CCS Announces Winter 2024 Lecture Programming
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is pleased to announce its Winter 2024 Woodward Lecture Series and Toyota Lecture Series lineup. This year’s Woodward Lecture Series will feature distinguished poet, biographer, editor and filmmaker, Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd and visual artist Janine Antoni. The Toyota Lecture Series will feature accomplished alumni and industry professionals from the disciplines of Communication Design, Advertising Design, Entertainment Arts, Illustration, User Experience Design, Film and Photography. All lectures are free and open to the public. Seating and parking are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Sterling Toles (’00 GC) Selected as Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition
We are pleased to announce that Sterling Toles (‘00, GC) has been selected as the 2024 Alumni Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition. Sterling Toles is a visual/sonic artist and educator and a 2016 Kresge Fellow. With roots in Detroit’s early 90s hip-hop...
CCS Alumnus Jason Mayden ’02 Returns to Nike Brand Jordan as Chief Design Officer
IPG Motor City Marketing and Communications Fellowship Program Expands
Interpublic Group announced the expansion of its Motor City Marketing and Communications Fellowship, a jobs program exclusively associated with IPG’s Detroit-based communications and marketing companies supporting client General Motors. This includes Weber Shandwick, MRM, McCann, Jack Morton Worldwide, and Commonwealth//McCann.
Dr. Deirdre Young Named Notable Leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by Crain’s Detroit
Dr. Deirdre Young, assistant dean for Institutional Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at CCS, was recently named on Crain’s Detroit Buisiness’ Notable Leaders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. According to Crain’s, this year’s...
CCS Alumni Come Together in Shanghai & Beijing
The CCS Alumni Reception in Shanghai on November 26 was a statement of the powerful collaboration between CCS and its international graduates. The event, organized by Global Strategists Maria Luisa Rossi and Vincenzo Iavicoli and assisted by the Alumni Office, was...
CCS Alums Connect at Gatherings Across U.S.
The CCS Office of Alumni Relations has been on a semester-long road trip meeting and greeting alumni across the United States. Kicking off the gatherings during Detroit Month of Design at Eastern Market After Dark, the Alumni Relations team then traveled to Brooklyn,...
Alum Michael Carney reflects on his time at the Society of Arts and Crafts to leave a legacy for future CCS students
When Michael Carney attended what was then known as the Society of Arts and Crafts from 1968 to 1972, things were a bit … different. The Yamasaki building anchored campus — the Kresge-Ford Building wouldn’t be completed until 1975, the same year the school’s name was...
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