MFA Design Thinking Radford University

04/19/2024

Can you believe the semester is almost over? It passed to fast, and with that, we have our last Grad Lounge. We will be helping each other out with any help they may need for their last assignments.

04/15/2024

We are nearing the end of the semester, and because of that our Grad Lounge today will focus on study tips and tricks. We hope to see you there! Make sure to look for the Zoom link in your email.

04/05/2024

Our Grad Lounge on Monday is an exciting one we are going to be talking about AI. How to use it, when to use and even different tools that there are available. We hope to see you there!

04/01/2024

I am so excited about tomorrow's Grad Lounge. We are going to talk about some to the things we wish we had known before starting our MFA. We have some great resources to share as well as great conversation! We hope to see you there, look for the Zoom link in your email.

03/23/2024

Our Grad Lounge on Monday will be an interesting one. We will cover different presentation tools as well as gradcoach.com. We hope to see you there. Look for the Zoom link in your email.

03/20/2024

Meet Ivan, he is a student in the Design Thinking program here at Radford University. He has a fascinating story to tell, next time you see him make sure to say hi.

03/15/2024

For grad lounge on the 18th, we will be discussing networking and jobs after school. It will be fun to hear people's goals for when they are done with school. We hope to see you there, make sure to check your email for the zoom link!

03/06/2024

I found this comparison between design thinking and a traditional approach and it was really interesting to look at. This would be an interesting way to rank design thinking maturity within an organization.

03/01/2024

Going into this new month our next Grad Lounge will be an open discussion on what is going on in your classes. We hope to see you there! Make sure to look for the link in your email

02/23/2024

The library is helping us with Monday's Grad Lounge. A representative from McConnell Library is going to be talking to us about the resources available to us. This is one you won't want to miss! Look for the zoom link in your email.

02/22/2024

I don't know about you all but explaining to people what my master's degree is always presents a unique challenge, especially for those that have never heard of design thinking. I recently found this article written by the Nielsen Norman group giving us another explanation of design thinking. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-thinking/

What is design thinking and why should you care? History and background plus a quick overview and visualization of 6 phases of the design thinking process.

02/16/2024

For our Grad Lounge on the 19th, we wanted to take some time and go over some of the technology resources that we have available to us. We hope to see you there, make sure to look for the link in your email!