Feature Stories

Recruiting in The Valley: From the left, Pete Lara, regional director for the Center for Housing and Urban Development's (CHUD) Laredo office, joins Oscar Muñoz, CHUD deputy director, Thomas R. Cary, member Eagle Pass ISD Board of Trustees, and Alberto Menchaca, director of CHUD's Eagle Pass Community Center during a student recruitment visit to the Rio Grande Valley earlier this week.

College explores recruitment
options in Rio Grande Valley

Oscar Muñoz, deputy director for the Center for Housing and Urban Development at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture and Mark Clayton, interim head of the college’s Department of Architecture, made a recruitment trip to the Rio Grande Valley this week, meeting with representatives from Laredo and Eagle Pass school districts, which together encompass 53 schools.

In addition to discussing ways for encouraging district students to consider applying to College of Architecture, they also examined opportunities for distance education, student visits to the Texas A&M campus and sending guest lecturers to speak at area schools. 

Muñoz and Clayton also met with Ray Keck, president of Texas A&M International University, to discuss recruitment possibilities for both undergraduate and graduate students, and the possibility of initiating a “2+2” program allowing students to begin at A&M International then transfer to Texas A&M after their second year.

Oscar Muñoz inspects the construction of what will be a tool library at CHUD's Laredo Community Center. The walls are being erected using compressed earth blocks.

Haberl named ASHRAE fellow

Jeff Haberl, professor of architecture at Texas A&M University and associate director of Texas A&M's Energy Systems Laboratory, was recently elevated to fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The award will be presented at ASHRAE’s winter meeting, Jan. 27, 2007 in Dallas, Texas.

ASHRAE is an international organization whose sole objective is to advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. ASHRAE’s areas of expertise include energy efficiency, indoor air quality, codes and standards, and guidance for a safe environment during extraordinary incidents.

Haberl, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 1986, has been conducting research for almost 30 years in areas related to energy system efficiency, renewable energy and intelligent measurement systems. With the Energy Systems Laboratory, Haberl is currently developing analysis procedures for Texas Senate Bill 5, legislation enacted to reduce ozone pollution in metropolitan areas. The ESL has been the primary contractor for the Texas LoanSTAR program since 1990. The program has saved the taxpayers in Texas over $109.2 million in state revenue in the form of reduced energy use in state facilities.

LAUP profs land $113,000 research
deal with National Park Service

Five Texas A&M professors are developing an early warning system to detect land use changes outside of national park boundaries along the U.S. Gulf Coast as part of a $113,000 cooperative agreement with the National Park Service.

Chris Ellis, Sam Brody, Forster Ndubisi, Walt Peacock and Doug Wunneberger, all from the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, will be involved in the project. They are developing a system to compile publicly available information about changes in land use. In turn, the data will be provided to park staff in an updatable format that is geographically linked and easy to use. This will be accomplished by continually mapping permits pertaining to properties adjacent to the park for park managers.

The intent is to give park managers the information needed to plan accordingly for upcoming changes in land use near the park.

According to the research proposal, one of the highest priority management concerns for parks in this region is changing land use outside of the parks’ boundaries and the potential impacts of those changes on the parks’ natural resources. Increased development around the parks can contribute to the increased presence of non-native invasive species, contribute to fragmentation of habitats, alter water and air quality, impact viewscapes and soundscapes, increase litter and debris within the park, and increase visitor impacts. Although it is possible to track historical changes in land use though remote sensing, such an approach does not provide an early warning for park managers to be able to react to those changes before, or as they are occurring.

Wei Yan earns 'Best Paper' honor
at design, computing conference

Wei Yan, an assistant professor in the the Texas A&M Department of Architecture's Visualization Science program, recently earned "Best Paper" honors at the Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition held at the Technical University of Eindhoven in The Netherlands, July 10-12, 2006.

His paper, “Geometric, Cognitive and Behavioral Modeling of Environmental Users,” was co-authored with Yehuda Kalay, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley.

The theme of the conference was “bringing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computational theories and advanced digital technologies to design research.”

