2024-25 Outstanding Graduate Awards Announced

On November 13th, 2025, we are delighted to announce the Sessions College 2024-25 Outstanding Graduate Awards.

Each fall, Sessions College faculty and staff collaborate to nominate a group of outstanding graduates who completed programs during the last year. The graduates come from a wide range of programs, from career certificate to BFA level. They have two things in common: talent and perseverance.

Which graduates have the quality of work and level of participation in their classes that shows their potential for future success as creative professionals?

Let’s find out. And the 2024-25 Outstanding Graduate winners are:

• Micky Jordan, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
• Kristin Weidemann, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
• Ian Richmond, Professional Certificate in Web Design
• Viansa Lozano, Associate Degree in Illustration
• Sharla Fossen, Associate Degree in Digital Photography
• Jaclyn Marr, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
• Thomas Newhall, Associate Degree in Digital Media

Please visit their award pages and join us in congratulating these students on their awards. We would like to thank all Sessions College faculty who nominated students and participated in this year’s award process, in particular, Dr. Meryl P. Epstein, Jordon Schranz, Piper Nilsson, Andrew Shalat, Felicia Kieselhorst, Kristen Becker, and Sara Wade. Visit the award pages to read their student endorsements!

About the Outstanding Graduate Awards

Outstanding Graduate Award recipients must be 2023/2024 graduates recommended by Faculty and staff with an excellent academic record and strong graduating portfolio of work. They must have distinguished themselves in their overall participation in their classes and/or made other notable contributions to the Sessions College community.

Each year a set of graduates each receive a physical award and an academic recognition that can help them in their future career. The goal of the award is to identify talents that will shine brightly in the design world. Our goal is to inspire graduates to push forward in their careers and students to excel in their classes!