Wherever life leads you after the MS SDM program, our Alumni community will always be here for you to exchange learnings and strengthen your professional relationships to enrich both, your development, and the strategic design field of work.
This is an open, global, and vibrant community of people who constantly challenge themselves to design the future. Parsons MS SDM alumni are building the field of strategic design and management all over the world and we want to keep in touch with you and continue to build this special community.
We invite Alumni who would be interested to let us know how they would like to continue to be engaged with the MS SDM community.
Below we share some of the ways you can be involved over the coming academic year 2025-26:
Alumni Webinar Series This year we will be doing two types of webinars:
Featured Strategic Designer (Case Study) – we will be hosting a series of webinars featuring an alum who will share a case study from their practice.
Alumni Career Journeys – each semester we feature panels of alumni who share their career journeys Each session features diverse alumni from various industries, sharing their experiences and insights.
These webinars are extremely valuable to students (and popular)! See examples of past webinars here.
Alumni-Led Workshops – This past year several alumni have asked the program to host workshops that they would like to do with our students. See an example of a past workshop here.
Portfolio Feedback Sessions – As you know, a strong digital portfolio is key to getting jobs. We are now offering a Portfolio Development Workshop, where alumni provide portfolio feedback to students. See our most recent Portfolio workshop here.
Course Feedback Guest – Be a guest in one of the MS SDM classes. We are always looking for industry practitioners to come to classes to share their practice and provide feedback (especially in our studio classes and capstones).
Career Advising – Each Fall we organize career advising sessions, which are designed as a small group (3 – 4 students) in conversation with an alum. Students choose who among the alum career advisors best fit their interests.
Job and Internship Announcements – We maintain a jobs and listing board. Let us know if you would like us to post an opportunity at your company/organization for MS SDM students.
Alumni Network – We are in the process of re-igniting the Alumni Network which has been a bit dormant for the past few years. This network is meant to be alumni driven. If you are interested in being active in the new network formation, let us know.
Alumni Stories – We have been collecting Alumni Stories in the MS SDM Blog. If you would like to be featured please let us know. See examples of Alumni Stories here.
Alumni Communications – You can communicate with the MS SDM Alumni community using various means. If you are not yet participating, you are invited to join MS-SDM alumni on Linkedin and Slack.
To indicate your interest in any of the above, kindly complete the survey here or feel free to contact Camilo Lizarralde, MS SDM Program Administrator, at lizac194@newschool.edu to explore alumni opportunities.
