In recent months, SVA's BFA Interior Design: Built Environments received some major recognition once again from the celebrated Angelo Donghia Foundation. Donghia’s 2024 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design announced it was awarding fourth-year BFA Interior Design: Built Environments student Morgan Jourdin the prestigious prize. Along with over a dozen other interior design student award recipients, Jourdin received $30,000 in scholarships for tuition, board, and other expenses.

“Morgan worked tirelessly after the 2024 spring term was done to prepare her project for the Angelo Donghia Foundation competition due during the summer, which required real competition boards, not digital images,” said Dr. Carol Bentel, chair of the department and Jourdin’s third-year studio instructor. Jourdin’s project was inspired by a prompt by Bentel, which challenged students to design temporary housing for migrant families focusing on integrative water systems. Her project, “Ebb+Flow,” hopes to raise awareness about the power design has to make the built environment a more welcoming and equitable place for all people. “Morgan's design focused on the migrant journey itself, often over water and its perils,” said Bentel. “Her references to water and its potential to heal rather than harm are visible throughout the project.”

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Fourth-year BFA Interior Design: Built Environments student Morgan Jourdin was awarded the $30,000 prize.