{"id":21649,"date":"2011-09-29T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=21649"},"modified":"2011-09-29T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T17:31:45","slug":"jet-alum-lee-sean-huang-in-fast-company-recruiting-alumni-interested-in-design-for-social-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/29\/jet-alum-lee-sean-huang-in-fast-company-recruiting-alumni-interested-in-design-for-social-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"JET alum Lee-Sean Huang in Fast Company, recruiting alumni interested in design for social innovation for new MFA program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JET alum and JETwit webmaster\u00a0Lee-Sean Huang<\/a> (Oita-ken, Nakatsu-shi, 2003-2006) recently appeared in the Fast Company article “An MFA Degree For Designers Who Want To Change The World<\/a>\u201d by Michael J. Coren.<\/p>\n

So you want to change the world? Cynics may send you off to Wall Street or a white-shoe law firm. Those with gumption will look for another way. The new Master’s of Fine Arts in Design for Social Innovation<\/a> has opened its doors just for them.<\/p>\n

“We’re adamant this not be a program where people sit in a classroom and talk about how great it’s going to be when they go out and change the world,” says program chair Cheryl Heller at the School of Visual Arts (SVA)<\/a> in New York, and a board member of PopTech<\/a>. “It is helping designers go beyond self-expression, which is how most designers are taught, and how to put [design] into practice to create a change.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full Fast Company article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lee-Sean<\/a>, a faculty member in the department, is reaching out to the JET community and encouraging returning JETs and alumni to apply to the MFA Design for Social Innovation<\/a> program. \u00a0The program is for applicants from a broad range of backgrounds with an interest in design and social innovation, and not just those with college degrees or prior professional experience in design. \u00a0Email leesean@purpose.com with inquiries, and apply here<\/a>. \u00a0The deadline for applications is January 15, 2015 for Fall 2012 enrollment.<\/p>\n

Photo: Lee-Sean<\/a> with fellow MFA Design for Social Innovation faculty member\u00a0Alessandra Orofino<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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