Yan's paper, along with other conference presentations, appear in the book, “Design Computing and Cognition ’06,” published by Springer. For information about the book, visit: http://www.springer.com/east/home/engineering/
mechanical+eng?SGWID=5-185-22-173662732-0

Outstanding Alumnus Key Kolb
passed away last June in Dallas

Nathaniel Key Kolb, Jr., ’57 (ARCH), a 2003 College of Architecture Outstanding Alumnus, passed away June 27, 2006 in Dallas with his family at his bedside. He was 72 years old.

A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Kolb spent the majority of his professional career with Omniplan, a Dallas-based architecture firm that designs retail, office, and university buildings nationwide.

Some of the major projects to which Kolb contributed during his career at Omniplan are the 1984 addition to the Dallas Convention Center, Republic Bank Tower and NorthPark Shopping Center. He also served as principal architect for two facilities on the north campus of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. His work with Southwestern extended more than 7 years and resulted in the successful completion of over $250 million of research laboratories. Other projects he directed included the Texas Headquarters of Fujitsu America in Dallas and the School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Kolb was instrumental in making Omniplan an internationally recognized firm. The company, which Kolb served as president and chief executive officer, earned the Texas Society of Architects Outstanding Firm Award in 2000. He was also deeply involved in multiple Dallas civic organizations, with a special interest in urban design, historic preservation, the environment and the performing arts.

Kolb's Outstanding Alumnus bio:
http://archone.tamu.edu/college/people/alumni/
outstanding_alumni/2003_fall2.html

Dallas Morning News obituary:
http://www.legacy.com/dallasmorningnews/Obituaries.
asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=18305650

Architecture Ph.D. student tapped
for poster presentation in Atlanta

College of Architecture student You-Kyong Ahn received a scholarship to present a poster this September at the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) conference in Atlanta.

The APTI is a cross-disciplinary, membership organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for conserving historic structures and their settings. The theme of this year’s conference is “Crossroads in Heritage Conservation.”

Ahn, a doctoral student in architecture, is one of 16 students selected to present posters at the conference. Her poster, “Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Historic Churches: Public Perception and Building Type,” illustrates the on-going project developed as part of her dissertation. This work is supported by her graduate committee, which includes chair Anat Geva, David Woodcock, Gregor Kalas, Louis Tassinary from the Department of Architecture and Gregory Pappas from the Department of Philosophy.

Administrative Notes

New photos, directory changes due Friday!

The College of Architecture is printing a brand new Faculty-Staff Directory for the 2006-07 academic year.

Those who have not done so already need to submit their updated personal data including contact information, office location, and for faculty, areas of scholarly interest and a list of degrees earned.

For a new photograph, please make an appointment with John Peters, the college's audio-visual specialist, at 845-7887 or jpeters@archone.tamu.edu.

NOTE: There are quite a few long-time faculty and staff who are way overdue for a new portrait. Many of the photographs in the current directory were pulled off of the Web at a resolution that is not fit for print reproduction. So in other words, just because your picture was in the last directory doesn't mean you don't need to have a new one taken.

Department administrators are urged to contact faculty who will be joining the college this fall to solicit pictures and biographical data for the directory.

Faculty research symposium
submissions due by Sept. 18

September 18 is the deadline for submitting materials for the College of Architecture’s Oct. 30 faculty research symposium, “Research on the Built and Virtual Environments: Global Symposia Presentations 2006.”

Abstracts, supporting print-quality graphics and a list of each faculty member's invited presentations and published papers since June 1, 2005 should be submitted to Kathy Waskom at k-waskom@tamu.edu.

A list of presentations and published papers should be submitted by all faculty members, even those who are not presenting at the Oct. 30 event. Also, faculty new to the college are encouraged to participate.

Submissions may also be placed in the “Global Symposium 2006” folder located on the CARC-SHARED (or “S”) drive on the college’s server. This is especially useful for large graphic files. Those uploading their submissions to the server should follow-up with an e-mail notifying Kathy that the submissions have been submitted.

The abstracts, artwork and list of current research are used to create a publication that serves as a the symposium program and, more importantly, is utilized throughout the year to showcase faculty research initiatives.

The daylong research symposium is slated for October 30.

In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, disaster recovery and redevelopment research has been thrust into the limelight. The Oct. 6-7 Disaster Recovery and Redevelopment Interdisciplinary Student Research Symposium at Texas A&M University will explore relevant new research in this rapidly developing field.

