This May, the ten seniors in Design VI Studio were recognized for their work with the UMass Center for Civic Engagement and Service Learning’s 2026 Outstanding Undergraduate Community Engagement Award in the group category. The spring semester course, taught by Erika Zekos, partnered with Everyday Wellbeing, Inc. (EWI), a young nonprofit organization focused on providing free, daily wellness activities to the community. The students hosted a series of design workshops to help the group develop a program of spaces for a new, permanent home and test fit designs on four sites in Amherst and Northampton. They also designed and built a storage cabinet to address EWI's immediate needs in their current rented space.