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Duracoat Awards of Academic Excellence is a Basco Paint activity informed by the institution's Community Social Responsibility  policy.

The prestigious Awards recognizes top graduates from Higher Learning Institutions with a purpose of enhancing education as key pillar in the Basco paints CSR policy. Three students from StAD namely, Wendy Mutua, Valarie Jepkoech and Opany Peterclavers were among the top winners of the 2017/18 Academic year. 

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A new lot of first year students (2019) were officially welcomed to the School on 16th September 2019.

The ceremony was attended by both members of the School fraternity and graced by the Director, Dr. Osanjo.

Dr Osanjo congragulated the students for having attained good scores in their Secondary Schoolstudies thus making it to the university.

The Director encouraged the new students to be steadfast in their pursuit of excellence while promising guidance

A Creative intermediaries forum was hosted by the School of Arts and Design on 12th September 2019..

The one day workshop was a consortium of profit and non profit organizations facilitating

a range of opportunities for creative individuals and institutions.  The creatives forum brought together pariticipants

working towards supporting the development of the creative cultural industry (CCIs) in Nairobi and Kenya.

Viable opportunities for the creatives through the CCIs would include training and skills, creation of space, business planning

The competition is a co-operation between Kenya Airways and design institution offering training in

clothing construction, fashion, textile and interior design courses and dedicated to the development and application of creative ideas. 

The challenge is engaging four teams of five members nominated fashion,

design and marketing students to redesign (develop innovative products) from materials ranging from

work jackets, work trousers for both men and ladies, old blankets, old cabin crew uniforms

A team of staff from the Ministry of Public Works paid a courtesy call to the Director  StAD  on 4th September. 

The team consisting of the School alumni sort to check on its progress while opening up avenues

for more engagement such as securing students internship and attachment opportunities.

The School prides in continually producing notable Interior, Product , Graphic, Illustrator and Fashion Designers spreadout in various Government institutions, Corporate Organizations and some venturing in private practise.

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Finalist students of the School of Arts and Design organized a networking umbrella dubbed ''Design Shack''.

Design shack is intended to provide transition from learning to practice.

The event was characterized by a display of assorted creative works from designers and artists. This was among a series of activities organized by the learners that will help cultivate networking among'st themselves and players in their areas of practice.

The annual Bata competition has 10 contestants from universities across the world. The countries represented are Kenya, Czech Republic and Italy. The contestants have been challenged to design sneakers around the theme.

The kenyan representatives are design finalist students at the School  of Arts and Design who have also made it to the finals of the competition. The two will be part of the crowning team of the challenge to be held in Prague- Ukraine between 12th and 14th April, 2019.

Graham is a Landscape architect and a senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria -South Africa. He has a distinguished international record as a studio critic in Landscape Architecture and has been recognized for a number of awards internationaly. Young is currently serving as the Secretariate General of International Federation of Landscape Architecture- Africa an association of (IFLA).