Abstracts will be accepted through July 30 in the following thematic areas: the natural and built environments; social and economic vulnerability; public policy; resource management; design and (re)development; physical planning; and other related topics. Complete papers are due by Sept. 30.

The symposium and a student-managed online peer-reviewed journal will be structured around the thematic areas list above. The journal will publish the symposium's most exemplary papers.

Symposium speakers include: Dr. Shirley Laska, director of the Center for Hazard Assessment and Response and Technology at the University of New Orleans; Ty Symroski, director of growth management for Monroe County, Florida; and Dr. Walter Gillis Peacock, director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University.

Registration is $30. More details and online registration are available on the College of Architecture's Office of Continuing Education Web site: http://archone.tamu.edu/conted/ or by contacting Dolores Gonzales at 458-0102 or e-mail dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu.

Download symposium poster:
http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/InsideTrack
/Images/Disater-Symp-Poster.pdf

Benefits enrollment ends July 31

The online HRConnect Annual Enrollment is under way. Texas A&M employees may visit the system at https://sso.tamu.edu, enter their Universal Identification Number and password and then click on HR Connect. Once in the HRConnect System, click on the large “Annual Enrollment” button.

Online audio/video presentations are available through HRConnect by clicking on “Annual Enrollment Presentations” on the HRConnect Main Menu. One presentation features changes to all of the plans and general annual enrollment information. Other presentations provide overviews of each available plan.

For full story:
http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/archoneUpdate/
7-06-06_Benefits.htm

This year’s About, With & For conference will explore how user-centered design research can effect the decision making process of design. Abstracts are due by August 15; the conference is slated for October 6-7, 2006 in Chicago.

About, With & For is a collaborative forum hosted by the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology to explore methods and address issues in design research. The conference seeks to attract professionals and academics from a wide variety of fields who are interested in developing insights into people’s behaviors, perceptions, and beliefs.

For more information & abstract submittal instructions, visit: http://www.id.iit.edu/events/awf/2006/index.html

Calendar Highlights:

Congressman to hear Pointe du Hoc update: A student completes a sketch inside of a ruin at the Pointe du Hoc battlefield in France as part of Texas A&M University's multidisciplinary effort to save the battlefield monument honoring Col. Earl Rudder and his rangers. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) will visit the College of Architecture this Wednesday for an update on the project, which is being led by faculty from the college's Center for Heritage Conservation.

July 29

Q-drop: Last day for all students to drop courses with no penalty for second summer term.

August 4

Final Examination: 11:40 a.m. - 2 p.m., Langford A323. Presentation of final paper entitled "The Supply and Demand for Construction Education Graduates." Committee: Dr. David Bilbo, Dr. Richard Burt and Dr. Don Sweeney. For more information, please contact Courtney Collins, (832) 656-8914 or e-mail courtfcollins@yahoo.com.

August 7

Second summer sessions end: Last class day of the second summer term and 10-week semester classes.

August 8

August staff luncheon 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Langford A atrium.

August 8-9

Final exams for second summer term and 10-week classes.

August 11

Summer commencement and commissioning

COSC graduation reception: The Department of Construction Science will hold a reception for summer 2006 graduates 5:30 - 8 p.m. in the Langford A atrium. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood at 845-0289 or e-mail aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

August 17 - 18

New graduate student orientation: This University-wide program is offered to all incoming graduate students. It provides an overview of expectations at Texas A&M University. The two sessions are for new students only. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Rudder 224-225. For more information, e-mail Teresa Ford at orientation@vprmail.tamu.edu or visit: http://ogs.tamu.edu/OGS/gradorient.php

August 21 - September 8

Architectural photography exhibit featuring 25 large format photographs of architecture by Marcel Erminy. For more information, contact Marcel Erminy at 845-1015 or e-mail merminy@tamu.edu.

August 22

COSC department retreat: The Department of Construction Science will hold a daylong departmental retreat at the 7-F Lodge. The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Directions are available on the 7F Lodge Web site: http://www.7flodge.com/Directions.htm.

August 23

LAUP department retreat: The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning will hold their annual departmental retreat at the College Station Conference Center. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

August 25

College faculty/staff meeting: College of Architecture faculty and staff will meet at 10 a.m. in the Langford B auditorium. Lunch will be served in the Langford B Exhibit Hall after the meeting.

