativity and message effectiveness.

Fibers department picked for Furniture Fair

Apr 7, 2008 The SCAD fibers department was one of only four schools accepted to exhibit at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair May 17-20. Students will display prototypes of bedding for non-traditional living situations in a continuing partnership with Union Mission's Growing Hope program.

Working Class Studio at Furniture Fair

Feb 29, 2008 SCAD's Working Class Studio, an experimental surface design studio based in the language of cloth and textiles, is the first student college- or university-related studio to show at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. This year's event was held in New York City.

eLearning receives two Awards for Excellence

Feb 18, 2008 The Instructional Technology Council awarded SCAD eLearning two distinguished Awards for Excellence. SCAD eLearning was among five colleges to receive an Award for Excellence, and only one of two colleges to win multiple awards. The college's Drawing 101 class won the Outstanding Online Course award, and the Outstanding Student Service was awarded for the effective and innovative services and support of all SCAD students enrolled in eLearning courses.

Recognition

Craig Stevens receives educator prize
SCAD professor Craig Stevens, a photographer, printmaker and educator, has received the inaugural $5,000 Susan Carr Educator Prize from the American Society of Media Photographers. Stevens has taught photography at SCAD for 25 years.
C&R Press publishes Chris Bundy book
"Baby You're a Rich Man," a book by writing professor Chris Bundy, has been published by C&R Press. The book, illustrated by SCAD alumnus Max Currie (B.F.A., sequential art, 2012), follows the story of Ken Richman, a down-on-his-luck, B-level variety star on Japanese television who is forced to go into hiding when he becomes the target of an escaped prisoner. "Baby You're a Rich Man" will be released in May.
Absher was named Liz Claiborne Design Scholar
B.F.A. fashion student Katherine Absher was named the 2013 Liz Claiborne Design Scholar by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. The prestigious $25,000 award is presented each year to the student who best addresses through fashion the lifestyle and needs of women, as judged by a panel of fashion industry experts.
Builteman, Bowerman chair contest finalists
M.A. furniture design student Laney Builteman (B.F.A., interior design, 2009) and M.F.A. industrial design student Jamie Bowerman (B.F.A., graphic design, 2004; M.A., industrial design, 2012) are finalists in the Battery Park Conservancy's "Build a Chair: America's Design Competition." The top 50 designs, including Builteman's and Bowerman's design, "Chair for Battery Park," were selected by a world-renowned jury from more than 1,500 designers from 15 countries across the Americas. The winner will be announced in November; voting for the competition is open until October. The winning design will be installed in Battery Park in New York City. To view the finalists' work and to vote for a winner, visit the competition's website.

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