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Art Center Top 100 in Social Media

© Steven A. Heller/Art Center College of Design

Did you know that Art Center was recently ranked among the “Top 100 Social Media Colleges” by StudentAdvisor.com, a subsidiary of The Washington Post, in recognition of our “mastery of public social media methods, tools and websites”?

It’s true! Check us out for yourself:

StudentAdvisor is awarding a $1,000 scholarship each hour for 24 hours on April 26! Submit a review of your college by April 26 for a chance to win! Share your thoughts about Art Center to enter the contest: http://www.studentadvisor.com/decision-day-scholarships.

Great Fun at Car Classic

Sunday’s Car Classic ’10: Freedom of Motion, was a success! While a little drizzly at times, the crowds were not deterred, visiting Hillside Campus to tour studios, look at student work, hear guest speakers and, of course, check out the automobiles (and aircraft, watercraft and motorcycles!)

Keynote speaker was Transportation Design alumnus Frank Stephenson, design director for McLaren Automotive.

“The Mini was the first car I ever stole,” joked Stephenson. He was referring to sneaking out in his mother’s as a young teenager. “It was that easy to drive,” he explained. Fitting that fate would have him involved in the redesign of the vehicle decades later.

Also speaking was Photography alumnus Jeff Zwart, award-winning automotive photographer and commercial film director who recently set a new record racing up Pike’s Peak in a Porsche 911 GT3.

“You never realize how much your childhood interests will influence your life later on,” Zwart said as he remarked on growing up (with childhood friend, alum and automotive design superstar Freeman Thomas) with a love of everything automotive.

Highlights of the show included the new McLaren MP4-12C, a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic and an ICON A5 sport aircraft.

Enjoy images from the event in the slideshow below, and check out our tweets from the event as well:

Week 14 in Pictures

It’s pretty quiet (and extremely hot!) here on campus today as we are in the first week of break. But what a busy past few weeks it’s been, culminating in Saturday’s Graduation and Graduation Show! Enjoy some photos documenting campus life from the last week: