I hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing summer and are recharged and ready to take on the opportunities and challenges of the new year with renewed vigor. I’m excited to say we start the semester with 11 new studios and will shortly begin building and /or remodeling 22 new studios with the demolition of the former Law College Stacks in September. As the dust settles, quite literally all around you, we do ask for your patience and understanding as we finish up phase one of the construction project and immediately start the next phase. For the first couple weeks of class, we will still have construction odds and ends to complete with workers possibly finishing jobs in your areas, so your flexibility will be greatly appreciated.
Please, if you see a worker in your area, let them know how much you appreciate the hard work and craftmanship they have put into making your new space a reality. Some of these craft and construction workers have been putting in 12-hour workdays and working the weekends to get this project finished and workable for the start of classes this fall. I have seen first-hand the pride they put into every wall painted, every outlet installed, and every square of carpet laid. We truly owe them a debt of gratitude.
Until both phases are finished, our studios will continue to be tight on space but in the end, it will be more than worth it. This endeavor has been years in the making and with record enrollment year after year, this project couldn’t have come at a better time.
Here’s to a new school year, new studios and new perspectives.
-Sharon Kuska
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CoA Shop and Media Center Hours for Week of August 22-28
CoA Media Center
Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm
CoA Shop Hours
The shop will be closed the first week of classes due to Phase 1 Remodel Construction.
-Matt Bukrey
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Welcome back to fall 2022! I wanted to give you a quick update about Academic Advising this fall.
Scheduling an Advising Appointment
For Mastera, advising will be conducted either in person or via Zoom. Please schedule an appointment with her through MyPlan.
For Gonzalez, advising will be conducted either in person or via Zoom. Please schedule an appointment with her via MyPlan.
For Kuenning, advising will be conducted either in person or via Zoom. Please schedule an appointment with her via MyPlan.
Sara Troupe Joins Student Success Team
The College of Architecture Student Success Team welcomes Sara Troupe to our team. Troupe is the academic navigator for the College of Architecture as well as the colleges of Fine and Performing Arts and Journalism. The Academic Navigators Program at UNL is a part of a collaborative student success team that hopes to have a large and meaningful impact on historically underserved students. Their work will entail engaging in outreach campaigns throughout the year for at-promise scholars as well as responding to referrals from the university community. Troupe was most recently with Schoo Middle School. She will have regular office hours one day a week in Room 232 Arch Hall West. We will publish those hours soon.
Peer Mentors
Have you met with your peer mentor yet? All new incoming undergraduate students to the College of Architecture have a peer mentor assigned to them that they can use as a resource to help with the transition into the College of Architecture and help get connected with university resources, activities and students. All first-year students should have received an invitation to the Peer Mentors Canvas course and received an email with their peer mentor’s name and email address. Your peer mentor will be reaching out to you, but if they haven’t done so yet, we encourage you to connect with your peer mentor today!
-Stephanie Kuenning
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Welcome back!
I trust you had a relaxing and much-needed summer break. As we return to UNL and a recently renovated Architecture Hall, I hope you will bring your summer experiences to reflect on your assignments and projects this semester. Additionally, I look forward to learning from you in the months ahead with great anticipation of celebrating our graduating seniors and M.Arch candidates in May 2023.
In addition to welcoming back our full-time faculty, I want to introduce Michael Harpster as a professor of practice in architecture. Harpster has worked professionally at BVH Architecture, Sinclair Hille and most recently as a construction manager at Neighborworks. Harpster will be teaching Arch 210 and Dsgn 410 this semester. Please join me in welcoming Harpster to our program and community. Additionally, I want to extend my appreciation to the lecture(t) faculty teaching in the Architecture Program this semester. Our lecture(t) faculty include Ashley Byars (Noddle Company), William Cox (Clark & Enersen), William DeRoin (HDR), Nate Gieselman (RDG), Ken Kilzer (Olsson Associates), Zeb Lund (BVH Architecture), Matt Miller (Actual Architecture Company), Zach Soflin (Layer), Tom Trenolone (HDR), and Adam Wiese (RDG). These faculty come from award-winning architectural practices and bring a depth of expertise to their courses, which elevates the entire program.
