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Football Tailgates 

4-6:00pm | David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium 

Join SUA for a series of epic Football Tailgates at every home game in Fall 2025, located on the hill by the stadium! Enjoy free food, fun outdoor games, and rotating giveaways while you hang out before kickoff! 

Student Engagement Center in collaboration with the Office of Graduate Studies is hosting a coat drive beginning November 10th, and running through November 28th. They are looking for donations of clean and gently used winter attire such as coats, jackets, scarves, hats, etc. Donations will go to the Community Clothing Closet to help those seeking warmth this winter. Any donation is helpful as they ran out of coats last winter. 

Interior Architecture 2025 ALC Senior Living Design Scholarship

The Ageless Living Collaborative (ALC) is pleased to open applications for the 2025 ALC Senior Living Design Scholarship. Sponsored by Samuelson Furniture, this scholarship aims to support students who are passionate about designing environments that enhance the lives of older adults.

We’re awarding two scholarships of $5,000 each to exceptional interior design students who demonstrate commitment, creativity, and care for aging populations.

Scholarship applies to: Spring Semester 2026 tuition (funds paid directly to recipient’s institution)

Application deadline: December 1, 2025

Apply

 

SMITHGROUP Design A Better Future Scholarship 

We created the SmithGroup Design a Better Future scholarship program to put action to our mission to create a better future for our communities. This scholarship program provides tuition assistance and professional opportunities to students who demonstrate commitment to advancing inclusion in the design industry. Each year, five students who demonstrate a commitment to advancing an inclusive design industry are selected to receive a one-time award of $6,000 in tuition support. Recipients selected also receive a paid summer internship at any one of SmithGroup’s locations offering the student’s discipline (internship is a program requirement).  

Application deadline: December 8, 2025

Apply

 

AIA Kansas 2025 College Scholarship

AIA Kansas will be offering two $1000 scholarships for 2025. There will be one scholarship offered to one architect student at KU. The funds will be awarded for the Spring 2026 semester.

Application deadline: December 15, 2025

Apply

 

Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship 

Named by Architectural Digest as “one of the Fellowship programs paving the way for the future of architecture,” the Hart Howerton Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design who will be entering their final year of study. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship, celebrating two decades of supporting future design leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue independent travel and research on a topic of their choice alongside a summer internship in Hart Howerton’s New York or San Francisco office. 

Application deadline: January 19, 2026 

Apply  

🌊 Soundings: Making Culture at Sea | Spencer Museum 

Through December 14

Soundings: Making Culture at Sea explores how visual representations of oceans from different times and places across history have helped humans articulate questions and concerns that are political, cultural, and environmental.

 

➿ My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together | Spencer Museum 

Through January 4

The Spencer Museum of Art is honored to host the Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards exhibition for the first time featuring the selected artists for 2025: Noelle Choy, Hùng Lê, and Merry Sun. All three artists explore themes of cultural mythmaking, memory, and migration through a range of media.

Speaker Nominations for TEDxKU 2026

The TEDxKU Executive Team is now accepting speaker applications for our Spring 2026 event! TEDxKU is organized independently under a license granted by TED. If you know a professor or community member with an inspiring idea worth sharing, we’d love to hear from you.

Nominate Someone

📲 See TEDxKU on Instagram

 

📖 Interested in publication design? Enroll in VISC 414 this spring semester!

Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 - 3:15 pm | Professor: Tim Hossler

This advanced studio explores the topics of editorial concepts, format organization, production, and publication. Projects stress the integration of text and image through the development of complex and variable structures. Emphasis is placed on the research of content and audience as well as a strong understanding of production/ execution techniques to develop engaging visual products.

 

ArcD Student Organizations: Get involved! 

Get involved with student organizations to improve your educational experience! Learn more about ArcD Student Organizations here & keep in touch with them via social media! 

 

FBD: Pickleball with a Professor 

The KU chapter of Freedom by Design would like to host a pickleball with a professor event; please provide feedback and let them know if you’re interested. 

Fill out interest form here. 

👀 Check out KU Student Jobs!

 

Student Multimedia Designer 

KU International Affairs | Lawrence, KS 

KU International Affairs is hiring a Student Multimedia Designer starting next semester.

 More information and apply here

 

Brand Creative Retail Design Undergraduate Internship 

NIKE | Beaverton, OR 

Nike seeks a Retail Design Intern who will support the innovation of environments and storytelling of our retail future. They will help imagine 3D, 2D graphic and digital storytelling with personal drive and creativity within a highly collaborative work environment. As our world expands across physical, digital, social and virtual platforms we’re looking to partner with multidisciplinary thinkers and craftspeople more than ever. 

