The School of Art & Design 60th Anniversary – “Honoring the Past, Forging the Future” – will be held Friday, Oct. 10, and Saturday, Oct. 11. Accredited by the National Association for Schools of Art and Design, SOAD offers bachelor’s degrees in animation and digital media; game design and development-art; graphic design and interactive media; illustration; industrial and product design; interior design; studio art; arts administration and entrepreneurship; fashion design and development; and video production; and an M.F.A. It will be exciting to see work from the fashion students and the new illustration students. SOAD 60th Anniversary eventsThe two-day celebration will include several events throughout the Applied Arts building, starting with a presentation by 2018 M.F.A. Stout Game Expo Fall 2025: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 6 p.m. Game design and development programs present western Wisconsin’s largest game developer exhibition.