At precisely 5 pm on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 the 18th year of MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur began. The classes of 2015 and 2016 each had their own orientations. Faculty were on hand to describe their aims for the coming year, introduced by the co-chairs. The subsequent reception brought both very international classes together for the first time. Bonds were forged, names learned, faces made familiar.