I hope you all enjoyed the events from Homecoming week. For me the highlight was attending the Multicultural Social last Thursday as a celebration recognizing the university’s Alumni of Color honorees. Our honoree was Phuong Nguyen who graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Interior Design in 2014 and Master of Architecture in 2017. 

Nguyen is a wonderful advocate for students and professionals of color and underrepresented groups. Most recently she was selected to be one of 16 participants for the AIA Next to Lead program. The Next to Lead program is a new pilot association leadership program that removes barriers to AIA leadership positions for ethnically diverse women. 

Nguyen is currently working at BVH Architecture as a licensed architect and endeavors to be an advocate for diversity in architecture.

If diversity is a strong passion for you as well, as the faculty mentor of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMAS) here at the college, I strongly urge you to get involved with this wonderful organization. This student organization provides opportunities to connect and engage with the community through networking and service projects. Our primary vision is to work towards a more equitable, inclusive and diverse design field. Contact Samantha Zeek at samantha.zeek@huskers.unl.edu for more information or better yet, attend the NOMAS Diversity Panel October 5, in the Gallery at 11:45 am. See you there!

-Sharon Kuska

BUILDING NEWS & SPACE RESERVATIONS

One of the great things about the completion of Phase One of our construction project was the creation of more work and collaboration areas. However, a quick reminder, all of our conference areas are available using the online reservation system. Please do reserve the room before use. We have seen an increase of student and faculty use without first reserving the room. This does cause issues for those who have reserved the rooms and have found the room already in use. Please do be polite and respect your neighbors by being courteous and using the reservation system. Click here to see the spaces available for reservation.  

Pass / No Pass

The last day to change a full-length Regular Academic Session course registration to or from “Pass/No Pass” is Friday, October 14. 

A few things you should know about Pass/No Pass include:

·NEVER change a class to Pass/No Pass without checking with your advisor first.

·DSGN/ARCH/IDES/LARC courses are all REQUIRED to have a letter grade. Taking these subjects as Pass/No Pass is NOT an option. Furthermore, all of these courses must be completed with a C or better.

·Required electives are all REQUIRED to have a letter grade. These include courses like MATH, ENGL, COMM, HORT, and Natural Science electives. Taking these subjects as Pass/No Pass is NOT an option. Additionally, these courses must be completed with a C or better.

·Some (ACE) electives (6, 8 and 9) may be taken as Pass/No Pass, but please consult with your advisor first.

-Stephanie Kuenning

INTERIOR DESIGN

This week we are celebrating Assistant Professor Kendra Ordia’s completion of ASID “Ones to Watch” Scholars Program. Ordia was one of eight interior design professionals and the only academic scholar selected to participate in the 2020 class. The “Ones to Watch” program identifies and recognizes rising leaders in the interior design industry who demonstrate exceptional leadership potential and a willingness to push the boundaries of the profession. The program included professional development and leadership training throughout the two-years. Last week, Ordia completed this program at the ASID National Conference “GATHER” in Miami with her fellow “ASID Ones to Watch Scholars” cohort. At this conference, Ordia was an invited speaker on “Career Paths” where she spoke of the wide variety of career paths available to students and emerging professionals. More-

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Over the past few weeks, the faculty have been giving you some insight into their research work. This includes a wide array of inquiry. I hope you have been engaging them in conversations about their research and creative activity, so you can gain even more insight into their work. These conversations can also lead towards the topic of this newsletter installment, Undergraduate Creative Activity and Research Experience (UCARE). The UCARE program at UNL is an opportunity to get paid to “work alongside world-class UNL faculty members conducting cutting edge research.” The university has made it possible for you to get advising through MyPlan to help you understand and navigate the application process in October and will hold a Zoom information session in November to give you more information.

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STUDENT/FACULTY NEWS

It is with great pride we announce our LARC 311 studio won an Excellence Award (highest honor) from the Nebraska/Dakotas ASLA chapter in the Analysis and Planning category for their joint submission, “Trail Guide for a Hybrid Landscape.”