August 26

New graduate student orientation: This university-wide program is offered to all incoming graduate students who have previously attended Texas A&M only. It will be held 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Kleberg 115 and 113. For more information, e-mail Teresa Ford at orientation@vprmail.tamu.edu or visit: http://ogs.tamu.edu/OGS/gradorient.php

August 27

Freshman Convocation is a 45-60 minute ceremony that welcomes freshmen to Texas A&M University's community of learners in a manner similar to the community's recognition of students' graduation at commencement. The university president offer some inspiration remarks urging students to make their Texas A&M education a life changing experience. For more details on this event, visit http://www.tamu.edu/freshmanconvocation/about.htm

August 28

Classes start: First day of fall 2006 semester gets under way.

September 2

Aggie Football: A&M vs. The Citadel

September 3

MSC Open House showcases student groups: The annual Memorial Student Center Fall Open House will be held the first Sunday of the semester in the MSC, Rudder Exhibit Hall and G. Rollie White Coliseum from 1 – 6 p.m. This is Texas A&M's largest recruiting event for recognized campus organizations. An estimated 13,000 people attend every fall. Tables for recognized student groups can be reserved now at the MSC Box Office in the lobby of Rudder Tower. Tables are $35 and can be purchased using cash, a student organization finance check, interdepartmental transfer, Aggie Bucks or credit card. Tables will remain on sale until all the space is taken or Wednesday, August 30, whichever comes first. Students, faculty, staff and the community are invited to attend. Registration forms are available online at http://mscopenhouse.tamu.edu/. For more information, contact Heather Hartman at 979.845.626, e-mail marketing@msc.tamu.edu or visit http://mscopenhouse.tamu.edu/.

Aggie Football: A&M vs. Louisiana-Lafayette.

September 4-8

German study abroad exhibit: Students who participated in the spring 2006 study abroad program in Düsseldorf, Germany will exhibit their work in the Langford B Exhibit Hall. For more information, contact Dolores Gonzales at 458-0102 or e-mail dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu.

October 4

National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter meeting & dinner: 6:30 - 10 p.m. in Langford B Exhibit Hall and Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Joe Horlen at 845-0289 or e-mail Ann Eastwood at aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

September 8

Academic Convocation: In academia, the word "convocation" refers to a ceremonial assembly of the members of a college or university. Traditionally, academic convocations celebrate special events such as the beginning of the academic year or the anniversary of an institution. In 1997, Texas A&M re-established the practice of Academic Convocation as a celebration of the university's progress and an opportunity to discuss the university's plans for the future. To learn more about this annual event, visit http://www.tamu.edu/conv/

September 11

CIAC members recruit at COSC Career Fair: Construction Industry Advisory Council (CIAC) companies will be featured at the first of two Department of Construction Science Career Fairs to be held this fall in the Langford A atrium. Students attending the 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. event will have an opportunity to sign-up for interviews with participating companies on the following day. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood, 845-0289  aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu

September 12

CIAC members interview COSC job seekers: Construction Industry Advisory Council (CIAC) companies will hold job interviews with construction science students 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Kyle Field (2nd floor skyboxes on West side) and the Career Center (209 Koldus). Student may sign-up for the interviews during the Sept. 11 Department of Construction Science Career Fair in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood, 845-0289  aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu

September 15

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning monthly faculty meeting: from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Langford C207. For more information, please contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

September 15

Aggie Football: A&M vs. Army (AT&T Corps Classic) at San Antonio

September 19

COSC Career Fair: Construction companies vie the attention of Texas A&M construction science students at the second of two Construction Science Career Fairs to be held this fall in the Langford A atrium. Students attending the 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. event will have an opportunity to sign-up for interviews with participating companies on the following day. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood, 845-0289  aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu

National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter meeting & dinner: 6:30 - 10 p.m. in Langford B Exhibit Hall and Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Joe Horlen at 845-0289 for e-mail Ann Eastwood at aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

September 20

Companies interview COSC job seekers – Construction companies will hold job interviews with construction science students 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Kyle Field (2nd floor skyboxes on West side) and the Career Center (209 Koldus). Student may sign-up for the interviews during the Sept. 19 Department of Construction Science Career Fair in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood, 845-0289  aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu

Department of Architecture lecture: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Geren Auditorium. Details to be announced. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845-7878 or e-mail casa@archone.tamu.edu.

