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Brouhard teaches handbags and small leather goods in the Fashion Accessories Design (FAD) program. He is also a pattern and sample maker of fine leather goods for Shinola and a designer of his own rugged yet modern messenger bags, totes and duffels. They are all beautifully crafted and built to last — benefitting from his CCS education, a lifetime of sewing, as well as experience up and down the scale of production from the first cut to the finished product.

Alum Tommy Scott (2009) was awarded an Emmy for his work as a Concept Artist and Background Designer as part of the creative team at Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty. The creative team won the Emmy award for “Pickle Rick,” the third-season episode that combines a series of increasingly inventive action sequences, and a notable guest performance by Susan Sarandon.

Over the past 25 years CCS has developed a close design-relationship with TARDEC, United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center located in Warren, Michigan. WDIV Detroit recently featured the work of TARDEC and how CCS contributes to what they do.

The New York Times recently turned to the College for Creative Studies and a number of it's Transportation Design alumni to find out how the automotive industry and College are trying to attract the next generation of female car designers.

Now working at Rauxa as a senior copywriter, CCS Alum Shaunah Margaret launched the first ever mentorship program for women of color, run by women of color, "Women Who Create."

Designboom recently highlighted the modular home design of Gavin Rea, CCS Product Design alumnus and product design consultant at Open Source Election Technology Institute in California.

Cori Steele, senior footwear designer at Hoka One One and CCS Product Design alumna, recently had her footwear sketches featured on Coroflot.