Friday, March 23 an awards presentation and reception was held for the opening of the Spring 2012 Interior Design Student Exhibit.  Earlier in the day, a prestigious panel of judges assessed the student work displayed in the Paul William Beltz Art Gallery and the Distinguished Students of the Year were selected.  The three top students were presented tasks chairs from our Awards sponsors, MidCity Office, Buffalo Office Interiors and Millington Lockwood. Pictured from left are 1st place award recipient Charles Gattie, 3rd place award recipient Michelle Wild and 2nd place award recipient Harrison Walsh.  The judging also identified several students in the Honorable Mention category.  Those students were Jason Cole, Savana Czekalski and Allysa Gozdziak.   To the right, pictured in the gallery are junior level students Ginny Gallersdorfer and Savana Czekalski.  The reception also provides an opportunity to feature the work of freshman level students and identify a ‘Best of Show’ freshman rendering.  The award is sponsored by Seneca Blueprint and the generous prize this year was a drafting table.  The recipient was Heather Heusinger, pictured to the left with her green chair rendering in the background.  The reception was organized by the ASID chapter student club, the IN club with the assistance of faculty advisor Prof. Natalia Albul and Prof. Paul Brinkworth.  Guests at the event included the Interior Design industry partners, alumni, Villa Maria College faculty and administration, students, family and friends. Pictured at left are Todd Piotrowski BFA ’10, from Carmina Wood Architects, Sara Gleason BFA ’10 MidCity Office and Jack Sciuto BFA ’11 Mid City Office.  Proceeds from a Basket Auction and 50-50 raffle benefit IN club service learning projects.  Entertainment was provided by Villa Maria College Music Program faculty member Michael Rieman.  The evening was a wonderful success.  The exhibit will be on display until April 13.