September 23

Aggie football: A&M vs. Louisiana Tech

September 25

Faculty Recognition Banquet: The College of Architecture's annual presentation of special awards and recognitions to outstanding faculty is set for 6:30 - 10 p.m. at the Presidential Conference Center. For more information, contact Trish Pannell at 458-0400 or e-mail t-pannell@tamu.edu.

September 28

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Student Advisory Council meeting & lunch: with department head at noon in Langford A321. For more information, contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

September 30

Aggie Football: A&M vs. Texas Tech

October 4

National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter meeting & dinner: 6:30 - 10 p.m. in Langford B Exhibit Hall and Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Joe Horlen at 845-0289 or e-mail Ann Eastwood at aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

October 6-7

Disaster Recovery & Redevelopment: Interdisciplinary Student Research Symposium — This two-day student-led event will explore relevant new research in rapidly developing field of disaster recovery and redevelopment. Abstracts will be accepted through July 30 in the following thematic areas: the natural and built environments; social and economic vulnerability; public policy; resource management; design and (re)development; physical planning; and other related topics. Complete papers are due by Sept. 30. The symposium and a student-managed online peer-reviewed journal will be structured around the thematic areas list above. The journal will publish the symposium's most exemplary papers. Symposium speakers include: Dr. Shirley Laska, director of the Center for Hazard Assessment and Response and Technology at the University of New Orleans; Ty Symroski, director of growth management for Monroe County, Florida; and Dr. Walter Gillis Peacock, director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University. Registration is $30. More details and online registration are available on the College of Architecture's Office of Continuing Education Web site: http://archone.tamu.edu/conted/ or by contacting Dolores Gonzales at 458-0102 or e-mail dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu.

October 7

Aggie Football: A&M at Kansas

October 7 - 8

Building inspection workshop: The Department of Construction will holding its fall Building Inspection Workshop 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Langford C 105. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood at 845-0289 or e-mail aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

October 11

Department of Architecture lecture: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Geren Auditorium. Details to be announced. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845-7878 or e-mail casa@archone.tamu.edu.

October 13

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning monthly faculty meeting: from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Langford C207. For more information, please contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

October 14

Aggie Football: A&M vs. Missouri

October 21

Aggie Football: A&M at Oklahoma State

October 25

Department of Architecture lecture: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Geren Auditorium. Details to be announced. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845-7878 or e-mail casa@archone.tamu.edu.ill at 845-7878 or e-mail casa@archone.tamu.edu.

October 26

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Student Advisory Council meeting & lunch: with department head at noon in Langford A321. For more information, contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

October 27 & November 3

LAUP Professional Advisory Board meets in the Langford Gallery.For more information, contact Robin See at 8-4307 or e-mail robin-see@tamu.edu.

October 28

Aggie Football: A&M at Baylor

October 30

8th annual faculty research symposium: The College of Architecture's eighth annual daylong faculty research symposium, "Research on the Built and Virtual Environments: Global Symposia Presentations," is slated for Monday, Oct. 30. Abstracts, supporting print-quality graphics and a list of each faculty member's invited presentations and published papers since June 1, 2005 are due by Sept. 18 to Kathy Waskom at k-waskom@tamu.edu. The presentations and publish paper lists should be submitted by all faculty members, even those who are not presenting at the Oct. 30 event.

November 1

National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter meeting & dinner: 6:30 - 10 p.m. in Langford B Exhibit Hall and Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Joe Horlen at 845-0289 or e-mail Ann Eastwood at aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

November 3

CPC/AIC Exam: The Department of Construction will give the Certified Professional Constructors/American Institute of Constructors required exam to all graduating seniors 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Rudder Rm. 601. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood at 845-0289 or e-mail aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

LAUP Professional Advisory Board meets 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the Langford A Gallery. For more information, contact Robin See at 458-4307 or e-mail robin-see@tamu.edu.

November 4

Aggie Football: A&M vs. Oklahoma

November 8

Department of Architecture lecture: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Geren Auditorium. Details to be announced. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845-7878 or e-mail casa@archone.tamu.edu.

