Susan Rogers and Rafael Longoria have received a $25,000 NEA grant for their Collaborative Community Design Initiative 2. 

Patrick Peters and Cheryl Beckett (Graphic Communications Department) have received a Merit Award from the Society of Graphic Designers for their collaborative project: Dis(solve): The Japhet Creek Project. The student team is: Arantza Alvarado, Ramon Arciniega, Joanna Bonner, Lindsey Bowsher, Danny Carter, Hei Man, Alison Cheuk, Megan Conkin, Jose Alfredo Dehuma, Hai Phi Dinh , Miguel Farias Nunez, Amy Heidbreder, Marcia Hoang, Aike Jamaluddin, Zach Kimmel, Kyra Lancon, Jennie Macedo, Leah Macey, Jenny Ng, Jane Nghiem, Diana Ngo, ViVi Vu Nguyen, Rachel Outlaw, Ada Pedraza, Christopher Steven Pine, Anna Reyes, Jessica Rios, Josh Robbins, Haley Ross, R-Jay Ruiz, Hector Solis, Brad Sypniewski, Tam Truong, Erin Woltz.

Associate Professor Michelangelo Sabatino was named as a Fellow in Residency at The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, established in 1908, and providing crucial time and space to artists such as Leonard Bernstein, James Baldwin, Thornton Wilder, and Alice Walker. Michelangelo plans to begin his residency in December, 2011.