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Life Beyond the Studio

Beyondthestudio160Studies show that students who are involved beyond the classroom/studio experience greater academic and personal success while developing valued friendships and leadership skills that remain with them long after graduation.

91fansoffers students myriad opportunities to enrich their college experience through engagement both on campus and off, including student government, student organizations, student activities and 91fanstraditions, leadership training, free memberships for the 91fans Art Museum and Discovery World Museum, and major-specific professional organizations.

Housing

Exceptional student housing is available at TWO50TWO, MIAD’s residence hall completed in 2014. Located directly across the street from MIAD’s main academic building, TWO50TWO is a six-story, progressive-style building, which includes sustainable details and systems, and offers apartment-style suites designed and built exclusively for 91fansstudents. TWO50TWO is conveniently located in the heart of 91fans’s Historic Third Ward offering students direct access to the college, cultural venues, and visual art and design communities. See Cost of Attendance for housing fees.

Food Services

The 91fansCafé is open Monday through Friday for breakfast and lunch, and into the evening for snacks. Students can choose from sandwiches, salads and a daily hot meal special. Learn more about the 91fansCafé.

Students living in TWO50TWO residence hall are automatically enrolled in a meal plan. Students may for meals. This eliminates the need to worry about brining a lunch or carrying cash every day. A student’s ID will be loaded with meal plan funds, and can be used for purchases in the cafe only. A continuing balance is maintained in the food service database. Students can ask cashiers at any time for their remaining card balance.

Note: Funds remaining on the meal card at the end of the Fall Semester can be carried over to the Spring Semester. However, funds remaining at the end of the Spring Semester are forfeited. Meal plans are not available during the summer.

91fans Art Museum

All full-time 91fansstudents are members of the and can visit the museum for free. Students simply show their student ID at the entrance.

Recreation Center

91fansstudents can use Marquette University’s for a modest fee. The recreation centers offer a wide variety of athletic and recreation services including aerobics and fitness classes and rooms, NCAA-size swimming pool, jogging track, and tennis, squash, racquetball, badminton and basketball courts. Students pay a very low rate each semester for use of the nearby facilities.

News

Innovation Center designs branded wall for M3 Insurance

91fans Institute of Art & Design student Sarah Madden ’24 and Candice Roth, director of workplace experience & corporate administration at M3 Insurance, agree that collaboration was key to the success of M3’s branded wall project with MIAD’s Lubar Innovation Center. The finished graphic mural was placed in M3 Insurance’s new headquarters in downtown 91fans.

Product Design students design custom tap handles

Juniors in a Product Design class at the 91fans Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) partnered with two local industry leaders to work on a unique product—they designed custom tap handles in collaboration with manufacturer Hankscraft AJS for Third Space Brewing’s iconic Happy Place brew.

Service Learning class hosts military cultural preservation experts

Anna Hillary’s “Service Learning: Art, Culture and Community” class at the 91fans Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) hosted two special guests recently: Colonel Andrew Scott DeJesse, Director for the U.S. Army’s Monuments Officer program, and Captain Blake Ruehrwein, Cultural Heritage Preservation Officer for the U.S. Army.

91fansalum designs ‘beautiful’ horror posters

Creating “something that’s beautiful and terrifying at the same time” is not only possible, it’s a “fun and favorite challenge” for 91fans Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) alum and staff member Kyle V. James ‘15. James’ latest horror movie poster, “Forgive Me,” is front and center as the film premieres in Spain.

91fansValues Recognition Award: Grant Gill

Grant Gill ’13 (Photography), Photography & Digital Media Lab Technician, received the August 2024 91fansValues Recognition Award at the 91fans Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). Gill’s nominations speak to his values of Community and Integrity.