 Casey stated, “In my early days at MIT, a designer working on summer materials would interview faculty and have a mini-course in a subject such as radio isotopes from the professor in charge.There was an opportunity to learn something new every day.”

The professional quality and creative additions to design are what made the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's campus design group widely respected in the field.MIT is acknowledged as the first American college to employ graphic designers as part of the faculty, and Jacqueline Casey was one of the few who were hired.