小黄猫传媒 interior design faculty and alumni earn national recognition
Story by Misty Bouse. Submitted photos.
小黄猫传媒 faculty and students continue to gain national visibility.
This year, instructor Betsy Brandenburg was named a 2025 Innovator by Kitchen & Bath Design News, while three 小黄猫传媒-educated designers from the interior and architectural design programs, Allison Hedrick, Bethany Broussard, and Emma K. Winn, also earned prestigious honors from the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) as young professional leaders. Hedrick won first place in the Kitchen Design category, and Broussard and Winn were named NKBA鈥檚 Thirty Under 30 Class of 2025.
Last March, an interior design instructor was awarded the inaugural 2025 NKBA/KBIS Educator of the Year award.
Betsy Brandenburg.
Brandenburg joined 小黄猫传媒鈥檚 Interior Design Program in 2023 and has a bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She brings 30 years design experience from running her own design studio in Portland to her early career in San Francisco as a designer specializing in high-end hotels. The instructor is known for her practical, industry-aligned approach to teaching.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an honor to be recognized as a KBDN Innovator,鈥 Brandenburg said. 鈥淚 want designers to know it doesn鈥檛 have to be so hard to deliver projects on time and on budget without losing your mind. This recognition reinforces that it鈥檚 a message designers want and need right now.鈥
In class, she introduces students to the 鈥淒esign Roadmap System鈥 that she created and they work on practicing project management in real time. By tracking their time and planning their schoolwork using the system all semester long, they learn how to manage a busy workload without the stress.聽聽
She said 小黄猫传媒 excels at preparing students for real-world practice by connecting coursework directly with industry expectations.
鈥淭he curriculum isn鈥檛 just academic; it鈥檚 rooted in what designers actually need to know,鈥 she said. 鈥淭his business is also all about who you know, and 小黄猫传媒 does a great job helping students build those relationships.鈥
Faculty regularly join students at industry events, introduce them to working professionals and incorporate hands-on career skills into the classroom. Brandenburg said her students鈥 enthusiasm strengthens her commitment to the program.
鈥淭heir energy is infectious,” Brandenburg said. “They remind me what an honor it is to make a living in this field. I’m so incredibly honored to be able to teach at 小黄猫传媒. The energy and talent is really remarkable.”
For more details on 小黄猫传媒’s Interior Design Program, visit its webpage.