I look forward to seeing everyone on campus and in Architecture Hall. Have a great week and start to your semester.
-David Karle
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It may seem cliché for the first newsletter of the year to welcome or welcome back everyone to the college, but after the last few years, it is not something I take for granted anymore. It will be wonderful to see all of you at the start of classes. There are many events planned for the first week including a Food Truck event on Monday starting at 4pm and the Dean’s welcome/Ice Cream Social on Wednesday at 5pm. These are great events to get you off to a great start. The Wednesday event, in particular, will give you an opportunity to connect with various student organizations. Some are discipline specific and others have membership across the college. I encourage you to get involved. It is a proven fact that engaged students are more successful than those who are not. There is much to learn from your peers. More-
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Welcome students! I hope you are eager to start a new semester with curiosity and enthusiasm to learn new things and creatively explore critical topics and issues through interior design processes. I look at each new school year as a fresh start to reflect, define goals and set priorities for my professional and personal growth. I challenge you to do the same. I also hope you see and approach the college, Interior Design Program and your peers as a community you can count on; and who is collectively invested in one another’s success and development as designers who are “united by the transformative power of planning and design.” More-
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COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING |
Welcome new and returning MCRP students to the start of the 2022 fall semester! We are so excited to have many new students from Nebraska and overseas.
Welcome Dr. Abigail Cochran, our new assistant professor, to the CRP faculty team! Cochran holds a Master of City Planning and Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. She is broadly interested in travel behavior, transportation policy, disability, aging and health.
Hope you all have a healthy, safe and productive fall semester. If you need any assistance, please feel free to contact our faculty and staff.
-Zhenghong Tang
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Improving the quality of teaching through research and creative activity, the following faculty members have sought to enrich the student experience and make a mark on the trajectory of the professions and our communities with their scholarly endeavors. Please help us congratulate Jeffrey L. Day, Yunwoo Nam, Rumiko Handa, Zachary Tate Porter, Zeb Lund, Salvador Lindquist, Aziza Cyamani, Zhenghong Tang and David Newton for their recent accomplishments.
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COMPETITIONS & SCHOLARSHIPS |
Note: Due to the numerous opportunities available, we are listing all content on our website. See links listed above for more details.
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Check out the College of Architecture website for new internship and job opportunities.
Plus, University of Nebraska Career Services encourages you to view a few of their new Full-Time job postings at Handshake. Check them out!
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Date: Aug. 22 Time: 4–6pm Place: CoA North Entrance Cul-De-Sac
Date: Aug. 24
Time: 5 pm
Place: East Lawn of Architecture Hall
Date: Aug. 26 Time: 5–7pm Place: 700 Q Street
Date: Sept 7, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: Dairy Store
Date: Sept 20
Time: 5 pm
Date: Oct. 6
Time: 5:30 pm
Place:
Hyde Lecture - TBA
Date: Oct. 7
Time: 4 pm
Place: Richards Hall, Room 15 - Tentative
Fall Break
Date: Oct. 17-19
Hyde Lecture - Sanne Van Der Burgh
Date: Oct. 21
Time: 4 pm
Place: Richards Hall, Room 15
Date: Oct. 21
Time: 6 pm
Place:
Date: Nov. 3
Time: 5 pm
Place:
The Coffee Mill and Tea
Hyde Lecture -AIA Sponsored
Date: Nov. 4
Time: 4pm
Richards Hall, Room 15
Date: Dec. 1
Time: 6:30 pm
Place:
Build-Up Week
Date: Nov. 29-Dec 2
Finals Reviews
Date: Dec 5-9
Final Exams
December 12-16
UNL Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Date: Dec 16
UNL Undergraduate Ceremony
Date: Dec 17
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Hyde Lecture - Martha Schwartz
Date: Jan. 23
Time: 4pm
Place: Swanson Auditorium or Lied Center TBD
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)
Date: May 20
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