by Isabella McLaury | Jun 16, 2026 | Giving Impact, News
Denise Thomas is appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement at CCS, bringing a community-focused vision to alumni relations and philanthropy.
by Megan Mesack | Jun 9, 2026 | Academics, Alumni, Department News, Giving Impact, News, Press Release, Studio Art and Craft
CCS alumna and Trustee Molly Valade and her husband Mark Valade established the Valade Family Endowed Chair in Studio Art & Craft.
by Isabella McLaury | May 4, 2026 | Giving Impact
Learn about the James S. Goldwasser Award at CCS, celebrating his legacy of mentorship and excellence in creative writing for art and design students.
by Isabella McLaury | Feb 9, 2026 | Alumni, Giving Impact, Transportation Design
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.
by Isabella McLaury | Dec 8, 2025 | Alumni, Giving Impact
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.
by Isabella McLaury | Nov 14, 2025 | Giving Impact
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.
by Isabella McLaury | Sep 22, 2025 | Communication Design & Strategy, Giving Impact, Undergraduate
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.
by Isabella McLaury | Sep 11, 2025 | Giving Impact, News
Tracy Muscat, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the College for Creative Studies (CCS), is retiring, effective August 22, 2025.
by Megan Mesack | Mar 20, 2025 | Detroit, Giving Impact, Press Release, Undergraduate
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.
by Megan Mesack | Dec 3, 2024 | Giving Impact
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.
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