Student Team:

Wijdan Almamari

Jace Armstrong

Olivia Berck

Jake Essink

Sean Kelly

Stella Lepkowski

Josiah Nolting

Andrew Otting-Crandall

Dennis States

Alyssa Winkelman

Submission Description:

The Nebraska National Forest - Bessey Ranger District is home to one of the most geographically unique landscapes in the world. Beginning as an experiment in 1902 with Dr. Charles E. Bessey, professor at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, he hoped to populate a region of the Nebraska Sandhills with dense coniferous forest in order to provide timber production for the region. With the help of Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and President Theodore Roosevelt, the experiment became a landmark in the history of the Great Plains and the National Forest Service. The forest at the Bessey Ranger District was at one point the largest hand planted forest in the world, with a planted area spanning 20,000 acres across the Nebraska Sandhills. The Nebraska Sandhills are the most intact contiguous grass-stabilized sand dune ecosystem globally. This extraordinary forest gives rise to opportunities regarding its position within the Sandhills and the cultural and ecological implications it poses within the region. By examining this “hybrid landscape” through cultural and environmental perspectives, the proposed trail system unearths latent narratives that situate the forest as an icon of ecological experimentation through in-depth research and mapping, culminating in the development of a trail system that interprets the entangled narratives of the forest for those who come to experience it.

Team mentored by Assistant Professor Salvador Lindquist

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Gensler Student Design Exchange 

Date: Oct. 3-31

Free Registration

NOMAS Lunch & Learn

Date: Oct. 5

Time: 11:45 am

Place: Gallery

Pride in the Workplace

Date: Oct. 5

Time: 3-5 pm

Place: Wick Alumni Center

RSVP Here

AIAS Lunch & Learn

Alumnus Davielle Philips presents "The Business of Architecture"

Date: Oct. 12

Time: Noon

Place: East Gallery

Fall Break

Date: Oct. 17-18

Hyde Lecture - Christopher Martin- a Kunzendorf co-sponsored lecture

Date: Oct. 28

Time: 4 pm

Place: Swanson Auditorium- Union

Hyde Lecture -Matthew Kreilich & Matt Wallace

Date: Nov. 4

Time: 4 pm

Richards Hall, Rm 15

Hyde Lecture - Jan Knikker

MVRDV

Date: Nov. 7

Time: 4 pm

Richards Hall, Rm 15

Build-Up Week

Date: Nov. 29-Dec. 2

Finals Reviews

Date: Dec. 5-9

Final Exams

Dec. 12-16

UNL Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Date: Dec. 16

UNL Undergraduate Ceremony

Date: Dec. 17

MENTOR CALENDAR

Egg Drop Challenge with Mara and Paulina

Date: Oct. 6

Time: 5:30 pm

Place:

Architecture Hall

Bowling with Eli and Sean

Date: Oct. 21

Time: 6 pm

Place:

Nebraska East Union

Coffee In the Haymarket with Abby, Kayla and Dana

Date: Nov. 3

Time: 5 pm

Place:

The Coffee Mill and Tea

Snack and Study Night with Sarah and Josh

Date: Dec. 1

Time: 6:30 pm

Place:

Architecture Hall

Hyde Lecture - Martha Schwartz

Date: Jan. 23

Time: 4 pm

Place: Swanson Auditorium or Lied Center TBD

Omaha By Design Project 2022 Symposium Panel

Date: Feb. 9

Time: 6-8 pm

Place: Omaha By Design

Hyde Lecture - Nisha Botchwey

Date: March 3

Time: 4 pm

Place: Richards Hall, Room 15 - Tentative

Hyde Lecture -Rana Abudayyeh

Date: Apr. 7

Time: 4pm

Place: Richards Hall, Room 15 -Tentative

Build-Up Week

Date: May 1-5

Finals Reviews

Date: May 8-12

Final Exams

Date: May 15–19

UNL Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Date: May 19

College of Architecture Graduate Recognition Ceremony

Date: May 19

Time: 6 pm

Place:

Kimball Recital Hall

(Tentative)

UNL Undergraduate Ceremony

Date: May 20