The time to lead is always “now.” While most of us can name people we consider “leaders,” the fact is that any of us can be a leader at any time. You have heard us reinforce the five values of our College: Demand Excellence; Be Courageous; Practice Empathy; Look Beyond; and Inspire Impact. It should come as no surprise then, that these are also qualities of a good leader! As we go through the coming week, I challenge you to look for these values demonstrated by others, and yourself. Recognize the opportunities to practice each of these values and say “yes” to them – whether in your courses, student organizations or your personal life. 

Students from all College of Architecture disciplines are invited to participate in this competition. We ask applicants to create a digital proposal concept for a physical display surrounding the concepts and history of a given Kruger Collection miniature. Top prize is $1000. More-

Continuing through the spring semester, all advising will be conducted through Zoom. Summer registration began on March 1^st. Priority Registration for fall begins on April 5^th. You can schedule an advising appointment with your academic advisor by logging into MyPlan. Or reach out to your advisor directly at:

Jaime Mastera jaime.mastera@unl.edu

Leslie Gonzalez leslie.gonzalez@unl.edu

Stephanie Kuenning skuenning2@unl.edu

I hope each of you were able to take some time out last week and enjoy the few days of beautiful weather. It was quite a warm welcome after a long, cold and very snowy winter. This week I am featuring Nate Bicak and Sonya Turkman’s second year design studio projects. IDES 211-Interior Design Studio II is a continuation of learning how to creatively and analytically synthesize disciplinary systems into beautiful, efficient and useful interiors – as well as explore the range of representational methods used to visually communicate ideas. More-

The semester has passed the midpoint and the work intensity is picking up steam. At the same time, the stress and isolation caused by COVID and the lack of a spring break is taking its toll of both the students and the faculty. I hope everyone can take a social distanced deep breath and enjoy some time outside with the return of spring and 70 degree weather. The changing season and the roll out of the vaccines, I got my first shot yesterday, give evidence of value of resilience and the movement toward the new normal that awaits us all on the other side of these difficult times. My research focus, as I have reported in the past, has been on sustainable urbanism. This work has made it clear that finding the right balance in human settlement is no easy task and one the requires constant maintenance. More-

Associate Professor Sarah Karle has co-authored an abstract with Gary Bentrup from the USDA National Agroforestry Center titled “A Cultural Landscape Archive: Digitizing the Prairie States Forestry Project” which has been accepted for presentation at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) annual national conference, scheduled for March 17-19, 2021.

Assistant Professor Yujia Wang also had two papers accepted for presentation at the CELA national conference: “Strategic Landscape: Adaptation of Scenario and Spatial Planning Tools to Teach Landscape Planning and Design in Studio,” and ‘Impression, Process, Systems, Application: A Four Step Framework for Teaching Design Thinking at Introductory Level.”

Check out the new competition and scholarship opportunities on our website or here on Canvas.

Note: Due to the numerous opportunities available, we are listing all content on our website. See links listed above for more details.

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!

March 9-16

Date: March 17

Time: 12:05 - 12:50

Date: May 7

Time: 4 pm

Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena

Date: May 8

Time: 10 am

Location: Memorial Stadium