Sustainable Design Opportunities & Events

Click here to learn more from Kati Rambo about her experience traveling abroad to Japan in the Sustainable Design program! 

Click here to learn more from Quinn Connolly about their experience in the Sustainable Design program!

These dedicated members design social events and opportunities, and advocate for their peers by providing valuable feedback and recommendations for the 2024-2025 academic year. Together, they help shape and inform the Sustainable Design program experience for everyone! Click to learn more about each member of the Student Advisory Committee!

Attention Sustainable Designers! The Spring 2025 BSSD Opportunity Scholarship application form is open! The BSSD Opportunity Scholarship is designed to provide financial support to students within the Sustainable Design program. For Spring semester 2025, scholarships of $300 or $500 will be awarded to selected students. Applications are due Monday, February 24, 11:59 PM.

Congratulations to Sustainable Design students for completing another impactful semester! Hardworking Sustainable Design students produced amazing work in architecture, design, fashion, and many more courses in the BSSD curriculum. We're excited to celebrate Sustainable Design student Isabella Fisher’s outstanding success in the Nextile School Level Challenge, the team will receive a small scholarship and will now participate in the National level Competition for their soy-leather alternative designs!

Click to the article title to read more about the core and elective courses students took this fall 2024 semester.

Margot O’Malley, Tom George, and Jasper Nord won the third annual Reimagine Our Future Sustainability Competition in December 2023, hosted by UIUC.

The end of October features several events for Sustainable Design students! Sustainable Design Student Social onThursday, Oct. 26, 5:30 - 7:30P and Career Services Preparation for Graduate School workshop on Friday, Oct. 27, 2:00 - 3:00P. Click to view details.