The VolanTe

Volume 148, No. 5

But when I came back to USD in 2008, it was very strange. Not only was the whole town like a little dot, but the people were extremely friendly… That’s why I decided to move to South Dakota from the get go,” Kim said.

During this time, she has won many awards. The most recent award she has received was in 2021 in the middle of the pandemic. She collaborated with researchers from California, Texas and New York. They created a method that creates more creative experiences. They pulled COVID-19 data sets and analyzed participants’ emotional values for virtual reality experiences. They were awarded the Extended Reality (XR) as an honorable mention award.

Kim’s favorite award was a phone design for Samsung. There, she created a camera design for people who are blind. Kim did extensive research and gave her phone design to blind children and followed them. She followed how they engaged with their environment. She wanted to emphasize the different senses in her design. She was awarded first place for her design.

One of the challenges Kim has faced and will continue to face is the constant change within graphic design.

“Graphic design is the area that changes all the time. So even the jobs it is today are not the same in five years, and there are always new positions that require completely new knowledge in that field,” Kim said.

Despite these challenges, she said wants to continue to help and support students, through their passions, if it is through graphic design or another course at the university.

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Tim Schreiner

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