UCDA Events

Videos have become an even more powerful form of communication in higher education marketing. Especially during the pandemic. University of Utah Marketing and Communication leaders, Brian Rasmussen and Jeff Bagley, will discuss how they create their award-winning videos that drive …

Commencement. Lauded by faculty and graduating students—dreaded by the design staff. With the added stress of the pandemic and many ceremonies going virtual everyone wants to know how to best tackle this obligatory event and all the elements surrounding it. …

Inspiration can fuel your imagination, spark the next big idea, or be the catalyst to respond to change. But for that to happen, we need to allow ourselves the time to discover, create, and connect. The 2021 UCDA Creative Summit—spanning …

We all have designs that we’re proud of, or work that taught us a lesson—either personal or professional! Join us for a show-and-tell style conversation around these example pieces. We want to see what work stands out to you and …

In August 2020, the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD) hired five Black tenure-track faculty members through a cluster hiring initiative to help diversify the department and the university. Please join us as four of those faculty members …

Today's design problems are more complex, more uncertain, and more demanding of knowledge and skills that surpass the traditional content of design education. In employment projections, professional assignments, and interest from interdisciplinary research teams we see a shift in the …

How are you effectively brainstorming while working remotely? What works for your team? Come and share your ideas with other UCDA members, and maybe learn a tip or two that you can use!   If you are willing, have photos …

An overview of the design life of Scott Fuller, starting from early childhood, to getting evicted and building a studio out of the back of an old sign shop. TONS of practical knowledge and lessons that accompany a range of …

Join UCDA members Gina Gray and Amy Drill for an 8-week book discussion around Find Your Artistic Voice, a book by past conference speaker and honorary member Lisa Congdon. Are you like us and bought the book (or meant to buy …

Here is what conference attendees thought of the first Virtual UCDA Design Conference originally held October 11-13, 2020: “What an amazing and overwhelming (in a good way) time! This was my first UCDA conference (and certainly not my last).” “(While) …