Design Fusion Certificate Program for CMU Faculty & Staff

Design Fusion converges disciplines, provides a universal skillset, and empowers strategic innovation.

The Office of Human Resources, in partnership with the Joseph Ballay Center for Design Fusion within the School of Design, is thrilled to offer a groundbreaking professional development opportunity to faculty and staff across the university.

The Design Fusion Certificate Program parallels the center’s Professional Education Program provided to external organizations and aims to cultivate a more creative and imaginative culture across CMU by unlocking the latent creative potential of our faculty, staff and administration. The program has been instrumental in fostering integrative thinking, sparking innovation, enhancing collaboration and achieving new levels of creative agency to frame big ideas. Now, you can harness these powerful tools to elevate your work and drive innovation within our campus community.

For many years, faculty from the School of Design have provided customized workshops both on and off campus. A few years ago, our faculty delivered a multi-day Design Thinking workshop to 300+ Tepper School of Business MBA students, our largest single delivery to date.

Since 2016, we have provided customized workshops and courses for Highmark, the United States Air Force Academy, the Software Engineering Institute, Heinz College, and many other organizations. We are driven by our commitment to excellence in education, our passion for fostering innovation, and our dedication to empowering individuals and organizations to achieve their full creative potential.

Join us to experience transformative learning that makes a lasting impact. Download our brochure.

Please visit the Office of Human Resources site for additional information and email HR Learning (hr-learning@andrew.cmu.edu) for inquiries and registration.

Fall 2024 Program

Spring 2025 Program