The Experiential Learning Center (ELC) is a one-of-a-kind 1,800-square-foot center dedicated to supporting budding designers as they go from the classroom setting to the workforce in their design careers. With diverse mentorship, full access to the latest technology and resources, and resume- and portfolio-building paid work experiences, The ELC offers marginalized students the chance to go all in on their career development.
Build their design portfolios and fill their resumes with paid work experiences
Gain access to the latest, most robust design tools, platforms, and resources
Meet their future coworkers, employers, and colleagues as they network through the design world
High Schoolers, spend your summer bringing your ideas to life through design and technology. This 6-week experience is designed for high school students interested in exploring creative careers. You’ll create real projects for local organizations—like posters, websites, apps, and social media campaigns—while learning to use your creativity to solve real-world problems. You’ll learn tools like Adobe Creative Cloud, Affinity, SketchUp, Figma, and Miro while working as part of a collaborative team in a fun, open studio environment, building high-quality work for your college portfolio that shows your creative power in action.
Get the critical real-world UX skills you don’t know you’re missing. Joe Natoli’s UX 365 Academy is the ‘missing manual’ for your UX or product design career — for a fraction of the cost of bootcamp and university programs who never quite deliver what they promise.
IBM SkillsBuild is a free education program focused on underrepresented communities that helps adult learners, high school and university students, and faculty develop valuable new skills and access career opportunities.
Field Trips are fun and educational excursions to explore real-world settings, foster experiential learning, and ignite creativity, make learning engaging, memorable, and inspire lifelong curiosity.
Awesome Design Academy teaches graphic design to help you empower yourself to reach your creative and financial goals. We help transform beginners into design practitioners through a “Design by Doing” approach.