What's New

WHAT'S NEW

This fall, we welcomed a new executive director and a new class! After an intensive, year-long search, we were thrilled to nd the perfect person for the next generation of leadership at the Brandcenter: Vann Graves. Vann has 20+ years of experience as an art director/creative director working for great agencies like BBDO and McCann. He was most recently the Chief Creative O cer at JWT in Atlanta. Read more about Vann in Adweek, check out this Creative Q&A with him in Richmond BizSense, and listen to a podcast interview with him on We Are Next.

We also welcomed 106 new students to the Class of 2020 at Orientation. Our incoming class represents 23 states and a variety of backgrounds and life experiences (everything from communications and studio art majors to business and geography majors). Their average age is 25, and 73% of them had prior work experience. They are 25% minority and 61% female.

Now that our rst years are settled in, we're looking forward to our next crop ofstudents. The Fall 2019 application is now available for request. We will takeapplications on Feb. 1st (early decision) and April 1st (regular decision).