Cooper/Eaton SOURCE Lighting Design Awards - The program is proud to have received over 25% of all SOURCE Awards in the last seven years of the competition including the Winners of four of the seven years.
- 43rd (2020) - Emma Burkhart (restaurant) (Award of Recognition), Jillian DePinto (restaurant) (Honorable Mention);
- 42nd 2019 – Julia Layman, (restaurant) (Award of Recognition);
- 41st 2018 – Ally Mangini, (restaurant), (Honorable Mention);
- 40th 2017 – Hazel Chang,(skybox) (Winner) Elizabeth Hundley (office), (Honorable Mention), Emma Morris, ( restaurant), (Honorable Mention);
- 39th 2016 - Elizabeth Hundley (restaurant), (Winner), Megan Everhart, (retail) (Honorable Mention), Kaitlyn Hutchens (office), (Honorable Mention);
- 38th 2015 – Megan Everhart, (restaurant) (Winner), Hazel Chang, (retail) (Honorable Mention), Kaitlyn Hutchens, (restaurant) (Honorable Mention);
- 37th 2014 – Hazel Chang, ( Restaurant) (Winner)
NEWH Green Voice Design Competition Undergraduate Winners
- 2024 - Gemma Cullen and Kelly Garoutte, $7,500
- 2021 - Isaac Wood, $7,500
IIDA Carolinas Chapter Shining Star Award “TOP STUDENT IN THE CAROLINAS”
- 2025 Student Winner - Hannah Antworth
- 2022 Student Winner - Isaac Wood
- 2020 Student Winner - Carly Lawing
- 2019 Student Winner - Hannah Downs
- 2018 Student Winner - Gissela Teran
ASID Carolinas Chapter Otto Zenke Student Design Awards
First Place (2025 Residential, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019), Second Place (2025 Residential, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019), Third Place (no longer awarded, 2024, 2023, 2021), and Honorable Mention (no longer awarded, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021).
2024-2025
- Rose Shandra - FIRST PLACE RESIDENTIAL
- Jake Andrews - SECOND PLACE RESIDENTIAL
2023-2024
- Caite Nunes - FIRST PLACE
- Henry Vera Morales - SECOND PLACE
- Iva Morgann Owens - THIRD PLACE
- Emmy Saltzman - HONORABLE MENTION
2022-2023
- Alli Cullen - SECOND PLACE
- Ariana Gomez - THIRD PLACE
- TImmy Cowie - HONORABLE MENTION
2021-22
- Lillie Bell – FIRST PLACE
- Keilyn O’Gara – SECOND PLACE
- Alyssa McCarville – HONORABLE MENTION
2020-21
- Naomi Lytle – FIRST PLACE
- Libby Montgomery – SECOND PLACE
- Molly Terra – THIRD PLACE
- Leslie Webb – HONORABLE MENTION
2019-20
Isaac Wood – FIRST PLACE
2018-19
- Carly Lawing – FIRST PLACE
- Lauren Makenzie Halford – SECOND PLACE
- Naomi Lytle – THIRD PLACE
PAVE Student Design Competition
2025 Sponsored by The Hershey Company
- Emmy Saltzman, Top three Winner
2024 Sponsored by Ulta Beauty
- Gemma Cullen and Payton Dooley - Top three Winner
2020 Sponsored by SketchUp
Julia DeBrocq – THIRD PLACE
2019 Sponsored by Bank of America
Jake Still – THIRD PLACE
2018 Sponsored by Home Depot
Cassie Hutchins & Caroline Diberto – HONORABLE MENTION
2017 Sponsored by Chick-fil-A
Emma Morris – THIRD PLACE
2016 Sponsored by Kroger
- Elizabeth Hundley – FIRST PLACE STORE DESIGN
- Emma White - FIRST PLACE VISUAL MERCHANDISE
- Katie Taylor - SECOND PLACE VISUAL MERCHANDISE
- Rebecca Ballard - THIRD PLACE VISUAL MERCHANDISE
IIDA Student Design Charrette
2022 Sponsored by MillerKnoll, Behr, Chicago Architecture Center, and Wallcoverings Association
Mia Gronemeyer – THIRD PLACE (with collaborative team members from other institutions)
PAVE X Fred Meyer Student Design Challenge | Shop! Marketplace | Cincinnati, OH | April 2024
Allison Johnson and Kelly Garoutte - Winners, Sponsorship by Opto
Retail X International Trade Exposition | McCormick Place | Chicago, IL | June 2019
- Grace McCormick and Jake Still, PAVE GlobalShop Design Challenge, Sponsorship from The Container Store
National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
- 2022 Isaac Wood, " A Facility Fostering the Cultivation of Community and Home Education"
- 2021 Kelsi Kanoy, " A Covid-19 Preventative Airport Terminal"
- 2021 Elizabeth Gibson, " A Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Center"
State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS)
- 2020 Elizabeth Gibson, “A Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Center”.
- 2020 Kelsi Kanoy, “A Covid-19 Preventative Airport Terminal".
- 2019 Laney Branch, “Creating Interiors to promote physical and mental health and readiness for civilian life for active duty and veteran servicewomen of the U.S. military”.
- 2019 Catherine McDiarmid, “Designing for Crisis – A New Approach to Appropriate Interior Design Solutions for Climate Migrants”.