With the help of many of America’s leading art and design schools, we once again identify top students ready to burst on the design scene. Some are undergrads, others are graduate or continuing education students, all have found personal and professional growth through their programs. Our Students To Watch feature has become tradition that resonates and renews: the students get recognized and the professional creative community gets refreshed. As you will see, we focus on the good and great traditional design schools and keep casting our net wide to include wonderful public universities, innovative online and certificate programs, and more. In the next edition of GDUSA magazine, selected institutions of higher learning from which these students come will themselves get the spotlight. The Editors thoughts, should you be interested, appear here.  

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STUDENTS TO WATCH 2025

 

• • • • Charlie Anderson SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (SCAD)
      • Kyla Krahn SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (SCAD)
      • Zach Jacobsen ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
      • Vicki Vincent ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
      • Jayden Badillo RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
      • Avery Frost RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
      • Alex Cieslinski THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Bryce Patterson THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Emelia Knarr FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
      • Sean Matthew Prayuda FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
      • Robert Gleason AUBURN UNIVERSITY
      • Caroline Webster AUBURN UNIVERSITY
      • Skye Armstrong MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Thanh Tran MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Christina Ukolov PRATT INSTITUTE
      • Vera Soberg PRATT MUNSON COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
      • Nanoka Umehara PRATT MUNSON COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
      • Carter Rice SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Yimei Tang SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Jewell Melisa T. Morton VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS (VCFA)
      • Tim Murray VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS (VCFA)
      • Fernando Del Rosario VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS (VCFA)
      • Maria Dierkes DREXEL UNIVERSITY
      • Nicholas Evangelinos DREXEL UNIVERSITY
      • Audrey Pumphrey UCO SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Emma Thompson UCO SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Madelyn Arnold BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Ashley Cai RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
      • Tina Zhou RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
      • Breanna Thomas-McDuffie BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Rachel Baker BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Taylor Rector BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Cwen Freeman KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Angelina Vizuete KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Lauren Aber KEAN UNIVERSITY, ROBERT BUSCH SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Stacey Polynice KEAN UNIVERSITY, ROBERT BUSCH SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Riley Kaufman VIRGINIA TECH
      • Lauren Sartori VIRGINIA TECH
      • Halle Angell HARTFORD ART SCHOOL
      • Sandy Le HARTFORD ART SCHOOL
      • Gracen Bohling MERCER UNIVERSITY
      • Abby Milam MERCER UNIVERSITY
      • Adam Chen SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (SVA)
      • Cecilia Mol SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (SVA)
      • Joscelyn Lindsey KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE (KCAI)
      • Katelynn Stevens KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE (KCAI)
      • Zack Gibson ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
      • Malina Mikami ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
      • Logan Byer PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (PCA&D)
      • Matthew Dornan PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (PCA&D)
      • Olivia Weissflog PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Drithi Kandoor PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Rice Gallardo PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Stefanos Dardanos SESSIONS COLLEGE
      • Kelly Serio SESSIONS COLLEGE
      • Megan Mersch NC STATE COLLEGE OF DESIGN
      • Rebecca Planchart NC STATE COLLEGE OF DESIGN
      • Kate Aren COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES (CCS)
      • Martina Lasku COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES (CCS)
      • Lily Nguyen THE COOPER UNION
      • Tyler Hausser DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
      • Aaliyah May DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
      • Jacey Wieter THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
      • Reese Yarbrough THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
      • Rachel Blow UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
      • Kyla Brown UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
      • Laura Patino UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
      • Skylar Huster UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
      • Nova Ostermann UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
      • Ita Kim SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SI NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
      • River Taylor SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SI NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
      • Lamaur Benjamin IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Ugochukwu Eluchie IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Grace Gabriel THE MODERN COLLEGE OF DESIGN
      • Ian Wiant THE MODERN COLLEGE OF DESIGN
      • Amy Selstad WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
      • Jane Zhang WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
      • Ava Lagundino WOODBURY UNIVERSITY
      • Joshua Quizon WOODBURY UNIVERSITY
      • Viktoriia Leonenko BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
      • Luke Miller BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
      • Mateo Garcia USC ROSKI SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
      • Mankun Guo USC ROSKI SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
      • Kyra McKay UIC SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Nahid Yahyaee UIC SCHOOL OF DESIGN
      • Caitlin Lu BOSTON UNIVERSITY
      • Kate Ragosta BOSTON UNIVERSITY
      • Alex Graser FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT)
      • Hye Na Ro FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT)
      • Katherine Pena TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Miles Skonberg TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Cindy Raspiller SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Frida Muro Rodriguez SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
      • Marissa Raybuck TYLER SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE
      • Cameron Specht TYLER SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE
      • Isaac Carter COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
      • Luis Angel Gomez COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
      • Chanel Christy GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
      • Jonãi Sheppard GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
      • Brianna Bowman MIAMI AD SCHOOL
      • Essence Lowe MIAMI AD SCHOOL
      • Dylan Raymond SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
      • Molly McGuire SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
      • Flor Buitrago FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
      • Marie Chacon FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
      • Gianna Guzman FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
      • Alyssa Infante FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
      • Fruzsina Papp FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY