Feature Stories

"This has become a passion for me," said Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Waco) about the Texas A&M-led effort to save the battlefield monument at Pointe du Hoc, France during a press briefing at the College of Architecture last Wednesday. “I think the world will one day thank Texas A&M for what it is doing at Pointe Du Hoc," he added. "What a tragedy it would be to lose this great site. It embodies the great courage of the American GI.”

Historic Pointe du Hoc facing
serious erosion, experts say

Texas A&M University researchers said Wednesday that serious erosion problems pose a significant threat to the historic Pointe Du Hoc battle site in Normandy, where one of the most important battles of the June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion — and World War II overall — was fought.

The combination of groundwater at the site and constant wave erosion pounding from the English Channel means a large portion of the site potentially could fall into the sea, the researchers said.

The Texas A&M Pointe du Hoc team, led by faculty from the College of Architecture's Center for Heritage Conservation, presented their findings to Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Waco) during a noontime press conference held last Wednesday at the Langford Architecture Center on the Texas A&M campus.

For details, read the story at
http://our-news.tamu.edu/newsmanager/templates/
default.aspx?a=3084&template=print-article.htm

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Waco) speaks during Wednesday's press briefing as Texas A&M faculty from the Pointe du Hoc team look on. From the left, are Bob Warden, architecture; Jean Louis Briaud, civil engineering; and Mark E. Everett, Geology & Geophysics.

Malaquite Visitor Center at Padre Island National Seashore.

A&M profs to develop auditorium
for Padre Island National Seashore

The U.S. National Park Service recently awarded $153,000 in first-stage funds to help three Texas A&M professors and their students begin developing a new multi-purpose auditorium for the Malaquite Visitor Center at Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi, Texas.

Collaborating on this multidisciplinary two-year project are Taeg Nishimoto, associate professor of architecture and Yilmaz Karasulu, assistant professor of construction science, both from the College of Architecture, and Ulrike Gretzel, assistant professor with the Laboratory for Intelligent Systems in Tourism at the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences.

The design-build project, which specifies the use of innovative construction techniques, is aimed at engaging students in designing a new facility to be used as a multi-purpose room for park staff, and as a vehicle for expanding the park’s unique visitor and community contact experiences. Involved in each step of the design process, the students, like park managers, will be asked to strike a delicate balance between visitor use and the protection the island’s unique natural resources and cultural heritage.

According to the terms of the agreement, the park service views the auditorium initiative as a model for future building collaborations with the university.

Padre Island National Seashore, encompassing 130,434 acres, is the longest remaining undeveloped stretch of barrier island in the world, and offers a wide variety of flora and fauna as well as recreation.

Outstanding alum receives TSA’s
Medal for Lifetime Achievement

Frank D. Welch, FAIA, founder of the award-winning Frank Welch & Associates Inc. in Dallas, Texas and a 1951 graduate of the architecture program at Texas A&M University, was recently named the 2006 recipient of the Texas Society of Architects (TSA) Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Honor of Llewellyn W. Pitts, FAIA.

The organization’s highest honor, the annual award recognizes a TSA member for a lifetime of distinguished leadership and dedication in architecture and community. It is awarded in memory of Llewellyn W. Pitts, FAIA, who served as TSA president in 1961 and was an influential and dedicated AIA leader.

Welch, who was honored as an Outstanding Alumni of the Texas A&M University College of Architecture in 1999, founded Frank Welch & Associates Inc. more than 40 years ago. He previously received the TSA’s 25-Year Award for Excellence and the Architecture Firm Award for Excellence.

A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Welch also serves on the Department of Architecture’s Professional Leadership Board. He as has served as visiting critic and interim professor at many colleges and universities, including the University of Texas at Arlington where he is currently an adjunct professor.

Welch was selected for the 2006 medal by the TSA’s Honor Awards Committee, which reviewed from 41 submissions. Committee chair, Brooke Sween-McGloin, AIA, announced the award Aug. 1, 2006. It will be presented during TSA's 67th Annual Convention, November 2-4, 2006 in Dallas.

