Via Alumnus More than 700 qualified applicants, applied for the 2016-17 Mississippi State University Presidential Scholars program, which is part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ’s Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College. With qualifications that include a minimum 30 ACT or 1330 SAT score, the prestigious annual awards cover the current cost of university tuition, fees, books, and room ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s School of Architecture is hosting a Timber Innovations for Mississippi Buildings Reimagined (TIMBR) Symposium Thursday-Friday [Sept. 15-16] on the Starkville campus. Registration is free and must be completed by Sept. 10 at . American Institute of Architects (AIA) continuing education units will be provided. Funded in ...
Fall 2016 convocation for the School of Architecture was held on Aug. 17 in the Robert and Freda Harrison Auditorium in Giles Hall. Jim West, dean of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ, Art and Design, welcomed the group and gave an update on the college before Director and F.L. Crane Professor Michael Berk started with the rest of the ...
The Aydelotts’ $2.4 Million Gift to Architecture Students in the South Alfred Aydelott, who with his wife Hope was responsible for one of the largest educational endowments by an architect, led a complex life filled with outbursts, grudges, and a medical miracle. By TIMOTHY A. SCHULER | Architect magazine Late last year, one of the largest ...
[Show picture list] When one door closed for Zachary Henry, four more opened. Henry, a fourth-year °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ architecture student from Knoxville, Tenn., was disappointed when his proposal for a travel scholarship to Australia didn’t come out on top. However, when his boss, School of Architecture alumnus Briar Jones heard about Henry’s plan, he and his ...
Associate Professor Alexis Gregory, AIA, was recently elected the vice chair of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ President’s Commission of the Status of Women (PCSW) for 2016-2017. Gregory was also asked to serve on the Service-Learning Advisory Committee (SLAC) by Michelle Garraway and Cade Smith of the Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning (CASLE).
[Show picture list] (Photos provided by Jacob Gines) Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture hopes to lead the charge in the Southeast on innovative wood research and design. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, Inc. (SFI), an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to responsible forest management, recently awarded a $10,000 Community Partnerships grant for a design studio centered on ...
KeAirra Williams, S|ARC Class of 2015, was recently featured in the Memphis Business Journal, People on the Move: KeAirra Williams Current employer: Renaissance Group: architecture • engineering • planning • interiors Current title/position: Intern Architect Duties/responsibilities: KeAirra Williams joined Renaissance Group Inc. as an intern architect. She graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. ...
(Video by Kamau Bostic) [Show picture list] (above photos by Lori Neuenfeldt) By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ, Art and Design recently hosted a design camp for students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi. Held June 20–24, the five-day summer experience in Jackson had a goal of helping students in ...
[Show picture list] (photos via Megan Bean, Mississippi State University and Kapish Cheema, 2016 counselor) Design Discovery was held June 10 – 17 this year. The annual weeklong camp was created specifically for high school students age 16 and older–especially entering °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û²éѯ freshmen–with an interest in architecture or related design fields. Activities simulate the levels of information ...