Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Ward V. Wells, professor of architecture at Texas A&M University and director of the university’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, was recently elected to the National Board of Tau Sigma Delta, the national honor society of architecture and allied arts. He will serve the first two years of his six-year term as vice president/president elect.
Established in 1913, Tau Sigma Delta is open to students of all U.S. colleges and universities that have accredited programs in architecture, landscape architecture or allied arts. The organization celebrates excellence in scholarship and stimulates intellectual achievement.
Wells earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1973 from Kansas State University, where he was honored in 2004 as an Alumnus Fellow of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design. He obtained a master’s degree in architecture in 1976 from the University of Oklahoma.
A member of the Texas A&M architecture faculty since 1977, Wells teaching and scholarly activities have focused on interior architecture, adaptive use, facility management, and architectural, furniture and health facilities design.
Wells is credited with developing an interior architecture emphasis for Texas A&M's master of architecture program, which in 1985, was recognized by Interiors Magazine as one of the top interdisciplinary programs in the nation. During this same period, students from his design studios won more than a dozen regional and national design competitions.
From 1990 to 2001, Wells served the College of Architecture as the executive associate dean and interim dean. As executive associate dean, he was chiefly responsible for academic affairs, for the planning and administration of the college.
As a member of the American Institute of Architects, Wells served on the steering committee of the Professional Interest Area for Interiors and was its national chair in 1996.
In 2001, Wells was appointed director of the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts at Texas A&M. As the director, he is responsible for enhancing art initiatives, especially those that involve collaboration among different art programs.
- May 4th 2009 -