Aggies help Key West islanders
explore hurricane recovery options

Residents of Key West, Fla. got wind of a number of innovative hurricane preparedness and post-hurricane recovery concepts at a July 20-21 symposium featuring presentations by Texas A&M College of Architecture students and professors Jody Naderi and Pliny Fisk.

“Be prepared for some extraordinary things to happen, and some rather rum stuff too, should Key West be seriously damaged in a major hurricane — and should the strategies proposed at last week’s hurricane symposium be implemented as the city’s recovery plan,” begins an article on the summit penned by Mark Howell, for the Key West news weekly, Solares Hill.

Read about the islanders’ unique perspectives on Texas A&M’s presentation in Howell’s story, “Recovery with Dignity:” beginning at the bottom of page one on this pdf edition of the newspaper:
http://www.keysnews.com/weeklys/solareshill.pdf

Mann makes international
architecture-for-health blitz

This week, Aussies from Perth to Sydney are learning about architecture-for-health research and educational initiatives at the Texas A&M College of Architecture as professor George J. Mann puts on his ambassador’s cap and heads to the Land Down Under.

Mann, the Ronald L. Skaggs Endowed Professor of Health Facilities Design, is making a series of presentations at venues including the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Center for Health Assets Australasia (CHAA) and the Faculty of the Built Environment in Sydney.

The UNSW, Mann said, is starting its own healthcare architecture program, and will be joining Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture (GUPHA), an organization co-founded in 1999 by Mann, who currently serves as president, and Yasushi Nagasaw of the University of Tokyo, who is the GUPHA secretary general.

From Sydney, Mann is flying to Perth to advise on the development of Rockingham Kwinana Hospital Project with Warren Kerr, director of Hames Architects in Subiaco. Then he’s off to Pretoria, South African where he will talk about Aggie architecture-for-health projects undertaken in developing countries at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) International Convention Center.

The CSIR seminar on health facilities design, focusing on the design of sustainable, safe healthcare facilities in Africa, is co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, the International Union of Architects/Public Health Group (UIA/PHG) and the South African Institute of Architects. Mann, an active member of UIA/PHG since 1974, currently serves on the organization’s executive committee.

Mann’s international blitz will conclude with a GUPHA meeting in South Africa. The organization, he said, now includes hundreds of members.

Architecture prof co-authors paper
on sexual ID, motion & morphology

Motion and body morphology play an integral role in the way humans perceive sexual identities, according to a paper, co-authored by Texas A&M architecture professor Lou Tassinary and New York University psychology professor Kerri Johnson, and appearing in Psychological Science, a research journal published by the American Psychological Society.

“We employed a novel technique to explore how the body's motion and morphology affect judgments of sex and gender,” wrote the authors in the paper’s abstract. “Stimuli depicted animated human walkers that varied in motion (gait patterns varying shoulder swagger and hip sway) and in morphology (waist-to-hip ratio).”

The research confirmed the potency of morphology in categorical sex judgments — a point humorously made in the old “Saturday Night Live” skits featuring actress Julia Sweeney as the sexually ambiguous character, Pat.

“In Pat's case, every cue that tends to be sexually dimorphic (e.g., hairstyle, clothing, body shape, voice) was uninformative, leaving the character's sex a mystery," wrote the authors, “In real life, people may experience fleeting moments in which they are uncertain of someone's sex, but such occasions are rare. Sex recognition is facilitated by numerous cues, and many of these cues have their foundations in the dynamic structure of the body.”

A PDF featuring Psychological Science article, "Perceiving Sex Directly and Indirectly: Meaning in Motion and Morphology," is available online at:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/
j.1467-9280.2005.01633.x

Administrative Notes

Bon appétit: Lasagna tops
August 8 staff lunch menu

Lasagna will be the featured entrée at the Tuesday, Aug. 8 staff luncheon, which begins at noon on the second floor atrium of Langford A. Rounding out the menu are corn, green beans, salad, garlic bread, and iced tea.

Staff celebrating birthdays in August are Betsy Moss, 8/20; Denise Venuti, 8/26; and Larry Zuber, 8/28.

Texas A&M Continuing Ed provides
acclaimed time management course

Texas A&M’s Continuing and Professional Studies Office (CAPSO) is offering to faculty, staff, and graduate students the FranklinCovey First Things First Time Management Workshop on two Fridays this fall – Sept. 22 and Oct. 6.

