Taryn Ericson's furniture piece, "The Flirt" was selected as a finalist in the 2009 AWFS Fresh Wood Furniture Competition. The piece was chosen from over 160 pieces submitted for exhibition. 50 additional furniture pieces from other colleges, universities and schools were on display at the AWFS show in Las Vegas from July 16-18, 2009.

Alan Harp and recent students Tayrn Ericson and Brittany Walsh toured the AWFS trade show furniture competition to see what other schools were producing as competitive pieces.