Design Senior Wins 2015 EXHIBITOR Student Achievement Award

April 17, 2015

Matthew McLaughlin, a senior in Bemidji State University’s Department of Technology, Art & Design, has received the 2015 EXHIBITOR Media Group Student Achievement Award, as selected by the university’s art & design faculty.

For winning the award, McLaughlin received a pass to the EXHIBITOR2015 convention and expo for trade show and event marketers, held in early March at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and a stipend to help cover his travel expenses.

L to R: Dr. Bonnie Higgins, professor of technology, art & design; Randal Acker, president & COO of Exhibitor Media Group; Matthew McLaughlin, BSU student award winner; Steven Sundahl, associate professor of technology, art & design; and Sachel Josefson, assistant professor of technology, art & design. Photo courtesy EXHIBITOR.
L to R: Dr. Bonnie Higgins, professor of technology, art & design; Randal Acker, president & COO of Exhibitor Media Group; Matthew McLaughlin, BSU student award winner; Steven Sundahl, associate professor of technology, art & design; and Sachel Josefson, assistant professor of technology, art & design. Photo courtesy EXHIBITOR.

McLaughlin will graduate from BSU in May; afterward, he will join Elevation Exhibits & Events in Shrewsbury, Mass.

Bemidji State University’s Department of Technology, Art and Design is the only four-year undergraduate program in the country offering an focus in exhibit design as part of its digital and exhibit design emphasis. Its advisory board includes more than 50 design professionals from all across the nation, many of whom return to campus each spring for the program’s intensive portfolio review sessions.

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* Dr. Bonnie Higgins, professor of technology, art and design

Links
• Department of Technology, Art & Design
• EXHIBITOR
• Elevation Exhibits & Events