UNL College of Architecture
NEWS & UPDATES
COLLEGE NEWS
ADVISING CORNER
Barcelona / Summer 2020
Brian Kelly will be holding a short information meeting about this summer’s Barcelona program on Wednesday, January 22nd @ noon in room 233. He will go through schedule, budget and give you a chance to ask questions. Please join us!
 
Scholarship Applications DUE February 1st 
Applications for College of Architecture scholarships are due February 1 st . For more information about scholarship applications click on this link.  Check your huskers.unl.edu email often for updates on new scholarships!
 
If you have questions about this, please do feel free to stop in and see Stephanie.
 
Spring Registration Reminder
Today – TUESDAY - January 21 st is the last day for full semester course registrations and adds. Also, today is the LAST DAY to drop a full semester course and receive 100% refund.

Stephanie Kuenning
MEDIA CENTER & SHOP CORNER
COA Shop and Media Center Hours for Spring Semester 2020

Monday – Friday 8 am – 8 pm
Sunday 1pm-5PM
 
(Holidays and student breaks may affect these hours)
INTERIOR DESIGN
I hope you all have settled into your second semester schedules and everything is going well. Do not hesitate to schedule an appointment with me or your advisor if you are in need of some guidance as you become acclimated to this semester’s courses.
As you may, or may not know, the Interior Design Program will be hosting a team of three CIDA (Council for Interior Design Accreditation) site visit team members on February 8th – 11th. CIDA is an independent, non-profit organization that is “committed to the ongoing enrichment of the interior design profession through identifying, developing and promoting quality standards for the education of entry-level interior designers.” A CIDA site visit typically occurs every six years to review an interior design program’s compliance, quality and achievements in upholding 16 standards that are set forth by the organization. More-
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
The faculty at our spring retreat had a great discussion about how the program can relate to, support and leverage the college’s Strategic Plan. Believing a successful strategic plan needs to spring from our strengths and be relevant to challenges facing the profession and society today and tomorrow, the group identified these challenges and began the process of situating our own work within the emerging framework. It should not be a surprise the faculty identified global warming, urbanization, land use competition and big data as broad focus areas facing the world. Relative to these challenges, we noted more profession specific areas in which we were working. More -
STUDENT NEWS
Austin Riggins ’ building nomination was unanimously approved by the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Board to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places!

Riggins' nomination was part of a class project for the Historic Preservation Course taught by Frank Ordia .
FACULTY NEWS
Faculty News Highlights:

  • Last week, Assistant Professor Dan Piatkowski presented "The “Family CAB:” Addressing Family Chauffeur-Associated-Burdens (CABs)" at the Transportation Research Board's Annual Conference. Piatkowski's paper is currently under review for publication in the Journal Transportation Research Record.

STUDENT & FACULTY COMPETITIONS
Check out the new competition and scholarship opportunities on our website or here on Canvas .
INTERNSHIPS, JOBS & MORE
C heck out the College of Architecture website for new internship and job 

Plus, University of Nebraska Career Services encourages you to view a few of their new Full-Time job postings a t Handshake. Check them out!
Barcelona Program Information Meeting
Date: Jan 22
Time: 12-1 pm
Place: Rm 233

Student Organization Fair
Date: Jan 23
Time: 12-1 pm
Place: Link

Portfolio Review Session
Date: Jan 28
Time: 12-1 pm
Place: Gallery

CV Writing Session
Date: Jan 30
Time: 12-1 pm
Place: Gallery

Date: Feb 1

Hyde Lecture - Billy Fleming
Date: Feb 7
Time: 4- 5 pm
Place: Union Auditorium

CIDA Accreditation
Date: Feb 8-11

Hyde Lecture - Noreen McDonald
Date: Feb 28
Time: 4 pm
Place: Union Auditorium

Date: Feb 20, 21

Spring Break
March 22-29

PAC Prize
Deadline Date:
April 27
Time: Noon
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