In this one-day workshop participants learn: strategies for getting the most important things done first while staying focused on highest priorities; how to focus on what is important, rather than simply respond to things because they are urgent; and to see, think, and act differently to achieve better results.

Participants receive a FranklinCovey Participant Manual and Stephen Covey’s & Roger Merrell’s First Things First best-seller book. This workshop is taught by a FranklinCovey certified facilitator at an introductory price of $349.

For more details and to register, visit:
http://capso.tamu.edu/all-programs/first-things-first

Aug. 4 computer lab report: All
systems working, carpeting slated

All College of Architecture computers are working correctly, according to an Aug. 4 lab report from the college’s computer support services.

Aug. 8 – 10, the computers in Langford labs 107A, 107B and 119 will be moved temporarily while carpet is installed. The computers in Reed 002 are currently being moved to the Langford Architecture Center.

Calendar Highlights:

Aggies return
to Costa Rica

A team led by Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco and Chris Ellis (pictured at right) returned with students to the site for the proposed Texas A&M Center in Casa Verde, Costa Rica to finish surveying the area and hook up with faculty and students at the University of Costa Rica. The two universities discussed the signing of a memorandum of agreement in preparation for joint summer programs. The survey team, led by Ellis, wrapped up their work despite torrential rains and a few close encounters with the local fauna. Above, students explore the nearby Monte Verde Natural Reserve.

LAUP department launches
'Thursday Night at the Movies'

The Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning will kick off its fall 2006 Thursday Night at the Movies film series on Thursday, Sept. 14 with a screening of "The Day After Tomorrow," starring Dennis Quaid. The thriller features the story of a climatologist who must figure out a way to save the world from the suddenly disastrous effects of global warming.

Showtime for this, and the other three films in the series, is 5:30 p.m. in the Preston M. Geren Auditorium.

On Sept. 28, "Instinct," starring Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding, Jr., follows what happens when a noted anthropologist who left society to live in the jungle is imprisoned for murder, and it's up to a young psychologist to get through to him.

On Oct. 12, "Erin Brockovich," stars Julia Roberts in an Academy Award winning role as an unemployed single mother who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

On Oct. 26, LAUP will screen "The End of Suburbia," a documentary examining the post-World War II emergence of the suburbs as a part of American culture. The film questions the sustainability of such types of land and resource abuse.

August 7

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

August 8

August staff luncheon noon - 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.

College of Architecture Graduation Recognition and Honors Ceremony 11 a.m. in the Geren auditorium, with a reception to follow. For more information, please contact Michael White, 845-1285 or e-mail mwhite@archmail.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/.

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.

September 6

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 9

Aggie football: A&M vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

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 16

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.

Memorial Competition 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Langford B 102. For more information, please contact Taeg Nishimoto, 845-8283 tnishimoto@archmail.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 9

Facility Management Industry Advisory Council Fall Meeting 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Annual fall meeting of the FMIAC. Progress during the past year will be reviewed and plans for the upcoming year developed. Faculty, students and industry representatives are invited to this meeting. Will be held in MSC, Room 292. For more information, please contact Susie Billings, 847-9357 or e-mail sbillings@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 9

Rowlett Lecture 2007 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Annual lecture to be held in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center For more information, please contact Susie Billings, 847-9357 or e-mail sbillings@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

Reader comments:

Jeff Haberl joined select group

On Jeff's promotion to ASHRAE Fellow:  Each year approximately 15 to 18 of the 55,000 members are promoted to the membership grade of Fellow, so it is a really big deal. The process takes about a year from the original submittal to go through the selection process, which is very selective. Comparable societies (like ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers) typically have five to 10 times the number of fellows as a ratio of fellows to full members. Jeff just joined a very select group.

I hope these numbers help in patting Jeff on the back.

Charlie Culp
Architecture

Parting shot:

Mashalle Mooring, standing, a member of the dean's office's administrative staff, bids goodbye to her co-workers after a Friday, Aug. 4 lunch at Johnny Carino's. Mashalle will start a new job in the Department of Chemistry after returning from a weeklong vacation that began Friday evening.