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Nov 16th, 2018
Excursion, Immersion, and Intervention: Architecture in Rome 2018
Cameron Westbrook
For more than a decade, the Rome Program has introduced Auburn architecture students to the Eternal City and its uniquely rich urban and architectural fabric. Students explore that fabric by sketching, drawing and simply walking—extensively&mdash (...)
Nov 7th, 2018
Tangible Ideals—Showcase: The Work of Creative Scholarship 2018 Exhibition
Cameron Westbrook
The exhibition Showcase: the Work of Creative Scholarship 2018 was displayed from September 28 to October 14 at Auburn University’s Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition featured selected works by Auburn faculty and students from (...)
Nov 6th, 2018
"Y'all checking in?" - A Glimpse into Auburn's First Boutique Hotel
Cameron Westbrook
Brian and Kim Wirth hadn’t intended on opening a hotel in Auburn. It was a Saturday like any other during football season on The Plains. Kim was in town on a recruitment trip when she saw that the historic Wittel Dormitory was up for sale. &ldquo (...)
Nov 5th, 2018
M. Miller Gorrie Center Renovations
Cameron Westbrook
The McWhorter School of Building Science celebrated the addition of new, state-of-the-art facilities in the M. Miller Gorrie Center. The renovation includes an EASL (Engaged Active Student Learning) classroom on the third floor and the transformation o (...)
Nov 5th, 2018
Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project Awarded Grant to Support Programs
Colleen Bourdeau
The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (APAEP) at Auburn University has received its second award from the Laughing Gull Foundation (LGF) to support the education programming offered for people who are incarcerated in Alabama. The $240,000 grant, (...)
Nov 5th, 2018
Windham's Poster Wins Acclaim
Cameron Westbrook
Courtney Windham, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, has been recognized for her poster advertising the Spring 2018 Graphic Design Juried Student Show. Fourteen by twenty-five inches and printed digitally, the print also features one layer of black (...)
Nov 5th, 2018
2018 CADC Awards Banquet Recap
Cameron Westbrook
On October 18, 2018, The College of Architecture, Design and Construction celebrated the students, faculty, staff, and alumni who help make the CADC exceptional. A special award was presented to the Associated General Contractors of America – Ala (...)
Oct 17th, 2018
Finn Named Associate Professor Emeritus
Karen Rogers
Scott Finn is retiring from the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA) after a career that spans more than three decades. His colleagues at APLA have honored him with the distinction of Associate Professor Emeritus.
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Oct 8th, 2018
Habitat/20K Project Dedication: Where Collaboration and Research Meet
Cameron Westbrook
It was a typical hot and humid morning in southern Alabama. Cars began to line Stevens Street a little before 9:00, and soon there was a crowd of people of all ages in front of a simple but sturdy-looking new house. But this was Auburn-Opelika Habitat (...)
Oct 8th, 2018
SIGD Celebrates 40 Years of Design Interaction
Cameron Westbrook
2018 marks the 40th year of Design Interaction, a celebration of design and its impact hosted by the School of Industrial + Graphic Design. On Friday, September 28, students, faculty, and staff gathered at Wallace hall beginning at 9:00am to hear from (...)
Oct 8th, 2018
Dagg Named 2018 SEC Fellow
Cameron Westbrook
The University of Kentucky is set to host the fall SEC Academic Leadership Development Program workshop October 15-17. The three-day session will be held primarily at the newly-renovated Gatton Student Center and will also include visits to unique loca (...)
Oct 8th, 2018
Azhar Gives Keynote Presentation at International Conference
Latha Bhavnani
Organizers of the 9th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM 2018) announced that Professor Salman Azhar of the McWhorter School of Building Science and co-author Austin DaValle, a Master of Building Construct (...)
Sep 28th, 2018
Best Summer Ever: CADC Well Represented in Camp War Eagle Leadership
Cameron Westbrook
The summer after high school graduation brings excitement and change for students across America. However, for those attending college in the fall, the idea of freshman orientation can be stressful for incoming students and their parents. Auburn Univer (...)
Sep 20th, 2018
ENVD Alum's Research Aids Hurricane Relief
Cameron Westbrook
At Auburn University, we talk about the impact that research can have on our communities. Stephen Cummings, a recent graduate of the Environmental Design program, embraces this principle, and today his research project (completed in ENVD 4010 and ENVD (...)
Sep 19th, 2018
Finkel Named Educator to Watch
Stephanie Bond
Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) named Robert Finkel, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, “An Educator to Watch 2018.” GDUSA, a professional resource for news about graphic design, initiated its “Educators to Watch” list in 2017, r (...)
Aug 23rd, 2018
Graphic Design Students Recognized
Stephanie Bond
Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) recognized several students in Auburn’s School of Industrial + Graphic Design with its 2018 American Web Design Awards and American Package Design Awards. GDUSA is a professional resource for news about graphic design, and eac (...)
Jul 12th, 2018
Auburn Industrial Design Students win Bright Spark Design Competition
Stephanie Bond
The future of transportation design is walking. A team of Auburn industrial design students presented that seemingly simple conclusion at the 2017-2018 Bright Spark Design Competition in Chattanooga, TN and won Best Overall Design (college level).
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Jun 14th, 2018
INDD Exhibit Wins Award
The traveling exhibit, “Remembering the Great War: Alabama and World War One,” created by industrial design professor Shu-Wen Tzeng and her fall 2016 third-year Exhibiting and Packaging Design studio for the Draughon Center for the Arts and (...)
Jun 4th, 2018
CADC Students Renovate the Auburn Girl Scout Hut
Stephanie Bond
Spring is a time of renewal and renovation, so it is fitting that the Auburn Girl Scout community has seen its primary meeting space transformed this spring. In March and April of 2018, students and faculty from the College of Architecture, Design and (...)
Jun 4th, 2018
Visual Memoranda Exhibit
Stephanie Bond
Auburn Faculty Curate “Visual Memoranda: The IBM Poster Program, 1969-1979”
“Visual Memoranda: The IBM Poster Program, 1969-1979,” a selection of posters that were IBM internal communications, are curr (...)