Welcome to My Honors Portfolio!

Here is a showcase of my past honors experiences, alongside my year in review.

Year in Review 2024/25

Designed a Foodscaping Pavilion

This past semester I designed a pavilion focused on providing food to local communities. This project may be continued in the city of Middletown, OH!

Celebrated my 21st Birthday

I hosted all of my friends for a great birthday party with a homemade cake for my 21st bday :)

Co-oped for P&G as a Sustainable Consumption Designer

I worked at Procter and Gamble in the Fall of 2024 specifically in sustainable consumption. I worked with engineers, scientists, and designers.

Became the President of DAAP IDSA

As IDSA president, it was my job to run the organization that brings industrial design students together, and represent UC on a national level!

Saw a Wallows Concert

I was able to see one of my favorite bands with some lifelong friends.

Traveled to Spain

Over Spring break I went to Valencia, Tarragona and Barcelona. I took in amazing sites and also practiced my Spanish!

Competed in the Yale Hackathon

I traveled with the NEXT Innovation Scholars to compete in the Yale Hacking Healthcare Hackathon focused on healthspan and longevity!

I became Aunt Jackie!

My sister welcomed the sweetest Valerie Rose into the Cunningham family in February.

Honors Intermediate Composition Spring 2025

I took an english class that challenged my writing skills in a field that is typically visual. I learned how to define my literacy, grow as a writer, and where writing fits in the design field.

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Year in Review 2023/24

I Visited NYC

Fall 2023 I visited NYC with a team of NEXT Innovation Scholars to present to Molton Brown London. While there we also visited Steelcase and Peloton.

Co-oped for FINIS

Spring of 2024 I co-oped with the swimming company FINIS.

Flew Alone For the First Time

While visiting home during co-op I had my first solo flight!

Took 2 Cross-Country Trips

I needed my car in California while at FINIS, this created an awesome opportunity to drive across the counntry with my partner.

Visited Montreal

I collaborated with UQAM students to tackle the inefficiencies and lack of empathy in the ER systems in Montreal and Cincinnati.

Skied Heavenly Mountain

While on co-op my dad visited me and we drove straight to Lake Tahoe to ski! Here I skied my first black diamond on the west coast.

I Swam... A LOT

While at FINIS I spent lots of time in the water product testing. I swan about three times a week.

Visited Fat Olives

Enjoyed some award-winning authentic neopolitan pizza.

UC x UQAM | Social Innovation for Global Impact Fall 2023

This project is in collaboration with the University of Quebec and Montreal business college. In teams, students explored the social issues imbedded in the local levels of Cincinnati and Montreal. With this information, students used lean startup mapping and user-centered design to develop solutions.

My team focused primarialy on solutions within the medical field in the ER and triage sector of hospitals.

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This course included a week-long study tour to Montreal. Here we not only learned about the culture and customs within Montreal, but we also began our ethnographic research in the University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CHUM). Some pictures from Montreal are below :)

Reflection

Before taking this class, I had little knowledge of social innovation. After taking this class, I learned that social innovation could come from almost anything. One of the most pivotal things from this class was learning to improve the “biggest, smallest thing”. In the past my views of social impact were large and pivotal, yet not feasible. Focusing hyper-locally on very specific issues can make impacts quickly.

Learning the concept of “design thinking” within this class reinforced what I was learning in the INTR class, along with opening firsthand experiences within research. Doing field research with Mallika was fun, insightful, and is something that will stay with me as I continue my design career. Learning and applying design research processes is one of the most valuable aspects of the course for me.

Secondly, learning how to work on an international team is a unique experience that I would not have had the chance to see until entering my corporate career. Having the knowledge of not only working virtually but having meaningful work sessions through a screen is a new skill I have begun to hone through this class.

Finally, this class taught me how to lead. Leadership can look many ways, and this class exposed me to multiple forms of leadership, whether it be leading a brainstorm session, helping team members get on the same page, to taking on work that needed to be done. This class is built on the idea that leadership is not just having the best ideas, it is empowering others to create great ideas together, ideas you could have never come up with on your own.