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CCS alumna and General Motors design executive Crystal Windham (Industrial Design ’94) has endowed a scholarship to support talented students and expand access to a CCS education — paying forward the opportunity that shaped her own career.

Discover the Charach Family’s enduring gift to CCS. Honoring alumna Janice Charach (’73) through the Manat Foundation, this gift establishes the new Charach Family Galleries (formerly Center Galleries) and the Janice Charach Endowed Scholarship, a gift that honors Janice’s creative spirit while shaping the future of CCS and inspiring generations to come.

The College for Creative Studies welcomed donors, trustees, alumni, students, faculty and friends to the second annual Donor Appreciation Scholarship Celebration Luncheon on October 7, in the General Motors Auditorium at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education. The event honored the generosity of those who make scholarships possible and celebrated the creative futures those investments help shape.

Learn how celebrated automotive designer Dick Ruzzin’s enduring gift to the College for Creative Studies is helping talented design students launch their creative careers through an endowed scholarship.

Tracy Muscat, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the College for Creative Studies (CCS), is retiring, effective August 22, 2025.

Two CCS students from Detroit will be awarded $50,000 scholarships annually, distributed over four years. Gilbert Family Foundation also announced scholarship support for pre-college summer workshops and completion scholarships aimed at retaining students.

At a recent donor appreciation luncheon hosted by the College for Creative Studies, donors and scholarship recipients gathered in the General Motors Auditorium at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education to celebrate the transformative power of education – and the generosity that makes it possible.

The College for Creative Studies is pleased to announce the establishment of three endowed scholarships made possible by a $2 million gift by Waltraud (Wally) E. Prechter, in honor of her late husband Heinz C. Prechter. Detroit, MI – Waltraud (Wally) E. Prechter...

When Michael Carney attended what was then known as the Society of Arts and Crafts from 1968 to 1972, things were a bit … different. The Yamasaki building anchored campus — the Kresge-Ford Building wouldn’t be completed until 1975, the same year the school’s name was...

The Gilbert Family Foundation and the College for Creative Studies (CCS) today announced the launch of the Gilbert Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund. The contribution totals $1 million and is earmarked for Detroit students with a focus on expanding access to...

Aki Choklat, renowned international footwear and accessories designer and chair of CCS’ burgeoning Fashion Design program, is honored to be the College’s first endowed chair. In a move that ensures ongoing support of the College’s Fashion Design program and its chair...

Anna Sui was 4 years old when she visited New York City for the first time — and made a bold decision about her future for a girl who had to yet to start kindergarten. “I came back saying to my parents, ‘When I grow up, I’m going to move to New York and I’m going to...