TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
SUSIE TIBBITTS Caine College of the Arts Susie Tibbitts is an Assistant Professor at Utah State University specializing in teaching graphic communication and interiors for the Interior Architecture and Design program. As both a graphic and an interior designer, she contributes to the IAD program by teaching basic architectural knowledge, graphic communication, pattern design, branded environments, and compositional graphic design. Her focus is pedagogical research involving interior and graphic design education in secondary and higher education. Her teaching has gained a national reputation for working with reputable visiting designers, national student awards and international conference presentations. Her students are sought after in architecture and interior design firms across the nation, but especially in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Susie has also contributed significantly to the national and international recognition of the program by mentoring students in design competitions with cash awards totaling $69,500 of which $10,000 was awarded as a grant to the Interior Architecture and Design Program at Utah State University. She loves design, her students and supportive colleagues and seeing her students graduate and thrive in the profession.
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