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Since the creation of DFA over 2,000 students have participated in campus studios, 17 campus studios have been created, two start ups (SwipeSense and Jerry the Bear) have come to market and raised $1.5 million in funding. Furthermore, DFA has become nationally recognized through publicity such as New York Times, Chicago Tribue, Forbes, and MIT Technology Review. DFA has recieved several awards, invites to conferences, and grants. Lastly, DFA reports that employers consistantly search out students from DFA campus studio groups for hiring because of their experiences while in DFA .
=Impact Achieved For Students and Campus=(Include images[http://designforamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/northwestern2-bw.jpg http://designforamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/northwestern2-bw.jpg] Student teams work on 2-3 self-selected design projects throughout the academic year and apply skills, knowledge, and expertise from their course work. DFA teaches students how to look at their local community, find problems, think of solutions, and implement those changes. Students in DFA campus studios usually report that they were able to find and learn more about their passion. Furthermore, students learn important marketable skills for the work place such as, where possibleteam working abilities, problem solving, creativity, and perseverance. In addition, students enjoy connecting and working with students from across their campuses and outside their majors. Many students enjoy the impact they are able to make while in college, in many insistences turning it tonight a career path. Below are some of the campuses involved)and companies that have started through DFA. <u>Colleges Involved in Design for America:</u> #Baltimore#Barnard | Columbia#Case Western | CIA#Cornell#Duke#Northwestern#Rice#RISD | Brown#Standford#UC Berkeley#UC Davis#UCLA#UIUC#UO Eugene#Vanderbilt#Virginia Tech#Yale <u>Design for America Projects:</u>
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