January 22, 2026
8:45 am
Location
Bost Conference Center
What is the Design Leadership Foundation?
The Design Leadership Foundation鈥檚 goal is to provide access and opportunity to design students who need support, providing them with tools and experiences that will help them become thriving professionals in the design industry. Their mission is to provide local-to-local opportunities for design professionals to engage with students in their community, enhancing both their impact in their region as well as the future of the design community.
This event is for all architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture students. Lunch will be served.
Schedule (PDF version) :NOTE: THE MOCK INTERVIEW PORTION SET FOR FRIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Morning Session: All Freshmen and Sophomores
- 8:45 a.m.鈥擟heck-in (Freshmen and Sophomores), Bost Lobby (scan QR to sign in; get nametag)
- 9:15-10:30鈥擶elcome + Presentation/Panel (Bost theater)鈥攆reshmen (122 students)
- 9:15-10:30鈥擶elcome + Roundtable Discussions (Bost auditorium, north)鈥攕ophomores (111 students)
- 10:45-11:45鈥擯resentation/Panel (Bost theater)鈥攕ophomores
- 10:45-11:45鈥擱oundtable Discussions (Bost auditorium, north)鈥攆reshmen
- 12:00-1:00鈥� Buffet Lunch and time for informal conversations with DLF professionals. Food will be located in Bost South auditorium; seating for lunch is available in both auditoriums. (Morning Session guests: DLF, 233 students, faculty)
* Freshmen and Sophomores will be done after lunch.
Afternoon Session: All Juniors and seniors+
- 12:45 p.m.鈥擜fternoon Session Check-in (Juniors, Seniors+). Bost Lobby (scan QR to sign in; get nametag)
- 1:00-2:00鈥� Buffet Lunch and time for informal conversations with DLF professionals. Food will be located in Bost South auditorium; seating for lunch is available in both auditoriums. (Afternoon Session guests: DLF, 227 students, faculty).
- 2:15-3:45鈥� Welcome + Presentation/Panel (Bost theater)鈥攋uniors (126 students)
- 2:15-3:45鈥� Welcome + Roundtable Discussions (Bost auditorium, North)鈥攕eniors+ (101 students)
- 4:00-5:00鈥擯resentation/Panel (Bost theater)鈥攕eniors+
- 4:00-5:00鈥擱oundtable Discussions (Bost auditorium, North)鈥攋uniors