November 10

Outstanding Alumni Award Banquet: The College of Architecture will honor the 2006 recipients of the Outstanding Alumni Award 6:30 - 10 p.m. at Miramont Country Club. For more information, contact Trish Pannell at 979.458.0400 or e-mail t-pannell@tamu.edu.

Dean's Advisory Council fall meeting: The meeting will be held 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Langford A 217 Conference Room. For more information, contact Trish Pannell at 458-0400 or e-mail t-pannell@tamu.edu.

Fifth annual Health Industry Advisory Council meeting: The daylong HIAC meeting features lectures and member networking with faculty fellows from the College of Architecture's Center for Health Systems & Design. Dr. John Zeisel, president and co-founder of Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, Ltd. will present the keynote address. He will also be available to sign copies of his classic text, "Inquiry by Design," which is hot off the press. For more information, contact Judy Pruitt at 845-7009 or e-mail jpruitt@archmail.tamu.edu.

November 11

Former student open house: The College of Architecture's annual Former Student Open House is set for 8 a.m. - noon on Saturday, Nov. 11. For more information, contact Trish Pannell at 458-0400 or e-mail t-pannell@tamu.edu.

Aggie Football: A&M vs. Nebraska

November 15

Department of Architecture lecture: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Geren Auditorium. Details to be announced. For more information, contact Malcolm Quantrill at 845-7878 or e-mail casa@archone.tamu.edu.

November 17

Construction Industry Advisory Council meets 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in 601 Rudder Tower. For more information, contact Ann Eastwood, 845-0289 e-mail aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning monthly faculty meeting: from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Langford C207. For more information, please contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

November 24

Aggie Football: A&M at Texas

November 29

Visiting artist lecture: Internationally acclaimed artist Ann Hamilton will discuss her work at 4 p.m. November 29 in the Preston Geren Auditorium. A reception will follow in the Langford B exhibit hall. The lecture is supported by the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Architecture.

Hamilton studied textile design at the University of Kansas, and later received an MFA from Yale University. Though her degree is in sculpture, textiles and fabric have continued to be an important part of her work, which includes installations, photographs, videos, performances, and objects. Samples of Hamilton’s work can be viewed online at:
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/faculty/lurleen/
air/ah/ah_index.html

Also, Hamilton was featured in the PBS series, “Art in the 21st Century.” Segments of that show can be viewed online at
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hamilton/index.html

National Association of Home Builders Student Chapter meeting & dinner: 6:30 - 10 p.m. in Langford B Exhibit Hall and Geren Auditorium. For more information, contact Joe Horlen at 845-0289 or e-mail Ann Eastwood at aeastwood@archone.tamu.edu.

November 30

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Student Advisory Council meeting & lunch: with department head at noon in Langford A321. For more information, contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

December 8

Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning monthly faculty meeting: from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Langford C207. For more information, please contact June Withers, 845-1019 or e-mail jwithers@archone.tamu.edu.

February 15 - 16

LAUP Career Fair: The The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning will hold their student career fair in the Langford A Atrium. For more information, please contact Robin See at 458-4307 or e-mail rsee@archmail.tamu.edu.

March 30-31 and April 2-3

First international sustainable urbanism conference: The topic: Redefining Sustainability in Urban Regions. Conference will be held in the MSC, specific location and times will be forthcoming. For more information, contact Dolores Gonzales, 458-0102, or e-mail dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu

Mitchell family donates $2.3 million

At a special July 17 event at History Maker Homes’ Fort Worth headquarters, the Mitchell family hosted faculty from Texas A&M while announcing their $2.3 million gift to the university. A story on the gift appeared in the July 20 issue of Inside Track:http://archone.tamu.edu/archcom/archoneUpdate/full_7-20-06_mitchell.htm Pictured from the left are Mitchell family members Kevin Youngblood, Nicole Youngblood, O.N. Mitchell, Jr., Nelson Mitchell, Liz Mitchell, Bryan Mitchell, and Sandy Mitchell, with Texas A&M faculty Charles Graham, the Mitchell Endowed Professor for Residential Construction and Visualization and interim head of the Department of Construction Science; Mark Clayton, interim head of the Department of Architecture; Cydney Donnell, executive professor of finance and director of real estate programs; and J. Thomas Regan, dean of the College of Architecture. To view a larger image, visit:
Images/Mitchells-large.jpg