Other Activities

A glimpse through pictures of student events, school activities & community work



2019 Autodesk University Conference

2019 WVAFCS Session Presentation

2018 visit to WVU Davis College Fashion Senior Show

2018 Spring Student Showcase

2018 Hosting the WVAFCS Annual Meeting

2017 Fall Trip to New York City

2017 Continuing Ed Workshop for Interior Decorating

2017 Harrison County 8th Grade Career Fair

2017 STREAM Event with School of BAT

2017 Guest Speaker Alex Gaujot for Kitchen & Bath

2017 Fall Pizza Sale Fundraiser

2017 Spring Fashion Show

2017 Parkersburg Art Center celebration of 100 years

Parkersburg High School Art Student-Ken Gilbert

2017 Student Showcase

2017 Judge for the Monongalia Senior Art Show

Morgantown, WV  (High School Seniors)

2017 Spring day trip to the Greenbrier Resort

2017 Interior Design visits Omni Architects in Fairmont

Spring Semester

2017 APPD Washington DC Trip 

Applied Design took a trip to Washington DC 

2016 HARRISON CO. WV  8th Grade Career Fair - VIDEO

   

2016 

Fall Semester
Guest Speaker
Pierpont Graduate
Charity Gum

  Our trip to NYC Spring Break 2016

2015

2015 Industry Professional Guest Speaker for Intro to Interior Design Class,
Mrs. Molly B. Larner, LEED AP the east coast rep for Fabricut Textiles.

2015 Mylan Park 8th Grade Career Fair

2014 New Applied Design Pin for a graduation gift to our students.

2014 Dorothy Draper School of Decorating at The Greenbrier (took 3 students)

2014 Opening Remarks for the WV Healthy Kids Legislative Policy Workshop for North Central West Virginia 

2014 Model for Mollohan Fashion Show (staging and management by APPD Program)

2014 Pro Bono window design for new local business in downtown Fairmont in collaboration with my student:   Alisha Myers, Fashion Designer

2013 Design banners for Applied Design Program

2013 Designed Entrance Graphics to the relocated Student Services

2013 Committee for Decoration & Planning WV Community College Annual Conference 

2013 Designed Awards for Pierpont Comm & Tech College Distinguished Alumni

Asked to design the awards for the first recipients of the Francis Pierpont and Julia Pierpont Alumni Awards.

2013 Judge for Model Search for Campus Fashion Show

2012 Student Chapter ASID 
Chair-ity Event

2012 Took students to New York City

2011 Fall Student Chapter ASID 
Chair-ity Event










     



                                                                                                                                                                  
2011 Summer Special Topics Course on Interior Design with AutoCad

2011 Spring Interior Design 
Student Showcase

2011 Spring Trip - Took interior design students to New York City













2011 Spring Hat Fashion Show

Our first Student Showcase
Winter 2010
Residential Design Students display showroom arrangements of areas in the home

2010 End of Fall Semester included a Winter Fashion Show by the 2nd year students











Social Activities and Volunteering (Highlights)

2015 Member of the 
Board of Directors:  

Children's Discovery Museum of West Virginia. Coordinated design updates as a project for the junior design students from WVU Davis College - Design

2012 Nominated my friend and local volunteer for Morgantown Senior of the Year.
Awarded at the Celebrate America festivities on July 4, 2012

2011 Designed the program handout for Celebrate America Program Awards Ceremony

2009 Designed chair for Garrett College Foundation Chair-ity Event Fundraiser









2003 model for Coldwater Creek fundraising event for local Foundation/Charity

2003 submitted two acrylic paintings for display in Parkersburg Arts Center for Local Show Call to Artists

2003-2004 Marietta College Community Choir Member

August 1999 - 2002  Assist displaced refugee families from Kosovo in Nicholasville, KY
July 1999  Updates to facilities at orphanage in Shkodra, Albania



April 1999  Updates to facilities to Youth building in Pachuca, Mexico


1997 - 2002  Helping Thru Him Ministry to the those in need Lexington, KY







1999 speaking on design at elementary school in Lexington, KY  (blend of grades)
1994 speaking on design at elementary school in Marmet, WV    (6th grade standard class)
1993 speaking on design at elementary school in Charlotte, NC  (6th grade gifted class)

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