The ideal candidate is comfortable working across disciplines, navigating constraints, and contributing to a team that values diversity of thought and innovation. A strong portfolio that shows how ideas evolve, not just the final product, is essential. 

More information and apply here

 

Communications Assistant

KU | The Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

The KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum looking for a creative, curious, and motivated Communications Assistant to join our team. In this student hourly position, you’ll help create and plan digital and print content, engage with current and prospective students, and support our overall marketing strategy.

Required Qualifications:

🔸 Must be at least a sophomore
🔸 Majoring in marketing, visual design, museum studies, public relations, journalism, or a related field
🔸 Strong written and verbal communication skills
🔸 Experience with social media and graphic design

More Information and apply here

Architectural Internship 

Kansas City, MO | CRB 

Launch your career with purpose at CRB. As an Architectural Designer Intern, you won’t just observe, you’ll contribute meaningfully to real-world projects that shape the future of life sciences and food and beverage industries. Our internship program is designed to immerse you in hands-on work, guided by industry-leading professionals who are passionate about mentoring the next generation of innovators. At CRB, you’ll gain exposure to cutting-edge design and construction practices, collaborate across disciplines, and bring fresh ideas to the table — all while building lasting relationships and experiencing our dynamic, people-first culture. 

More information and apply here. 

 

Architectural Design Intern 

CRB | Kansas City, MO 

CRB's nearly 1,400 expert professionals drive innovative, life-changing and life-saving solutions for manufacturers in the life sciences and food and beverage industries. We are actively seeking an Architectural Designer Intern to join CRB. Join our firm for an internship journey where you’ll dive into real-world project work, learn from industry leaders and fully immerse yourself in the CRB employee experience. This program is more than just an internship—it's an opportunity to grow, innovate, and make a tangible impact on how we do business. You’ll have the chance to work hands-on with cutting-edge projects, collaborate with peers and industry leaders, and contribute your unique perspective to spark meaningful change. 

More information and apply here. 

 

Design and Drafting Internship 

Union, MO | Cochran 

Cochran is a growing civil engineering firm with 7 Missouri offices, offering services in construction administration, materials testing, architectural and geotechnical engineering, and land surveying. Serving both public and private sectors, Cochran's expertise spans municipal, commercial, residential, transportation, water/wastewater, site development, retail, planning, and interior design.  

More information and apply here. 

2026 Acoustics Intern 

Threshold | Chicago, IL 

Threshold’s Acoustics Summer Internship is designed to provide a broad introduction to consulting practice from measurements and modeling to design reviews and client communication. Interns will gain exposure to real-world project work, balancing technical analysis with design collaboration, working alongside experienced consultants, taking on supporting tasks while being exposed to a wide range of project types and design phases. Candidates should be curious, detail-oriented, and eager to learn how acoustics shapes the human experience within the built environment. 

More information and apply here. 

 

Sustainability Intern 

dbHMS | Chicago, IL 

Our DataBased+ Studio team is seeking a Sustainability Intern. This role will support the engineering of systems for a variety of projects, creating designs for all kinds of spaces. Our dynamic work environment provides the perfect opportunity to advance your career while developing and fine-tuning your skills along with offering a supportive office culture, diverse workforce, flexible work schedules, and regular social events. At dbHMS, you will find everything you need for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding career. 

More information and apply here. 

 

Summer 2026 Internship – Architecture & Interior Design 

BCRA Inc. | Tacoma, WA 

We’re looking for motivated students to join us for our Summer 2026 Internship. This 8+ week program is designed to give emerging professionals hands-on experience in a collaborative design environment. Whether your focus is architecture or interior design, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to active projects, develop technical skills, and gain exposure to the professional practice of design. 

More information and apply here. 

The Package Design Book 7 | Taschen 

In our seventh edition of The Package Design Book, we explore the world’s leading packaging design innovations from the 2021 and 2022 Pentawards competition. Now for the first time, it showcases entries into its new Sustainable Design category, highlighting designs from established industry professionals and young talent striving to reduce the impact of packaging on the planet. This edition strongly focuses on innovative packaging design that honors sustainability, diversity and has an inclusive approach to design at its core. Submissions from over 60 countries have pushed the boundaries of visuals to create meaningful designs that are both a pure expression of their brands’ values and a delight for the consumers who buy them. 

This book epitomizes beautiful design concepts that were developed with integrity. Alongside the thousands of submissions for the competition, the Pentawards Jury has also grown to an eclectic mix of 50 members representing 25 brands and 25 design agencies, including Amazon, Mars Food, Vault49, Estée Lauder, Superunion, Coty, WWF, and Stranger & Stranger. 

The Hatch Reading Room, on the 4th floor of Marvin Hall, is here for you to de-stress, work on projects, take a break to read, and enjoy a quiet view of campus.

This week's hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Tuesday. 📚 

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