Career Fair Countdown…

This Friday from 1-4 pm students at PennDesign will be on their toes ready to impress future employers at the Spring Career Fair. The preparation for this event naturally extends itself beyond this day. Portfolios are in the making or in their fourth stage of review. The activity is endless, extending beyond portfolio with resumes being updated, Linkedin’s revised, Handshake accounts set up for…

Wellness Week at PennDesign

The week back from a restful spring break welcomes students with continued focus on student well being. I recieved a very kind email today informing me of a weekful of activitieshosted by which I have detailed below (per the emails details): Monday         3/12 Sleep Monday: Sleep kits will be handed out in the Myerson Hall Lobby by a Student Health Services…

Clean up in the “House of Mouse”!

This isn’t your standard Disney tale, one of far off places, daring swordfights, a prince in disguise! No this is the tale of a gentle mouse, or rather colony of mice, who pay no tuition, need no key card to get in and use the facilities, and shamelessly scurry about but not to help you. No these mice don’t build models while you sleep…

Spring in the Museum!

Spring break invokes the excitment of travel. Most have plans to visit friends, family, and partners over break which often involves traveling away from their current location, in this case Philadelphia. Typical destinations are Florida, California, and New York. Cities are also favorite destination and offer a lot of attractions including museums! Here are a few museums and exhibits worth checking out: Obdurate Space….

Lunar New Year Celebration

Congratulations to all those Year of the Dog people! While the Lunar New Year, sometimes Chinese New year (although other regions of Asia have a the holiday as well),  started a week ago PennDesign kicked off it’s celebrations last night. Friday’s Happy Hour greeted students with an impressive selection of chinese savory and dessert dishes, rumored to be from Sangkee Noodle House, and a…

The Nap

This Wednesday and Thursday are mid reviews for studio. Naturally this becomes a high intensity work time that will include late nights even an all nighter or two. The nap is an impromptu response to the long work hours and can occur in studio or even in class (oops!). Those who nap may be photographed. The instagram account penndesignzzz, run by an unknown photographer…

The Perfect Distraction

Online resources, a perfect distraction. I am not talking about facebook or pinterest, although those are fair competition, but rather Lynda.com. As a student at Penn you have free access to Lynda.com with your penn login. Naturally there are hundreds of programs that would be amazing to learn and no time in which to learn them. Or at least that is how I used…

Friday Nights on the Town

Friday is typically a good day to socialize. Naturally happy hour at PennDesign is the start to Friday nights out exploring the city. However this Friday happy hour appears to have been cancelled in favor of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Hurrah for those year of the Dog people, sadly not me. So in spirit of Friday and the holiday several classmates went out…

Menu Previews

So for those of you looking for lunch options on campus, or just trying to decide what to eat before going all the way out to that one cafe someone mentioned, there is of course a website. To review cafes, hours, and menus on Penn Campus check out the following link: university-of-pennsylvania.cafebonappetit.com  

Like, it’s interesting. Different. New.

How many times have you caught yourself saying something similar to explain the projects you are drawn to? This semester we have been challeneged to avoid using these three words, interesting, different, and new, to express our ideas or opinions. Much like in highschool debate classes where the word like was taboo, the new word challenge is posing a comical thread into the serious…