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“We deeply thank you for your belief in our students’ personal and professional potential and our college’s education excellence.”
Tracy Milkowski, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Tracy Milkowski
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
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Anne Kirschmann
Development Database & Donor Services Manager
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Fran Serlin
Director of Special Events
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Noel Feider
Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving
414-847-3229
Kyle Hernandez
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
414-847-3266
Maren Knutson
Grant Manager
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Monica Miller
Manager for MIAD Gallery at The Ave
414-847-3237
Mark Lawson
Director of Galleries
414-847-3350
Steve Anderson
Gallery Manager
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News
First-Year students celebrate juried works at FYE Media Arts Festival ’23
Current and former First-Year Experience (FYE) students celebrated their video, animation and sound design works at the FYE Media Arts Festival 23 – an in-house film and media screening in MIAD’s Community Hub on November 16.
House of Rad and MIAD alum Brandon Minga host Feed Your Soul
MIAD alum Brandon Minga ‘04 (llustration), principal artist and founder of the House of Rad (hrad), was excited to host the 20th anniversary of the Feed Your Soul benefit for Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin on November 3, 2023. This was the second consecutive time hrad has hosted the event.
MIAD students receive 2023 Graphic Design Awards from GDUSA
Three MIAD Communication Design students received 60th anniversary American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) magazine. The students were selected from over 8,000 entries, and judged alongside professional design work. Fewer than 10% of entrants received an award.
IAD seniors tour construction site of The Couture
Interior Architecture and Design (IAD) seniors from MIAD were taken to new heights on November 13 when they toured the construction site of The Couture, a 44-story skyscraper under construction that will be Milwaukee’s tallest residential and mixed-use building. The tour was part of a series of tours their senior thesis “Building Systems” class is taking with instructor Dan Kalkman, AIA.
MIAD alum Sajnani selected as MAM 2023 annual ornament designer
The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) selected the design of MIAD alum Debbie Sajnani ’16 (Communication Design) for its 2023 annual ornament. The ornaments are recreated each year by artisans using a reserve painting technique, according to MAM.