WCU Interior Design

So proud of our interior design students Jocelyn and Gizelle! Worked on a cultural mural Downtown Waynesville. The Waynesville Art Council commissioned Raliegh/Durham artist Max Dowdle to create the designs. Ribbon cutting ceremony with the council and the Mayor of Waynesville.

Junior Studio 2 service learning presentations for Webster Village a Givens Community. SDoH, Aging in Place, HUD , WELL Blg standards. Givens Communities and WCU Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning

Seniors at the Miller Knoll Showroom!!

Smoky Mountain railway: interior design redesign train station and railcar in Revit

Round Robin interviews: search for positions, research companies, create questions, (both interviewer and interviewee, then rotate interviews (speed dating) objectives: confidence, understanding the process hunting for a job, practice responding to difficult questions ❤️❤️❤️

Site walk, service learning, Webster Village, Givens Community= social determinants of health, low income housing, interior design health safety and welfare _I love my job

https://www.wcu.edu/stories/posts/students-from-wcu-auburn-collaborate-in-design-charette.aspx

Students from WCU, Auburn collaborate in design charette During the fall 2025 semester, 30 interior design juniors from Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design (SOAD) embarked on an experience that extended well beyond the classroom, offering hands-on, real-world design and research opportunities through a collaborative design charette wi...

Interior Design highlight of the Fall 2025 semester...IDES 352 course Rosenwald school historic rehabilitation design. Collaborative design charette with Auburn University Architecture & Construction students and faculty and WCU Interior Design Juniors. Traveling to Alabama to visit historic rural black community origin sites of the Tankersley Rosenwald school, the Montgomery Legacy Sites and Tuskegee University allowed students to connect in person to their NC research of over 813 Rosenwald schools. This is how applied intentional learning begins. Students can read a book, listen to lectures and research online, but this trip many of them stated allowed them to learn.

Student Design Days: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/designday2026

11-2: Career Fair
2-3:30: Mingle and Portfolio Review
6-8: Panel Discussion

WCU's Annual Design Days | February 23, 2026 Join us on February 23