IN THE NEWS Architectural Technology Expert Kiel Moe to Speak at ISU Feb. 22
Harvard University architectural technology professor Kiel Moe will address the formation of energy in contemporary architecture in a lecture Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Iowa State University. Moe’s talk, part of the ISU Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series, will be at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, Room 101 College of Design. The event is free and open to the public. [Read more]
College’s Reorganization Plan Clears Faculty Senate Vote
A reorganization plan for the College of Design received unanimous support from the university’s Faculty Senate at its meeting last Tuesday, Feb. 14. The plan calls for expansion from four to seven departments in the college, including architecture, community and regional planning, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts, interior design and landscape architecture. The senate’s endorsement of the plan will be forwarded to Elizabeth Hoffman, executive vice president and provost.
CoD Students Win Exhibition Awards
Six College of Design students took home awards Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the “Assembled: Metal, Wood, Clay, Fiber and Mixed Media” exhibition at the Memorial Union Pioneer Room. Stephanie Schoeller, senior in integrated studio arts from Ames, won Best in Show for “Shutter.” ISA senior Amber Forbes from Underwood, junior Stephen Sawyer from Ames and graphic design senior Cory Witt from Elkhart won Merit Awards. Seniors Sam Mulholland, architecture, from Fort Madison, and Cody Sherman, ISA, from Stuart, received honorable mentions, and Sherman also won the Purchase Award, for “TeaKi Time.” Twenty-four of the 27 students with work in the show are from the College of Design! The exhibition is on display through March 18.
DID YOU KNOW? Career Days Call for Student Exhibition Entries
The Career Days Exhibitions Committee seeks student work to fill Gallery 181, the Pickard Chilton Gallery in the King Pavilion, the Dean’s Office walls and the display cases outside the Dean’s Office, Cyber Cafe and in the hallway to Kocimski Auditorium during Career Days 2012, March 1 and 2. You may submit as many pieces of work as you wish, in any media. Each piece must be accompanied by a typed tag with your name and email address (in case a firm would want to contact you based on the work), title of the work and medium. Additional artist’s statements are also welcome. Work and tags may be dropped off 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Design Student Services Office, 297 Design, through Thursday, Feb. 23. The work will be secure as the office is monitored during the day and will be locked overnight. Digital media can be submitted via email to Kyla Lowenberg. Call or text Lowenberg at (641) 919-8938 or email her with any questions.